We're delighted to welcome guest speaker, Michael Innes to talk about 'Accessible Utopias and Costs in Use' as part of our FANN 21 - Festival of Architecture Norwich & Norfolk which celebrates Norfolk's unique history, architecture and culture and aims to stimulate interest, awareness and discussion about where we live.
We all know we should be re-shaping society for a post-pandemic, climate changing world and pushing for a new ‘governance’ with updated objectives.
What can we learn with local relevance from past visions on how to tackle global warming from the perspective of the built and planned environment? Times were stimulating and a’changin’ in the 60s and 70s.
When I, Michael Innes came to Norwich in the 60s, the UEA had not come to influence the city-politic in quite the full way that was to come a little later. Norwich was in the process of acquiring a new age university and was early making itself felt, (the campus novel, The History Man - 1975). UEA continues on.
This account covers my work as a ‘local architect’ until the end of the decade post-millennium, reacting to local conditions and wider politics during these post war years after WW2.
Q&A will follow Michael's talk and discussion is welcomed. If you have any questions to put to Michael that you'd like to send in prior to the event, please email RIBA East.
