Spring 2010

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CRITIC'S CHOICE: LONDON'S MOST IMPORTANT BUILDING

A new series in which four critics each make a case for what they consider to be London’s most significant or important building.

Charles Saumarez Smith: St Paul’s Cathedral (1 Feb)
Elain Harwood: Commonwealth Institute (22 Feb)
Tristram Hunt: Trafalgar Square (8 Mar)
Hans Ulrich Obrist: Fun Palace by Cedric Price (22 Mar)

LIBRARIES

A series of lectures in which three architects each outline their ideas for and responses to library projects.

Benedetta Tagliabue: Public Library Enric Miralles (18 Mar)
Jo Coenen: Amsterdam Public Library (26 Mar)
Morten Schmidt: Libraries as Cultural Hubs (19 Apr)

EVENING LECTURES

The Sketchbooks of Sir Nicholas Grimshaw PRA (20 Jan)
Sir Richard MacCormac RA in Conversation with Jonathan Glancey (15 Mar)

RA FORUM
Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space (15 May)

A weekend Forum examining how the imagination and perceptions of the writer J. G. Ballard may challenge and inform contemporary architecture. Read more and book

WALKING TOUR
London and the imagination of the city

Saturdays 17 April, 24 April and 8 May

Inspired by 'Relics of old London: Photography and the spirit of the city', this walking tour, meandering along Fleet Street, into the Inns of Court and then onto Smithfield and St Bartholomew the Great, explores some of London’s most fascinating and historically-minded places. Read more

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