Guest Lecture Series
Each semester the Liverpool School of Architecture holds a quest lecture series, with noted practitioners from the fields Architecture, Design and Art invited to speak to our undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts.
For any queries please contact Sandy Britton on sandy.britton@liverpol.ac.uk
All lectures are free open access events, however in some cases prior booking via EventBrite is required.
For information on previous years lectures, click the relevent tabs below.
Wednesday 12th February
Between the sand and the sea
Oman’s architectural heritage
5.30pm-8pm, 502 Teaching Hub
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EVENT POSTPONED
John Meunier
Life and works
We are very sad that due to circumstances outside of everyones’ control this event has been POSTPONED
EVENT POSTPONED
John Meunier, Patrick Lynch, Alan Dunlop and Simon Henley
On Intricacy: an evening with John Meunier and friends
We are very sad that due to circumstances outside of everyones’ control this event has been POSTPONED
Thursday 10th October
British Council and Fellow Andy Lane launching the 2020 Venice Biennale Programme
Image courtsey of Andy Lane
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Thursday 24th January
LSA Spring School 2019
Carl Turner & Simon Cadle
Geoff Rich
Howard Miller
Ragunath Vasudevan
Dr Patrick Lynch
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Thursday 31st January
Housing Design Handbook: designing for mixed communities
Levitt Bernstein
Book Launch and Talks
Chaired by Prof Mark Swenarton
6.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 12th February
'Designing an Experience'
Tim Heatley of Capital and Centric
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 19th February
Utopia, instrument, and tool:
A thematic history of the architectural model
Dr Matthew Wells
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Thursday 28th February
Creative Reuse
Geoff Rich (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios)
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Thursday 28th February
What Next?
Reilly Room, 10.00am - 5.00pm
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Thursday 7th March
International Womens Day: Decades of LSA Women Alumni
Budden Lecture Theatre 5.00 – 8.00 pm
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Wednesday 13th March
The Temporality of Building
European and Chinese Perspectives on Architecture and Heritage
1.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
29th - 31st May 2019
Building Children’s Worlds
Looking at how modern architecture has been portrayed in children’s picture books since 1945 and exploring the potential influence of illustrations and portrayals of home.
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Thursday 2nd May
Off Road
Prof. Dipl. Ing. Christian Moczala
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 7th May
The World as a City
Professor Wolfgang Dokonal
12.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Events in May & June
The Keyword Conversations
Liverpool & London Campuses
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Tuesday 25th September
Carolyn Steel: How Food Shapes Our World
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 9th October
LAS Honan Scholarship 2017 & 2018 Student Presentation
5.30pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Monday 29th October
Liverpool, by 2020 the world’s first ‘climate positive’ city
11.00am to 12.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 30th October
An Introduction to Brickwork and Innovations in Brickwork
Michael H Thomson Design Advisor at Ibstock brick
Tuesday 20th November
Paul Arad. Acrylicize.
Selling Creativity
17.30 Budden Lecture Theatre
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Tuesday 27th November
Venice Tales and Fellowships
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Thursday 6th December
Pragmatic Parametric Poetry
A talk by Ragunath Vasudevan of
schneider+schumacher
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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Thursday 15th February
Professor Mark Swenarton
Cook’s Camden
The Making of Modern Housing
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Thursday 8th March
Emilio Caravatti
caravatti_caravatti
architecture and community
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Friday 9th March
shedkm
A talk in two parts by Director Hazel Rounding
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Wednesday 11th April
LSA_RIBA Education debate
A debate that brings together the RIBA and architectural educators from across the region
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Thursday 19th April
Robin Partington
Alumni Robin Partington talks about his life and work
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Thursday 19th April
Visa Breakfast
Employing International Graduates, aimed at practices recruiting Part one or Part two Architecture Graduates
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Thursday 3rd May
BRUTALISM EVENT at RIBA NORTH
RIBA North in collaboration Urban Splash with support from LSA and LJMU
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Monday 11th June
HOUSING EVENT at RIBA NORTH
RIBA North in collaboration Urban Splash with support from LSA and LJMU
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Thursday 28th September
Dominic Wilkinson
A New Cathedral 1960
The competition for Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral
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Thursday 5th October
CJ Lim
Inhabitable Infrastructures
Science fiction or urban future?
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Thursday 16th November
Nina Edge and Dr Gareth Carr
The Welsh Streets of Liverpool
5.30pm, Introduced by Neil Jackson
Talk with Q&A
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Thursday 23rd November
Richard Pare
Architecture and Photography
From the lost vanguard to Le Corbusier
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Thursday 14th December
Professor George Baird
Japanness: Atelier Bow-Wow
Introduced by Michael Wilford
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Tuesday 31st January 2017
Life By Design
Budden Lecture Theatre,
Booking Required
11.30am to 1.00pm
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Thursday 9th February 2017
A Gendered Profession
Ruth Morrow and James Soane
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
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March 16th February 2017
What is the objective of architectural education?
Michael Wilford, Patrick Lynch & Dave King
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
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Tuesday 21st March 2017
The North American Gridiron City
Professor Alan Dunlop
Budden Lecture Theatre, 1.00pm
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Thursday 23rd March 2017
Threats and Opportunities in Post-war Reconciliation
Dr. Ataa Alsalloum
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
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Tuesday 28th March 2017
Ethics and Morality: A discussion
Ian Ritchie, Alan Dunlop, Nick Ray, Michael Wilford and Dr Rosa Urbano Gutierrez, hosted by Johanna Muszbek
Budden Lecture Theatre, 7.00pm
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Thursday 30th March 2017
Ethic or Aesthetic?
Simon Henley from architects Henley Halebrown
Reilly Lecture Theatre, 1.00pm
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Thursday 27th April 2017
Contemporary Indigenous Architecture: Recent Works
Daniel Glenn
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
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Thursday 4th May 2017
The LSA - an architecture school's future?
Michael Wilford, Patrick Lynch, Dave King, Roger Stephenson, Prof Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, hosted by Ms Johanna Muszbek
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
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Thursday 15th June 2017
School of Architecture Industry Night
The Liverpool School of Architecture, Leverhulme Building, Abercromby Square
4.00pm to 8.00pm
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Thursday 24th November
Visiting Professors Discuss 'architecture school'
Stirling Gallery
5.30 pm - 6.30 pm
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Thursday 1st December
Professor Fiona Mclachlan
Ethereal Material: Colour Strategies in Architecture
Photo: Urs Siegenthaler Zurich
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