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Architecture Anew

Architecture Anew

This series of talks throughout 2021 will expand contemporary debate around architecture and sustainability. Through interdisciplinary conversations, Architecture Anew features nationally and internationally acclaimed change makers who are leading the way towards a more sustainable future, embracing social, economic, and environmental concerns.

Be inspired by the power of good design and broaden your understanding of sustainability through this season of talks. Learn about experimentation with natural materials, strengthening local economies to empower communities, collaborating with craftsman and what rewilding could mean for architecture.

Past events

In conversation with Anna Heringer and Anupama Kundoo

Watch the shared conversation between award-winning architects Anna Heringer and Anupama Kundoo. This was the first event in our series, held on 23 March 2021.

Low-Tech: Working creatively with nature

Watch our guest speakers discuss new ideas about the role of architecture in designing a more sustainable future, held on 20 April 2021.

Rural Renaissance: Xu Tiantian

Watch Beijing based Xu Tiantian discuss how her architecture practice has used design to support and sustain regional communities in China, held on 11 May 2021.

Architects Beyond Architecture

Watch our guest speakers discuss architects working beyond the traditional boundaries of the discipline to develop socially motivated projects, held on 15 June 2021.

Rewilding: Nature cannot wait

Watch us showcase big and small ideas to inspire anyone and everyone to get involved in the rewilding movement, which calls on us all to reconnect with nature, held on 13 July 2021.

Co-housing: An eco-feminist model for architecture?

Watch our guest speakers explore the ways in which climate justice intersects with feminism through a focus on collective co-housing models, held on 28 September 2021.

In conversation with Waugh Thistleton and Barnabas Calder

Read about this in-person conversation at RIBA North addressing the relationship between architecture and energy resources past, present and future, held 15 November 2021.

We are delighted to continue our partnership with VitrA Bathrooms for this series of talks.

This partnership reflects a shared commitment to add social, economic, and cultural value to society, and VitrA Bathrooms are proud to be supporting such an inspiring programme.

With innovation at its core, a global reach, and a tradition of collaborating with celebrated architects and designers, the VitrA Bathroom brand has become a world leader, synonymous with contemporary sophistication since the mid-1900s.

Architecture Anew is a RIBA + VitrA Partnership.

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Learn more about designing for a sustainable future

Co-housing at Marmalade Lane

Communal space, resident input to the design, and sacrosanct private space – Mole Architects’ Marmalade Lane scheme in Cambridge is a model of developer co-housing.

David Mikhail: “How we build world class sustainable housing at scale. Affordably.”

Hear David Mikhail from the Stirling Prize winning practice Mikhail Riches, describe how the practice has evolved in its approach to housing and the sustainable agenda.

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