Plymouth: 20th century city

Plymouth 2oth century city is a project site created to celebrate Plymouth's architecture and urban planing.

Plymouth city centre is a great example of post-War British planning and architecture after much of it's original infrastructure was severly bombed.

Patrick Abercrombie was hired as town planner and alongside James Paton Watson they replaced the old streets with a functional design. Plymouth was awarded city status in 1928 and has the most post-war buildings listed by English Heritage in the country, outside of London.

This site has an interactive map of the city plus other audiovisual trails, timelines and publication references.

Blueprint Big Breakfasts

Photograph courtesy of Suat Eman


As part of the London Festival of Architecture, Blueprint the journal are hosting a week of big breakfast events commencing tomorrow with Ken Livingstone as the key speaker. The breakfast's themselves promise to be "hearty" and hosted at Smith's of Smithfields or the Luxe.

More details can be found here

Architectural Association Independent Radio

Why not listen in to one of the broadcasts on the Architectural Association's Independent Radio station run by AA staff & students past & present.

You can listen online or subscribe to the podcasts to keep updated and entertained on the go, documentaries, interviews, music and inspirations are just some of the content available.

Jeremy Till at the V&A

As part of the V&A's 'Listen to Leading Thinkers and Designers' the Dean of Architecture here at UoW Jeremy Till will be talking on Tuesday 22nd June 7pm-8pm, so a date to put in your diary!

The theme is architecture and locality, cost is £8 & £6 concession you can book over the phone on o2o 7942 2211

There are also some other talks that are 'Closer look at Architecture' that may also be of interest, follow the link above to view all related.

Fantasy Atelier talks

The ICA is hosting a weekend (Live Weekends: 6 May 2010 - 23 May 2010), of talks some of which are aimed at Architecture students. Many of the events are interactive so why not get involved as the organisers would welcome participation.

Some of the themes include effects of national debt and the role that social architecture can play in economic and cultural futures, London Olympic developments 2012 aswell as more intriguing topics such as "Amenity Space - How many people can you fit in a phone box?".

More information available here

Archigram archive

Archigram's archives are now available to view free online as a web resource, for public and academic use.

"The project was run by EXP, an architectural research group at the University of Westminster. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and made possible by the members of Archigram and their heirs, who retain copyright of all images."

Sections include, Archigram magazines, projects, shows & people.

Enjoy!

RIBA Trust annual lecture

This year's RIBA annual lecture will take place on the 18th of May at its London base on 66 Portland Place, 6.30-9.00pm. The guest speaker this year is Kevin McCloud who will be discussing matters on sustainability and how architects and residents need to collaborate to enhance existing structures.

Tickets can be booked online via the RIBA, you will need to register first.

Why not also take a look at some of the other talks that are scheduled for the next few months or watch some of the video archives of past talks available here