Autumn Semester Lectures

To improve accessibility many of the guest lectures are a hybrid format (via a zoom link) to enable participation should travelling to LSA not be possible. For any queries please contact Sandy Britton at sandy.britton@liverpol.ac.uk or email lsaevent@liverpool.ac.uk.

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28th October 2026

Scale 2.0 @ LSA Launch

Join us in celebrating the launch of the Scale 2.0 exhibition on the first of two Careers Days in the School of Architecture.

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28th October 2026

The Space In Between

A talk by NSPF member Ashley Taylor-Watts of Define Architects in the Budden Lecture Theatre at 18.30. An NSPF Scale 2.0 event

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29th October 2026

Roger Stephenson: Craft by Proxy

Roger Stephenson OBE founded his Practice in 1979, which from the outset has been intimately involved in the urban regeneration of Manchester, starting with ground breaking regeneration projects in Castlefield.

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31st October 2026

Ten Years of Colin Rowe Lectures: A Wide Angle View

A special event at the new University of Liverpool School of Architecture extension to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Colin Rowe Lectures, a collaboration between CAVA and RIBA.

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Tuesday 3rd November 2026

Inaugural Lecture: Professor Taibat Lawanson

This lecture engages with the concepts of everyday urbanism, ecological capitalism and living heritage; unpacking how urban development visions and climate resilience narratives can become a clear threat to lived realities, place identity and urban sustainability

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Wednesday 4th November 2026

Inaugural Lecture: Professor Ilze Wolff

We are delighted to welcome you to an inspiring evening with Professor Ilze Wolff. This lecture will build on and echo the work of Mario Gooden, who professes that 'liberation is a spatial practice’ as much as it is a social practice.