Iris Ceramica - Speakeasy Club with Hawkins/Brown

Join Iris Ceramica in their London Showroom at their “Speakeasy Club”!  Included is a screening from The Architects Series featuring Hawkins/Brown Architects and a live streamed presentation by Hawkins/Brown’s principals.

When: Thursday 18 November 2021, 17:30 - 20:00
Where: Iris Ceramica Showroom, 61-67 Old Street, EC1V 9HW/ Online
CES Credits – 2.0 LU/ HSW for AIA Members (TBC)

Description
You are invited to join us at AIA UK sponsor Iris Ceramica’s London Showroom on 18th November for their Speakeasy Club! This includes a presentation from their Architects Series. This month it's a documentary about London based architects, Hawkins/Brown Architects. This will be followed by a livestreamed talk from Roger Hawkins and Russell Brown. After the talk, the Speakeasy Club will open with food and cocktails!

View the invitation HERE >>>

To sign up to go in person, please send an email to london@irisceramicagroup.com with your name, company name, email address and if you want to receive Learning Units, your AIA membership number.

Alternatively, you can click below to register to attend online: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gy9wMyW1ShO4f81C4XD53w

Roca London Gallery Tour & Sustainability CPD Event

Join Roca, Zaha Hadid Architects and Anguleris for a thought-provoking evening of discussion and CPD presentations including a full project tour of the multi award-winning Roca Gallery showroom in London.

When: Thursday 11 November 2021, 18:15 - 21:00
Where: Roca London Gallery, Station Court, Townmead Road, London, SW6 2PY
CES Credits - 1.5 LU/ HSW for AIA Members (TBC)

Description

You are invited to join us at AIA UK sponsor Roca's London Gallery on 11th November for a reception. This is a chance to tour the award-winning Gallery designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. This exclusive tour will be led by the designers from Zaha Hadid.

In addition, there will be a discussion on Reducing Sample Waste in Construction. The ordering and disposal of material samples might seem like a small problem, but it plays a significant role in the overall construction packaging waste problem. This presentation will identify several key initiatives that are addressing this problem.

Also at Roca London Gallery is an exhibition entitled Power House: The Architecture of Data Centres. Power House looks at the architecture of data centres, showcasing proposals and existing designs by architecture practices around the globe, from vast complexes in remote locations, to retrofitted buildings in urban centres.

Click below to register and for more information:
https://onlythebestevents.com/events/reducing-sample-waste-in-design-project-tour-with-zaha-hadid-architects

AIA Members: Please put 'AIA' after your name when registering for the event so we can track your attendance and give you your CES credits.

Article 25 - Make Design Matter: TAM associati

When: Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Where: Online
CES Credits: 1.0 LU/ HSW for AIA Members (TBC)

Description

Article 25’s latest Make Design Matter talk takes a look at the work of TAM associati. We will focus on the Children’s Surgical Hospital with Renzo Piano, in Entebbe, to learn more about this project in Uganda, improving access to specialist child healthcare facilities in the city.

MAKE DESIGN MATTER is a series of monthly inspirational talks for humanitarians. Article 25, in partnership with the BRE Trust, brings together outstanding design professionals who work with and support local communities through international development. These inspiring monthly panel discussions consider the pursuit of progressive, sustainable architecture which focuses on the communities they serve.

If you are a student enrolled in the second or third year of a RIBA-accredited Part-1 course, then the Student Charrette is designed for you! This one-day design competition brings together teams of Part-1 students from around the country to compete in an entirely analogue event.

When: Saturday 30 October 2021, 9am-6pm

Where: Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

Entry fee: FREE

Working without a computer, you will need to think fast and draw faster, developing and testing your representational skills without the aid of digital technologies. Teams will be mentored by practicing architects, and the event will conclude with a juried design review. 

The charrette is run in London on a weekend, and funding is available to help cover travel costs. Prizes will be offered for the winning team and two runners-up, with the winning proposal published and promoted across the AIA UK's social media channels.

LEARN MORE>>>

Generously sponsored by Laufen and Roca London Gallery.  

AIA UK 2021 Movie Night: Shelter without Shelter

We are delighted to announce the return of our Movie Nights on 19 October and 2 November.
We kick off with Shelter Without Shelter, an award-winning feature documentary by AIA UK’s own Dr Mark E Breeze, AIA!

Date: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Venue: BFI Screening Room, 21 Stephen Street, London, W1T 1LN

CES Credits: 1.5 LUs for AIA Members (TBC)

Description

SHELTER WITHOUT SHELTER explores the hopes and challenges involved in providing temporary housing for refugees. Filmed over three years since 2015, this six-part documentary investigates how forced migrants from Syria were sheltered across Europe and the Middle East, ending up in mega-camps, city squats, occupied airports, illegal settlements, requisitioned buildings, flat-pack structures, and enormous architect-designed reception centres. Containing perspectives from the humanitarians who created these shelters as well as the critics who campaigned against them, the documentary reveals the complex dilemmas involved in attempts to house refugees in emergency conditions. Based on innovative new research at the University of Oxford’s Refugee Studies Centre, SHELTER WITHOUT SHELTER offers new insights into a universal human experience. We all need shelter, but what is it?

www.shelterwithoutshelter.com

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Dr Mark E Breeze, AIA.

Tickets
£3 - Members
£5 - Non-Members

BFI COVID guidance

Please note the BFI advises that they expect visitors to wear face masks in the screens and around the building, unless you are exempt. For more information on the BFI’s COVID measures, see HERE>>>

Spaces are limited. Sign up today!

