4-6 October 2009

In association with the Cityscape Dubai: World Architecture Congress, the AIA International Region and the AIA International Committee, Dubai Conference Committee Chair Steven Miller, FAIA is pleased to announce The Survival Guide for Architects: Recession and Recovery, at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre.

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AIA UK tour
Thursday, 11 June 6:30pm
EXHIBIT Gallery
20 Goswell Road, London EC1M 7AA

Please join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Paul Lincoln, director of policy and communications for the Landscape Institute, leads a tour of the public spaces of the Golden Lane and Barbican Estates.

Following the destruction of the Blitz, the City of London Corporation commissioned two estates designed to bring residents back into the City. Designed by Chamberlain, Bon and Powell, Golden Lane and the Barbican estates now offer models of how to live in the City. This guided tour will examine the public spaces of these grade II listed estates.

Paul Lincoln is director of policy and communications for the Landscape Institute, an educational charity and chartered body responsible for protecting, conserving and enhancing the natural and built environment for the benefit of the public. He is a member of the City of London Guide Lecturers Association and has lived in Golden Lane Estate, one of the two estates to be viewed on this tour, for the past five years.

This tour is part of a series inspired by the exhibit ‘Le Corbusier at the Barbican’ and explores the impact Corbusier had either directly or indirectly on the Barbican and urban living in London.

1 CES Credit
Free Admission
RSVP required by Wednesday, 10 June 10am
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18:30, 4 June 2009

1 AIA CES Credit
RSVP ylau@kpf.com

“We designed the underground facility to be bright, fresh and open to the elements — an apparent contradiction for a basement. Economy was paramount so we moulded the necessary concrete retaining structure into a legible hierarchy of architectural components: columns, pilasters, beams, brackets and panels. Materials were lightweight and industrial but detailed to give the impression of a highly bespoke piece of architecture.”
— Gumuchdjian Architects

Philip Gumuchdjian spent 18 years with the Richard Rogers Partnership where as Associate Director he was involved in high profile buildings, and masterplans. He co-wrote Rogers’ influential treatise on sustainability: “Cities for a small planet” which has been translated into 6 languages and sold over 30,000 copies. Gumuchdjian was Rapporteur at the UN Habitat II conference in Istanbul and was a member of the German Government’s Urban 21 panel. A visiting critic to the Architectural Association, the Royal College of Art, University College London and Harvard School of Architecture, Gumuchdjian’s work has been published and exhibited internationally.

StMaryleboneSchoolBuildingTour.pdf

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Thursday, 28 May 6:30pm

Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

Please join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Peter Morris, founding partner of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Architects, leads a private tour of his firm’s refurbishment of the Barbican.

This tour is part of a series inspired by the exhibit ‘Le Corbusier at the Barbican’ and explores the impact Corbusier had either directly or indirectly on the Barbican and urban living in London. A another private tour lead by Paul Lincoln, director of policy and communications for the Landscape Institute, discussing the impact of Corbusier’s ideas on urban living in London, will occur at the beginning of June.

2 CES Credits
Free Admission
RSVP required by Thursday, 28 May, 10am

aia.uk.events@googlemail.com

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