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.
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.
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.
What can we learn from the Swiss Genossenschafts which could change the way we approach housing for the better?
Joe Jack Williams from FCBStudios will provide an overview embodied carbon in construction
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.
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.
A collaboration between LSA and BLAC Black Led Architecture Collective
The Liverpool School of Architecture is pleased to announce a new lecture series entitled to its alumnus Robert ‘Bob’ Maxwell (1922-2020).
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Professor Matthew Smith, University of Strathclyde
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
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
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
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.
