LSE New Academic Building Tour
06 August 200918:30
Tour presented by Andrew Milward-Bason of Grimshaw
The LSE’s New Academic Building is an extensive remodelling of an existing Edwardian building, which formerly housed the Public Trustees Office. Situated at the northernmost point of the university’s central London campus, the building has now been reconfigured as a university building with academic, social, and departmental space across ten floors totaling 12,700sqm.
The forecourt provides an opportunity for the New Academic Building to engage with the public and the resulting concept is an urban landscape response as much as it is an architectural one. The north section of the forecourt forms a bank of tiered seating that physically expresses the raked lecture theatre directly below, while the southern half functions as a café terrace accessible from the street. The forecourt is framed with glass light wells, defining an active space where the public and LSE can intermingle. A number of subtle interventions open up the facade to articulate the presence of a contemporary remodelling within. An internal street links the entrances on either side of the building, allowing views right across the ground floor from Kingsway to Lincoln’s Inn fields beyond. The compressed spaces of the adjacent reception areas open onto the nucleus of the building, a light-filled, triple-height central atrium.
Free Admission
Tour size is limited to 10, first come first serve
RSVP required ylau@kpf.com
AIA UK Summer Biking Tour
Saturday, 18 July 9:30am – 6:00pm
The AIA UK Chapter cordially invites you to the annual AIA UK Summer Biking Tour
Chichester to Littlehamptom, West SussexVictoria Station DeparturePlease join members of the American Institute of Architects UK Chapter, as Benedict O’Looney M.Arch RIBA, leads a cycling tour thru Chichester and Littlehampton.
The tour will conclude with a tour of the East Beach Cafe in Littlehampton, guided by Peter Ayres, a member of the Heatherwick Studio team who designed the café.
Itinerary
| 9:30 AM | Meet at Victoria Station to purchase tickets |
| 10:00AM | Depart for Chichester |
| 11:45AM | Visit Roman/medieval town of Chichester, tour Pallant House Gallery, and lunch in town (bag lunch recommended) |
| 2:30PM | Tagmere Aviation Museum, halfway between Chichester and Littlehampton. In between Chichester & Littlehampton, stop for sketching. |
| 4:30PM | Arrive in Littlehampton, tour the East Beach Café, return to London at one’s leisure |
Total biking distance: 25K approx, average cycling conditions
Southern Rail is offering a 90% discount on tickets purchased on Friday, 10 July; alternatively, tickets can be purchased the day of travel for a group rate.
- 5 CES Credits
- £10 (to cover the cost of group admission to the gallery and museum)
- RSVP required by Thursday, 16 July 10am — limited capacity
- Please provide AIA member number upon RSVPing to aia.uk.events@googlemail.com.
