Upcoming Events

Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Thursday 21 September

Chaired by Financial Times architecture critic Edwin Heathcote, this discussion hosted by The Architecture Foundation will consider the history and continued relevance of a quintessential London housing type: the mansion block. The evening will include contributions from Karin Templin, author of the newly published At Home in London: The Mansion Block; housing expert Claire Bennie; and architects Richard Lavington (Maccreanor Lavington) and Alfredo Carraballo (Allies & Morrison).

Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Aikaterini Gegisian at Hyper Hypo, Athens

Friday 22 September

Join Aikaterini Gegisian in conversation with Anna Mykoniati, curator at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens to delve into the arresting and seductive world of Handbook of the Spontaneous Other.


Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Book launch for Alison and Peter Smithson's 'Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion' at the AA Bookshop, London

Wednesday 25 October

Join us to celebrate the launch of Alison and Peter Smithson's Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion, a rich and immersive document of the lives they lived at the weekend home they built in English countryside for their young family. Prof Paul Clarke (Belfast School of Architecture ) will lead a conversation about this illuminating personal project and the far-reaching influence of the Smithsons today.

Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Torbjørn Rødland at Le Petit Voyeur, Copenhagen

Wednesday 1 November 

Join Torbjørn Rødland at Le Petit Voyeur, Copenhagen to mark the launch of his new book The Pregnant Virgin. This highly-anticipated new series of photographs reveal Rødland’s signature style, negotiating the tensions between reality and archetype and recalling everyday life in intensely physical and opaquely elusive scenes. The launch event will include a book signing. 

Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Thomas Demand at New Mags, Copenhagen

Wednesday 20 September 

Join Thomas Demand and Anders Byriel in conversation with Jeni Porter to celebrate the launch of The Triple Folly, a rich collaboration between artist Thomas Demand, architects Caruso St John and textile makers Kvadrat. 

Karin Templin, Edwin Heathcote, Claire Bennie, Richard Lavington, and Alfredo Carraballo in conversation at the Barbican Centre, London

Torbjørn Rødland at Bildband Berlin

Friday 15 September 
Join Torbjørn Rødland at Bildband, Berlin to mark the launch of his new book The Pregnant Virgin. This highly-anticipated new series of photographs reveal Rødland’s signature style, negotiating the tensions between reality and archetype and recalling everyday life in intensely physical and opaquely elusive scenes. The launch event will include a book signing.