Events
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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.
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Renovating Modernism. Less is More: The demolition of the Heygate Estate
Monday, 30 June 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
It is now over ten years since the Heygate Estate in Southwark was demolished. A panel of experts will discuss what we have learnt from this.
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Renovating Modernism. Less is More: Renovating the Southbank Centre
Thursday, 29 May 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Learn about the renovation of Southbank Centre in London from Chris Allan of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Mark Nutley of Max Fordham.
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Renovating Modernism. Less is More: Renovating the Southbank Centre
Thursday, 8 May 2025 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Learn about the renovation of Southbank Centre in London from Chris Allan of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Mark Nutley of Max Fordham.
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Film: STRIKE – An Uncivil War: the battle that changed Britain forever
Thursday, 24 October 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Special screening of the film 'STRIKE - An Uncivil War. The battle that changed Britain forever' directed by Daniel Gordon, followed by a Q&A and book signing of 'An Uncivil War: The Battle of Orgreave' by Michael Donald and Daniel Gordon.
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Stewart Purvis & Jeff Hulbert: A new MI5 suspect at Isokon Flats
Thursday, 26 September 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
New analysis of MI5’s archive shows the 'spycatchers' were watching another resident of Isokon Flats. -
The Architectural Review: promoting modernism
Thursday, 20 June 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
The Architectural Review magazine and its editor Jim Richards had a close promotional relationship with Isokon company throughout the 1930s.
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Ernő Goldfinger – famous but forgotten
Tuesday, 28 May 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Alan Powers and Andrew Murray talk about architect Ernö Goldfinger, exploring some of his lesser known projects and his influence abroad.
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The Mystery of the X202 Chair
Tuesday, 7 May 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Peter Wyeth tells us about designer James Leonard whose 1940s aluminium and ply school furniture for ESA in Stevenage sold in the millions.
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Artists as Constructors: The Life and Work of Sigma 1
Thursday, 25 April 2024 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Explore the interdisciplinary practice of Sigma 1 during Romania's fragile period leading up to the collapse of Communism.
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‘Tracking Edith’ film screening + Q&A with director
Thursday, 18 April 2024 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Filmmaker Peter Stephan Jungk uncovers the truth about his great aunt, the photographer Edith Tudor-Hart who led a double life as KGB agent.
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Edward ‘Bobby’ Carter: Trojan horse within the citadel of the Establishment
Tuesday 9 April 2024 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Carter was only 28 when he became RIBA Librarian in 1930, soon assisting architects seeking to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. A talk by Valeria Carullo, Photographs Curator at the RIBA.
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