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Herzog & de Meuron, Olympic Stadium Beijing © The Architect
Real Architecture was a lecture series exploring architectural creativity in-depth through its format of one project, one interviewer and an audience of up to 800 per event. Twice a year, staged in landmark London venues, the series attracted the world’s foremost architects and gave the public a rare opportunity to hear about internationally renowned projects first hand.
Spring 2008
Venue: Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern, Southbank
01 April 2008
New Islington, Birmingham UK
Speakers: Nick Johnson from Urban Splash, Will Alsop from AMC Alsop, Julian de Metz, dMFK &
Deborah Saunt from DSDHA, contributing architects
Chair: Piers Gough, Principal, CZWG
AMC Alsop, The Chips Building, New Islington © The Architect
08 April 2008
Beijing Olympic Stadium, CN
Speaker: Jacques Herzog, Principal, Herzog & de Meuron
Chair: Rowan Moore, Director, The Architecture Foundation
Herzog & de Meuron, Olympic Stadium Beijing © The Architect
15 April 2008
The New York Times Building USA
Speaker: Renzo Piano, Principal, Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Chair: Jonathan Glancey, Architecture Critic, The Guardian
RPBW, The New York Times Building © The Architect
29 April 2008
John Lewis Department Store and Cinemplex, Leicester
Speaker: Farshid Moussavi, Foreign Office Architects
Chair: Brett Steele, Director, Architectural Association
Foreign Office Architects, John Lewis and Cineplex, Leicester © The Architect
Autumn 2007
Venue: Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern, Southbank
17 October 2007
The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum NL
Speaker: Michiel Riedijk, Principal, Neutelings Reidijk Architecten
Chair: Alex de Rijke, Principal, de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects
Neutelings Reidijk Architecten, Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum © The Architect
30 October 2007
La Rioja Technology Centre, Logroño SP
Speaker: Farshid Moussavi, Principal, Foreign Office Architects
Chair: Rowan Moore, Director, The Architecture Foundation
Foreign Office Architects, La Rioja Technology Centre, Logroño © The Architect
13 November 2007
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver USA
Speaker: David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye/Associates
Chair: Dr Andrea Phillips, Director of Curating Architecture, Department of Visual Arts, Goldsmiths College
Adjaye/Associates, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver © The Architect
22 November 2007
Novartis Visiting Centre, Basel CH
Speaker: Peter Märkli, Principal, Märkli Architects
Chair: Adam Caruso, Principal, Caruso St John Architects
Märkli Architects, Novartis Visiting Centre, Basel © The Architect
Spring 2007
Venue: Union Chapel, Islington
19 April 2007
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston USA
Speaker: Liz Diller, Principal, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Chair: Vicky Richardson, Editor, Blueprint Magazine
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, ICA, Boston © The Architect
02 May 2007
Southern Cross Station, Melbourne AUS
Speakers: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Director and Mark Middleton, Lead Architect, Grimshaw Architects
Chair: Tom Dyckhoff, Architecture Editor, The Times
Grimshaw Architects, Southern Cross Station, Melbourne © The Architect
22 May 2007
Wembley Stadium, London
Speakers: Lord Foster, Chairman and Mouzhan Majidi, Lead Architect, Foster+Partners
Chair: Rowan Moore, Director, The Architecture Foundation
Foster+Partners, Wembley Stadium, London © The Architect
29 May 2007
Management Sciences University, Bordeaux
Speaker: Anne Location, Principal, Lacaton+Vassal
Chair: Kieran Long, Editor, Icon Magazine
Lacaton+Vassal: Management Sciences University, Bordeaux © The Architect
Autumn 2006
Venue: Centrepoint, Central London
22 November 2006
Park Hill, Sheffield GB
Speakers: Christoph Egret, Principal, Studio Egret West and Roger Hawkins, Principal, Hawkins\Brown
Hawkins\Brown & Egret West, Parkhill © The Architects
29 November 2006
Eco City, Dongtan CN
Speaker: Alejandro Gutierrez, Lead Architect, Arup
Arup, Eco City, Dongtan © The Architect
07 December 2006
Parkrand, Amsterdam NL
Speaker: Jacob van Rijs, Principal, MVRDV
MVRDV, Parkrand Building © The Architect
13 December 2006
West Tower, Guangzhou CN
Speaker: Chris Wilkinson, Principal, Wilkinson Eyre Architects
Wilkinson Eyre, Guangzhou West Tower © The Architect
Spring 2006
Venue: Starr Auditorium, Tate Modern, Southbank
18 April 2006
Neues Museum, Berlin DE
Speakers: David Chipperfield, Principal, David Chipperfield Architects
Chair: Paul Finch, Editor, The Architectural Review
David Chipperfield Architects, Neues Museum, Berlin © The Architect
03 May 2006
Woermann Tower, Las Palmas ES
Speaker: Juan Herreros, Principal, Abalos & Herreros
Chair: Vicky Richardson, Editor, Blueprint Magazine
Abalos Herreros, Woermann Tower, Las Palmas © The Architect
09 May 2006
Sint Lucas Art Academy, Boxtel NL
Speaker: Sean Griffiths, Fashion Architecture Taste
Chair: Piers Gough, Principal, CZWG Architects
FAT, St Lucas Art Academy, Boxtel © The Architect
15 May 2006
Psychiatric Hospital, Helsingor DK
Speaker: Julien de Smedt, PLOT
Chair: Marcus Fairs, Editor, Icon Magazine
PLOT, Psychiatric Hospital DK © The Architect
Previous speakers in the series:
Rem Koolhaas from Office for Metropolitan Architecture on CCTV Tower, Beijing CN
Jean Nouvel from Atelier Jean Nouvel on Torre Agbar, Barcelona AL
Zaha Hadid from Zaha Hadid Architects on Phaeno Science Centre, Wolfsburg DE
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