Britain’s Greatest Twentieth-Century Building: The Debate
Friday 28 November 2014 6.30 - 7.45pm
Geological Society, Piccadilly, W1
£12. Concessions £6.
Friends of the RA book first
100 Buildings 100 Years
A variety of speakers make a case for their chosen twentieth-century building as Britain’s greatest.
Contributors to the exhibition and book 100 Buildings 100 Years argue in favour of their chosen building as the most significant structure erected since 1914. We then ask the audience to cast their vote. Having whittled the list down, the remaining contributors will answer your questions and get another chance to argue for their building, before the final vote is cast to find the winner!
Panel:
John Allan (former director of Avanti Architects) on Finsbury Health Centre, London (1938) by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton
Gillian Darley (writer and broadcaster) on Shredded Wheat Factory, Welwyn Garden City (1926) by Louis de Soissons
Elizabeth Darling (Reader in Architectural History, Oxford Brookes University) on the Isokon Building, London (1934) by Wells Coates
Elain Harwood (Senior Architectural Investigator at English Heritage) on Byker Estate, Newcastle (1982) by Ralph Erskine’s Arkitektkontor
Owen Hatherley (author and journalist) on Wyndham Court, Southampton (1970) by Lyons Israel Ellis
David Heath (former Chief Conservation Architect for English Heritage) on the Southbank Centre, London (1967) by London County Council Architects
Elizabeth Hopkirk (Reporter, Building Design) on No. 1 Poultry, London (1997) by James Stirling
Includes a glass of wine.
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