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.
Stirling Gallery
5.30 pm - 6.30 pm
Photo: Urs Siegenthaler Zurich
| 23rd Oct | CJ Lim Food City |
| 30th Oct | Jonathan Hendry Foraging |
| 6th Nov | Paul Domela On art, body and space and the speculation of an Architecture Biennial |
| 13th Nov | Stephanie Strain Assistant Curator of Tate Liverpool on Claude Parent and La Colline de l’Art commission |
| 20th Nov | Jay Gort Gort Scott Architects |
| 27th Nov | Patrick Lynch Lynch Architects |
| 4th Dec | Raymond Quek Line Wash and Tone, architecture and the metropolis and the thematics of redemption |
| 5th March | Michael Wilford Composition and Character |
| 10th March | Justin de Syllas Peckham and Finsbury, London’s Pioneering 1930s health centres |
| 12th March | Roger Watt Haworth Tomkins Aspects of theatre design |
| 19th March | Matt Driscoll Director, Threefold Architects www.threefoldarchitects.com |
| 30th April | Sophie Goldhill and David Liddicoat Liddicoat & Goldhill www.liddicoatgoldhill.com |
Budden Lecture Theatre,
Booking Required
11.30am to 1.00pm
Ruth Morrow and James Soane
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
Michael Wilford, Patrick Lynch & Dave King
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
Professor Alan Dunlop
Budden Lecture Theatre, 1.00pm
Dr. Ataa Alsalloum
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
Ian Ritchie, Alan Dunlop, Nick Ray, Michael Wilford and Dr Rosa Urbano Gutierrez, hosted by Johanna Muszbek
Budden Lecture Theatre, 7.00pm
Simon Henley from architects Henley Halebrown
Reilly Lecture Theatre, 1.00pm
Daniel Glenn
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
Michael Wilford, Patrick Lynch, Dave King, Roger Stephenson, Prof Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, hosted by Ms Johanna Muszbek
Budden Lecture Theatre, 5.00pm
The Liverpool School of Architecture, Leverhulme Building, Abercromby Square
4.00pm to 8.00pm
The competition for Liverpool's Catholic Cathedral
Talk with Q&A
5.30pm, Introduced by Neil Jackson
Talk with Q&A
From the lost vanguard to Le Corbusier
Introduced by Michael Wilford
The Making of Modern Housing
A debate that brings together the RIBA and architectural educators from across the region
Alumni Robin Partington talks about his life and work
Employing International Graduates, aimed at practices recruiting Part one or Part two Architecture Graduates
RIBA North in collaboration Urban Splash with support from LSA and LJMU
RIBA North in collaboration Urban Splash with support from LSA and LJMU
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
5.30pm Budden Lecture Theatre
11.00am to 12.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
17.30 Budden Lecture Theatre
Michael H Thomson Design Advisor at Ibstock brick
A talk by Ragunath Vasudevan of
schneider+schumacher
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
Levitt Bernstein
Book Launch and Talks
Chaired by Prof Mark Swenarton
6.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
Carl Turner & Simon Cadle
Geoff Rich
Howard Miller
Ragunath Vasudevan
Dr Patrick Lynch
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Budden Lecture Theatre 5.00 – 8.00 pm
Dr Matthew Wells
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
Prof. Dipl. Ing. Christian Moczala
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
Professor Robert Kronenburg (Architecture)
Leggate Theatre, Victoria Gallery and Museum
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
Geoff Rich (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios)
5.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
Reilly Room, 10.00am - 5.00pm
European and Chinese Perspectives on Architecture and Heritage
1.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
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.
Professor Wolfgang Dokonal
12.00pm Budden Lecture Theatre
University of Liverpool in London
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Booklaunch and Lecture
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RIBA North, Mann Island
5.30pm-8pm, 502 Teaching Hub
We are very sad that due to circumstances outside of everyones’ control this event has been POSTPONED
We are very sad that due to circumstances outside of everyones’ control this event has been POSTPONED
Five online sessions of guest talks culminating in a round table discussion will focus on the complex and multi-faceted connections between mental health and the built environment.
A talk and Q&A with activist and educator Neil Pinder. Could you be inspiring others? What role can you play in increasing inclusivity and diversity in architecture?
An ASOC LSA collaboration
Peter Zumthor's House on a Hill in North Devon is a meditation on living in the landscape. This lecture will discuss the process of designing and building this house, from its early model making to its final construction.
Dr Burçak Özlüdil, Associate Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College, New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA)
Part of the series on Historical and contemporary perspectives on mental health and the built environment
Professor Matthew Smith, University of Strathclyde
Part of the series on Historical and contemporary perspectives on mental health and the built environment
Karen Flatt, Architect & Studio Director, IBI Group
Part of the series on Historical and contemporary perspectives on mental health and the built environment
Stacey Charlesworth, Design Director, ADT Workplace
Chris Pickup, Studio Associate Director, IBI Group)
Part of the series on Historical and contemporary perspectives on mental health and the built environment
A round table discussion on the intersection of mental health and community environments.
Part of the series on Historical and contemporary perspectives on mental health and the built environment
Recheduled from June, artist Stephanie Imbeau joins us with a recording of her talk and for live Q and A
Introduced by Pietro Pezzani, we are delighted that Davide Rapp will join us at LSA for questions and answers following a screening of his film
What can we learn from the Swiss Genossenschafts which could change the way we approach housing for the better?
This talk offers an introduction to the major issues and challenges that impacted the design of the Station, the first significant piece of architecture beyond Earth.
We want to explore why architectural education, especially during undergrad, has around a 50/50 gender split, but the further up the ladder women seem to drop off.
A collaboration between LSA and BLAC Black Led Architecture Collective
Joe Jack Williams from FCBStudios will provide an overview embodied carbon in construction
Danni Kerr discusses how the power that attaches or is attached to space disables mediation for minority persons as a 'normal' way of being; and how 'normal' behaviour in the space leads to non-participation, invisibility and exclusion.
We will share with you our work over the last decade to bring cross laminated timber construction to the fore, explaining the circumstances that contribute to the meteoric rise in the use of this innovative and sustainable material.
Generally speaking, institutions are built to withstand change, not encourage it. This lecture and Q&A speculates on different approaches to architectural education that might encourage institutions to give up a few ‘sacred cows’ in favour of a more equitable, diverse and inclusive future.
Professor Richard Koeck presents ground-breaking innovations and failures in the history of immersive experiences and a peep into the future.
The Liverpool School of Architecture is pleased to announce a new lecture series entitled to its alumnus Robert ‘Bob’ Maxwell (1922-2020).
We invite you to join us in this symposium to discuss how issues in gender, race, sexuality, social mobility, accessibility, and mental health affect architectural education. This symposium aims to better articulate the challenges and the strengths regarding EDI issues in the education offered at the LSA.
This talk by FAF's founder will outline how all young people can organise and campaign through digital and grassroots methods in order to manifest the change they want to see - both within and without architecture.
We believe architecture has a profound ability to connect with our heart and our soul. Our talk will illustrate how Globalization, Identity & Culture are not mutually exclusive but interdependent. Let’s build bridges, not walls.
A panel discussion looking at the realities of being Black in the profession and exploring why it is so significant that we lost a future Black architect when Stephen was murdered.
BLAC want to celebrate Stephen and highlight the issues of race in the UK, and the issues of race within architecture.
A collaboration between LSA and BLAC Black Led Architecture Collective.
