Repair, Conservation and Restoration: Heavy Oak Carpentry
15 May 08 - 15 May 08
Venue: Moorland Links Hotel, Tavistock
Building Conservation – Philosophy, Process, PrincipleAn RIBA South West Master Class series seminar presented by Ian Constantinides
Core Event 5 - IT and ICT for Construction
Venue: Bridges Room, Gateshead Civic centre
As part of their leading role in the building industry, Architects can play an integral part in the uptake and use of IT & ICT throughout the design and construction process. This seminar on IT & ICT for Construction is designed to inform you of current methods and techniques, raise awareness of issues and to enable you to engage more successfully with some of the issues.
Sikkens Colour Forum
Venue: Round Foundry Media Centre, Foundry Street, Leeds, LS11 5QP
As well as looking at the psychology of colour, the forum will provide you with inspiring solutions to help you take a more informed approach to colour selection within the interior environment. We’ll be examining how certain colours can alter our perceptions on space, atmosphere and function and looking at the latest colour trends.
Technical Day: Fire Safety
13 May 08 - 13 May 08
Venue: Woodland Enterprise Centre, Flimwell, East Sussex TN5 7PR
All about fire safety, including sprinklers and the latest proposals to use them in housing
Futures Fair 08 'The Global and the Local'
Venue: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Building Futures hosts its annual day of futures orientated discussion and debate. Futures Fair 08 'The Global and the Local,' aims to encourage interaction between a wide cross-section of groups and interests. It matches the skills of architects, designers and construction specialists with the predictions of sociologists, economists, technologists and other thinkers.
Lightweight vs Heavyweight Construction
14 May 08 - 14 May 08
Venue: Winchester Guildhall
Lightweight versus Heavyweight Construction, Which works best for the Environment?
Unseen Hands: 100 years of Structural Engineering
17 Mar 08 - 7 Sep 08
Venue: V&A and RIBA Architecture Gallery, Room 128A, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), this exhibition celebrates the importance of engineering in creating some of the most iconic buildings of the past 100 years.
Futures Dialogues - 'Global Practice in Local Scenarios'
Spencer de Grey- Foster and Partners in conversation with Saskia Sassen- LSE & Columbia University, New York.As part of Futures Fair 08, Building Futures hosts a landmark evening event exploring the nature of global architecture. What do we mean by this term and what are the various binding issues uniting practice around the world?
The Princes Foundation - New Ideas for Old Places
Venue: Honourable Artillery Company in City Road, London EC2
The distinction between what is genuinely old, and what has been recently added or manufactured, has been worrying many since William Morris’s day. What is deemed ‘authentic’ changes with the period and with the social context. In conserving or restoring old properties, what is ‘correct’ and what is damaging? When can alterations be regarded as a valid part of the building’s history, and when are they simply intrusive eyesores?
Haptic : Awakening The Senses
7 May 08 - 7 Jun 08
Venue: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD; Gallery 1 & Florence Hall
An exhibition of design objects that focus on the sense of touch, producing an alternative design practice that originates in the senses.Curated by Kenya Hara
Saving a Century: 50 years of the Victorian Society
6 May 08 - 29 May 08
Venue: Gallery 2
The Society celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, marked by this exhibition of photographs that illustrate Society’s success in changing public attitudes towards the best architecture of the 19th century.
Presenting for Impact
Venue: RENEW Rooms, Liverpool
CPD Presenting for Impact
Building a Success of Tomorrow’s Schools
12 May 08 - 12 May 08
Building Schools for the Future is the biggest school building programme in generations. Key to its successful delivery are standardised approaches to everything from school toilets to lighting systems. The DCSF have worked with leading architects and designers to develop a suite of documents and are holding a major event with all the key players to launch the documents and explore the key issues. The Schools Minister, Jim Knight, and the Chief Executive of Partnerships for Schools, Tim Byles, will deliver keynote speeches to officially launch this guidance. There will also be contributors from Buildoffsite, RIBA, CABE, NHS LIFT Programme, GlaxoSmithKline, Hampshire County Council and Skanska.The aim of the SSLD initiative is to help disseminate best practice and avoid ‘reinventing the wheel’ every time a school is designed, so that consistently high quality environments can be delivered, offering best whole life value for money - but without compromising design flair. Areas currently covered by the initiative include: partitions, floor finishes, design of toilets, lighting systems, roof coverings, stairways, doorsets, sprinkler installations and learning space dimensions.Standardised approaches will also support the move towards more off-site construction, which should drive improvements in health and safety, reduce waste, and deliver quicker and more sustainable solutions. The event will provide an e
The V&A and RIBA Architecture Gallery|
Offering you the opportunity to examine around 160 architectural models, drawings, designs, material samples and building fragments.