Join us for an engaging, topical and informative programme of talks across a range of subjects at the RIBA, the V&A and other venues.

At the RIBA

66 Portland Place, London W1B
All talks are ticketed. Advance booking essential. Prices vary, please visit individual event page for full details.

International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change talks programme, sponsored by Gleeds:

• Cradle to Cradle, LKE Ozolins Lecture 2009
  6 October, 18.30
• Jonathon Porritt with Solar Century, Architype and Geothermal
  13 October, 18.00
• Adapting to Climate Change - Hilary Benn
  28 October, 18.00
• The Sustainable City - Jaime Lerner
  3 November, 18.30
• Masdar City to One Brighton
  25 November, 18.30
• Sustaining Identity II, Symposium, Victoria and Albert Museum
  26 November, 10.00-17.30

 

OPEN:POLAND Season talks:

• RIBA Annual Discourse 2009 - Joseph Rykwert
  20 October, 18.30
• Poland: The Post-War Cultural Paradigm - Daniel Libeskind
  27 October, 18.30
• Architecture and the Polish Context - Tony Fretton (at Arup)
  18 November, 18.30
• Polish Urban Development in the 21st Century (at Arup)
  27 January, 18.30

Further talks:

• Stephen Lawrence Annual Memorial Lecture
  10 September, 18.30
• Jencks Award: Visions Built 2009 - Charles Correa
  24 November, 18.30

You can now book tickets for all RIBA talks online.  You will need to register if you have not done so already. Member booking| (if previously registered) Guest booking| (if previously registered) Register now| You can also leave a  message on our recorded booking line on 020 7307 3699.

At the V&A

Cromwell Road, London SW7
Take part in one of our Closer Look talks at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership. All talks take place 13.00–14.00, are free and drop-in (please note, numbers are limited). Please meet at the Grand Entrance at 12.55:

• Trans-Atlantic Connections: American Designs in RIBA Collections, 1 September
• Isokon and the Lawn Road Flats, 13 October
• Baroque v Palladianism: The Battle of Styles 1715-1750, 3 November
• The Picturesque versus the Sublime in Architecture, 8 December

 

Further afield

Building Futures
Address the future of the built environment and its impact on society with Building Futures, an RIBA initiative. Free but booking is essential. Email buildingfutures@inst.riba.org|:

• This House Believes Too Much Consultation Inhibits Great Design
  BDP Offices, Clerkenwell, 14 October, 19.00
• This House Believes Architectural Education is Failing to Produce 21st Century Professionals
  BDP Offices, Clerkenwell, 26 November, 19.00