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A House to Call Home

10 April 2012

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Venue:

Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom

Description:

As an extension of our everyday lives, a home is an
essential part of us all. They are practical places - buildings for us to eat or sleep in - yet for most, home is the most expensive thing we ever buy or rent, a complex thing offering a lifetime of investment and preoccupation.

Inspired by the RIBA's new housing exhibition 'A Place to Call Home: Where We Live and Why' and featuring the work of William Chambers, CFA Voysey, Erno Goldfinger, Tecton and more, this talk examines how great architects through history have explored and expressed ideas of house and home. With Dr Elizabeth Grant, RIBA.

Part of the RIBA's Home Season 16 February - 28 April 2012| - talks, displays, film screenings and more.

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Fees:

Free drop-in event

Booking:

No booking needed (but numbers are limited). Please meet at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance, V&A, at 12.55pm.

Contact:

RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections
Tel: +44 (0)20 7307 3708 (Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 5pm)
Email: drawings&archives@riba.org|
  

Other events in the series:

    Other Closer Look talks

    A Place Called Bata-ville|
    28 February

    Sun and Shadow: Caribbean Homes by Ray Nathaniels
    |20 March 2012

    Station to Station: the design & architecture of railway stations| 
    19 June 2012
     

    Organiser:

    V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership

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