Does Beauty Matter? - Thursday 23 September 2010, 10am - 5pm 

Venue: RIBA, Jarvis Hall, 66 Portland Place, London

The fifth annual RIBA Research Symposium addressed one of the basic principles of architecture: beauty. It is both a universal good and an enduring source of controversy,    but what does it really mean?

Thanks to the generous support of the BRE Trust|, we were able to record the day's proceedings and the audio is available to download below.

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Introduction and Keynote| (MP3, duration 41 mins)

Session 1| Tom Bolton and Sue Clifford (MP3, duration 1 hour, 10 mins)

Session 2| Eric Parry, Pam Warhurst and Irena Bauman (MP3, duration 1 hour, 15 mins)

Session 3| John Callcutt, Biba Dow and John Andrews (MP3, duration 1 hour)

Debate| (MP3, duration 1 hour)

 

Welcoming address: Angela Brady

 

Keynote speaker: John Gummer: Give beauty back 

 

Session One: WHO is beauty for?

 

Tom Bolton: People and places - does beauty matter?

Sue Clifford: Beauty and meaning

 

Session Two: WHAT does beauty look like?

 

Eric Parry: Material beauty

Pam Warhurst: Incredible Edible - building communities around local food

Irena Bauman: A manifesto for beauty

 

Session Three: HOW do we construct beauty?

 

John Callcutt: The pursuit of beauty

Biba Dow: Art and beauty

 

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For more information please contact Bethany Winning at research@riba.org| or call (020) 7307 3714.    

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