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Sir Philip Dowson PPRA

In Conversation with Charles Jencks

28 Sep 2007

 Sir Philip Dowson PPRA

Senior Architect Academician and past President of the Royal Academy, Sir Philip Dowson, discusses with Charles Jencks how he came to architecture through maths, science, engineering and then through art, and how the marrying of these disciplines came to inform his architecture. He describes his experiences of working with the engineer Ove Arup and the establishment of Arup Associates.

In the Reynolds Room; 6.30–7.30pm; £10/£5 students (incl. drink)

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Alexander Calder, 'Sumac V', 1953, Mobile, painted metal. 125 x 140 cm. Maeght family, Paris. Photo © Galerie Maeght. © Calder Foundation, New York/DACS London 2008

 

Unknown artist, Incense burner in the shape of a church, 10th–11th century. Silver partially gilded, 36 cm. Procuratoria di San Marco, Venezia. Photo per gentile concessione della Procuratoria di San Marco/Cameraphoto Arte, Venice