Diespeker Wharf, Bill Thomas © PTEa

Buildering...experience a Fresh View

20th July '08, 10am - 6pm

Pollard Thomas Edwards architects (PTEa), in collaboration with The Castle Climbing Centre and engineers Price & Myers, are creating a unique climbing event which invites visitors to scale their office building and gain a ‘fresh view’ of the built landscape.

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AskAnArchitect

17th July '08, 12 - 2pm

RMJM
83 Paul Street, London

This will be your final chance to catch the London Festival of Architecture's free lunchtime architecture and environmental surgeries at RMJM’s architects.

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Battersea lit up by a 'Power to the People' projection, 7th July 2008

A New Energy for London: Free Tours of Battersea Power Station

19th July '08, 10am - 6pm

Battersea Power Station, Gate 2
188 Kirtling Street, London

This Saturday sees the derelict Battersea Power Station opening its (partial) doors once again, for the second of the two additional tours added for the London Festival of Architecture.

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Guys Hospital, South West Facade, 2008

Lost Quarters: Southwark South Bank and Guy's Hospital Design Workshop

10th July '08, 1pm- 5pm

10 Keyworth Studios, 7th Floor, Keyworth Studios,
London South Bank University

This is the second part of two workshops with top designers/developers unveiling transformational ideas for neglected areas of London.

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Sunset Community Centre, South Vancouver, 2008

Vancouverism: Westcoast Architecture + City-Building

24th June - 20th July '08

Canada House
Trafalgar Square, Pall Mall East, London

Architectural and city-building innovations in Canada’s Pacific portal over the past half century have turned Vancouver into a verb, with architects and planners in the United States and the Middle East now speaking of “Vancouverizing” their own metropolises.

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Skylon, 1951

Skylon - London's Lost Icon

9th July - 13th July

Jubilee Gardens
The Southbank

In 1951, London’s skyline was transformed, as part of the Festival of Britain, by the erection of one of the most striking structures ever built in this country: the Skylon.

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Building the South Bank

1st - 31st July '08

Mediatheque at BFI Southbank
Belvedere Road, South Bank

This is your chance to view highlights from the BFI's National Archive – the world’s largest and most diverse collection of moving images - for free.

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'One Poultry Lane', by Alan Williams (2008) - Part of the Upshot Collection at the National Theater

Upshot

19th June - 20th July

National Theatre
Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London

Clerkenwell-based Architects A-EM in collaboration with award-winning photographer Alan Williams are curating Upshot.

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V&A John Madejski Garden, Poly&Chai Installation, Yung Ho Chung, 2008

Poly&Chai

20th June - 20th July '08

V&A Museum
South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London

Leading Chinese architect, Yung Ho Chang, transforms the John Madejski Garden as part of the V&A's latest major spring exhibition 'China Design Now'.

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Fast Forward: e-Manufacturing In Architecture, Rendered Proposal, ©Rabih Hage, 2008

Fast Forward: e-Manufacturing In Architecture

8th July - 19th July '08

Rabih Hage Gallery
69-71 Sloane Avenue, London

Designed by Rabih Hage and built by EOS this inspirational architectural project explores the possibility of using additive layer manufacturing (also referred to as e-Manufacturing or rapid manufacturing) technology within the built environment.

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Regent's Canal: A Fresh Perspective

3-6th July 2008

With the help of British Waterways, Conisbee, and other local businesses, Regent's Canal is set to be one of the most exciting destinations at this year's London Festival of Architecture.

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Embassies Project

23rd June - 20th July '08

In partnership with the British Council, the London Festival of Architecture will present The Embassies Project to showcase the work of architects and designers in over 20 embassies across London.

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Danish Modernism in Architecture - Danish Embassy’s sust-DANE-able exhibition - The Royal Danish Embassy

Danish Modernism in Architecture: From Arne Jacobsen to Present Times: Breakfast Talk

5th July '08, 4:30pm - 6:30 pm

The Royal Danish Embassy
55 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9SR

Arne Jacobsen (1902-1971), the architect behind the Danish Embassy in London, was one of the leading Scandinavian architects of his time and one of the first to introduce functionalism and later on international style in Denmark.

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Softwall by Molo Design - Flexibility: Design in a fast-changing society - photo molodesign

Flexibility Debate

28th June '08, 2:00pm

Officine Grandi Riparazioni
via Paolo Borsellino 17/A, Torino Italy

Leading international designers - Ross Lovegrove Patricia Urquiola, Clemens Weisshar and Matali Crasset - will gather to analyse and discuss some of the works developed by the designers for the exhibition "Flexibility: Design in a fast-changing Society".

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Jailbreak by KramWeisshar - Flexibility: Design in a fast changing society - Photo KramWeisshar

Flexibility: Design In A Fast-Changing Society

29th June - 12th October '08

Ex-Carceri, “Le Nuove”
Via Paolo Borsellino 1, Torino Italy

In 2050 over 90% of the world's population will live in cities. These systems of close-knit connections between material objects and immaterial factors produced by man are often directly responsible for reducing, and sometimes even paralysing, the manoeuverability of individuals.

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