Events

  • Chandigarh 60+ years since Le Corbusier

    Thursday, 27 August 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    The history of the development of the extraordinary Modernist experiment in Chandigarh in north east India and how it became a success story

    Posted in Architecture, Modernist

  • Passivhaus Retrofit in High-rise Housing Wilmcote House & James Riley Point

    Thursday, 21 May 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    James Traynor of ECD Architects will describe the deep retrofit of two mid-century social housing developments.

     

    Posted in Architecture, Modernist

  • Egon Riss: A Life in Fragments

    Thursday, 16 April 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    This talk investigates the life and work of modernist emigré architect Egon Riss in Vienna, London and Scotland.

    Photo: Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections

    Posted in Architecture, Furniture

  • Seaside Architecture Between the Wars

    Thursday, 30 April 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    British seaside resorts were booming in the 1920s and 30s. Dr Kathryn Ferry explores how the architecture of our seafronts was changing.

    Posted in Architecture

  • A Woman Named Edith – Daria Santini and Stewart Purvis on Edith Tudor-Hart

    Wednesday, 25 March 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30pm

    'A Woman Named Edith' is a new biography of Edith Tudor-Hart, documenting her early years in Vienna, her training at the Bauhaus and her work as a Soviet agent in Britain.

    Posted in Books, Espionage, Photography

  • Restoring Space House – a 1960s London icon

    Thursday, 9 April 2026 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    Cindy Wong at Squire & Partners and Younha Rhee at Atelier Ten talk about the restoration of Space House in Covent Garden, a 1960s Grade II listed icon.

    Posted in Architecture, Modernist

  • Modernism in Africa

    Tuesday, 11 November 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    Prof. Ola Uduku, University of Liverpool, and architecture historian Ben Tosland will talk about African architecture in the 20th century.

    Posted in Architecture

  • Blitzed:The 80s Blitz Kids Story

    Thursday, 30 October 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    Special Screening of the film Blitzed:The 80s Blitz Kids Story with its Director Michael Donald

    Posted in Film, Music

  • Masters and Others – Emigre Modernists adapting to Britain

    Thursday, 25 September 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    In this talk Owen Hatherley will talk about some of the Central European architects and planners who moved to Britain between 1933 and 1940

    Posted in Architecture, Art, Bauhaus, Books, Furniture, Graphic Design, Modernist

  • A life in Bata Modernism: Straight Lines Flat Roofs and Planned Communities

    Tuesday, 15 July 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    Sir John Tusa will talk about his personal connection with the pioneering modernist Bat'a factory and its village in East Tilbury

    Posted in Architecture, Modernist

  • Renovating Modernism. Less is More: Renovating the Bauhaus in Dessau

    Thursday, 16 October 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    Brenne Architekten will share their experiences in restoring significant modernist landmarks, including the Bauhaus in Dessau.

    Posted in Architecture, Bauhaus

  • Lincoln Modern - Walter Gropius and J. Quincy Adams

    Thursday, 15 May 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm

    Dana Robbat (USA) tells us about Walter Gropius and J. Quincy Adams and the Cultivation of a Modern community in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA.

    Posted in Architecture