AIA UK/ RIBA Keynote Lecture 2021 by Tatiana Bilbao

Date: Monday 27 September 2021, 18:00 – 20:30 BST
Venue: RIBA - Jarvis Hall, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Tickets (In Person): £6 - AIA/ RIBA Members
£6 - Students
£12 - Non-Members

The lecture will be in-person and online. Drinks will be served after the lecture.

Please note RIBA COVID-19 guidelines below before you book. BUY TICKETS HERE >>>>

FREE Online Viewing: REGISTER HERE >>>>

Description

The 2021 AIA/RIBA Keynote Lecture features Tatiana Bilbao of Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO.

The lecture is jointly hosted by the American Institute of Architects UK (AIA) and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The AIA and RIBA have a long-history of collaboration that dates from the founding of their institutes in 1857 and 1834 respectively.

The event is sponsored by Iris Ceramica Group.

Speaker Bio

Tatiana Bilbao began her eponymous studio in 2004 with the aim of integrating social values, collaboration and sensitive design approaches to architectural work. Before founding her firm, Bilbao was an Advisor in the Ministry of Development and Housing of the Government of the Federal District of Mexico City, during this period she was part of the General Development Directorate of the Advisory Council for Urban Development in the City.

The work of the office intersects with research allowing to design for diverse circumstances and in reconstruction or crisis scenarios.

Bilbao holds a recurring teaching position at Yale University School of Architecture and has taught at Harvard University GSD, AA Association in London, Columbia University GSAPP, Rice University, the University of Andrés Bello in Chile, and Peter Behrens School of Arts at HS Dusseldorf in Germany. Her work has been published in The New York Times, A + U, Domus, among others. Bilbao has been recognized with the Kunstpreis Berlin in 2012, was named in 2010 as an Emerging Voice by the Architecture League of New York, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture Prize by the LOCUS Foundation in 2014, as well as the Impact Award 2017 Honorees for ArchitzierA + Awards, Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal of 2020 and the Marcus Prize Award 2019.

Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO is a Mexico City-based architecture studio, founded in 2004. At the core of the studio´s practice is an analysis of the context surrounding projects, which scale from masterplans to affordable housing typologies. A goal of the work is to both contribute to its surroundings while remaining flexible to absorb shifting needs.

LEARN MORE>>>

IMPORTANT NOTE - RIBA COVID-19 guidelines

Please note that the RIBA has put COVID-19 protocols in place to ensure the safety of all our guests. Please read the protocols and information below before purchasing a ticket:

• All delegates and guests are required to produce a negative COVID-19 lateral flow test on arrival and must register as a "Guest" on our MIA track and trace system prior to entering the building

• Temperature checks will be conducted upon arrival for all guests. Anyone with a temperature higher than 38.0 C will be asked to step outside for ten minutes before taking their temperature again. Should a guest not pass the second test, they will not be permitted into the venue and will be issued with a refund.

This lecture is made possible in large part through the sponsorship of Iris Ceramica Group. Please consider them for your next project. Further information at:  https://www.irisceramicagroup.com/en/

AIA UK Bike & Sketching Tour 2021 – SE London

Our annual bike tour is back, this time exploring the architecture of SE London from Peckham to Bromley!

When: Saturday 18 September
Start Time: 11:00 from Peckham Rye Station
CES credits: 5 LU (HSW TBC)
Led By: Architect and Architect Historian, Ben O’Looney

Description:

AIA UK’s 2021 Bike tour will take in South East London’s inner suburbs, from Peckham to Dulwich, Forest Hill, Beckenham Place, and Bromley.

From Victorian hotels, through Art Nouveau, on to present-day projects, these inner London suburbs contain a number of architectural gems. Please join us for our annual cycling trip as we explore this corner of the capital!

We will meet and start from Peckham Rye Station. Fast trains return from Bromley to London Victoria.

Look out for further details nearer the time!

Fee: free for AIA UK Members, £10 for non‐members.

Space is limited to 15 people. AIA members will be given priority if the tour is overbooked.

Essential Notes:

• You must provide your own bike

• Make sure your bike is tuned and ready

• If you don’t ride often or haven’t ridden lately, please do a test ride to make sure all is in order before the day

• You must undertake the tour at your own risk. Wearing a cycle helmet is very strongly advised.

• You must bring your own sketching materials.

• Please bring a picnic lunch

• Final details will be confirmed prior to the event pending review of Government advice. Participants will be expected to keep to social distancing guidelines and bring their own food, drinks and sketching materials.

AIA UK Summer Gala: Soiree in the Jungle

Please join the AIA UK for drinks and canapes (and a few surprises) at the world famous London Zoo in Regents Park!

Registration is closing! Last change to book - Thursday 2nd September

When: Friday 10 September, 18:30 – 22:30
Where: Mappin Pavilion, London Zoo, Regents Park

Description

We are hosting this event outdoors at the world famous ZSL London Zoo. We are at the Mappin Pavilion with plenty of outdoor terraces overlooking animal enclosures.

Our popular raffle is once again hosted by Herman Miller. Among the fabulous prizes this year, there is the chance to win not only an Aeron Chair, but two Cosm Chairs as well!

Please join us for food, live music, socializing, and two hours of free wine, beer, and soft drinks, with a few surprises along the way!  A cash bar is available after 20:30.

The Zoo entrance is conveniently located in Regents Park and free parking is available for those arriving by car.
 
Ticket Prices
The tickets are priced very reasonably to encourage you to bring family and friends!
£15 ticket for AIA members (+1 guest at member rate)
£25 ticket for non-members.