Spring 2008

Architecture after Communism:
Bart Goldhoorn
17 March 2008

Bart Goldhoorn, architect, discusses how in some instances the confrontation of the Soviet heritage with the new possibilities offered by the free market lead to interesting architectural phenomena. Read more

Norman Foster RA: Russian Projects
3 April 2008

Norman Foster unveils plans for an ambitious cultural quarter for Moscow's Pushkin State Museum. He sets this project in the context of Foster + Partners’ other work in Russia, from St Petersburg to Moscow. Read more about this event and download the recording

LECTURE SERIES
The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson
11 February - 28 April 2008

The second instalment of this popular lecture series follows key mid-19th and 20th century architects, whose buildings contribute to contemporary London. Read more

RA Forum
Urban Pastoral
18 February 2008

Art critics Dr Julian Stallabrass, Courtauld Institute, and TJ Demos, UCL, discuss the urban pastoral and the social, environmental and aesthetic implications of this landscape. Read more

RA Forum
Architecture and Music: Sound and Object
3 March 2008

This forum looks at how the interaction between music – both composition and performance – and architecture can open new areas for imaginative response. Read more

RA Forum
Architecture and Music: Performance, silence and space
21 April 2008

Both architecture and music can transform how we inhabit space by appealing in different ways to our senses and intellect. Read more

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