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Relaxed Day Visit and A Ghost Story by Candlelight
Dennis Severs' House
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee) (sold out). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Villiers Street, outside of the Embankment Station, WC2N 6DU · Twentieth Century Society
First run (sold out) – Second run (sold out) – Third Run (sold out) Join us on the second run of our new outreach programme Architecture Style Walks. Five fun, engaging walks (Art Deco, Modernism, Brutalism, Postmodernism and High-Tech) will explore key buildings of each style in London. You’ll learn the context in which they were built and hear interesting facts and anecdotes you can share with your friends in the pub later. The walks are very much aimed at the general public and will be repeated several times a year. Explore London’s Art Deco architecture with experienced tour leader Alison Rae. Starting at the Embankment, we will peek at the OXO Tower across the river before moving to the monumental Shell-Mex House and Adelphi. Walking up through Covent Garden, we’ll see a number of famous interwar theatres and hotels. The tour will finish inside the colossal Freemason’s Hall. Alison Rae is a Golden Key Academy graduate. She curates tours for Open City and Open House House London. Formerly head of Tours and Visiting at the National Theatre.
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Silent Night Visit, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Silent Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 8pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). Walk through the house at your own pace without speaking. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the quality of its silence, enlivened only by ticking clocks, distant church bells and horse-drawn carriages passing. You will discover that when there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances of each of the rooms. Compounded by the house’s intricate visual detail, this is an intense experience for all the senses. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Why are architects afraid of colour? Chromatic Architecture with Adam Nathaniel Furman
BDP Clerkenwell, 16 Brewhouse Yard, London EC1V 4LJ · Twentieth Century Society
Colour is one of the most meaningful and expressive elements that can be used in the design of buildings. So how come students are rarely taught about it and many architects are fearful of it? Join the C20 Society for a special lecture and book launch celebrating Chromatic Architecture: The Craft of Colour in Design (RIBA, 2026). Architecture-trained artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman will present the new book, co-authored with Texas-based journalist Kate Mazade. Following the presentation, award-winning architecture critic and C20 Head of Casework Laura Mark will sit down with Adam to unpack the architecture’s complex relationship with colour and answer the questions above. Adam Nathaniel Furman is a London based artist and designer who trained in architecture, and now works in public art, furniture and product design. He co-founded the Saturated Space Research Cluster at London's Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture (2011-2021) on colour in architecture and urbanism with Antoni Malinowski; taught at Central Saint Martins College of Art, London; has work in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Victoria in Southbank, Australia, the National Museum of Norway in Oslo and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, amongst others; was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by RIBA for his contribution to the field of architecture in 2024; and with Joshua Mardell, he co-edited the award-winning 2022 book Queer Spaces, An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places & Stories, also for RIBA Publishing. Laura Mark is Head of Casework at the C20 Society. She is an award-winning architecture critic, curator, editor and researcher. Laura worked in architectural practice before joining the editorial team of the Architects’ Journal. She has also held curatorial positions at both Walmer Yard and the Royal Academy of Arts. The book will be available for purchase and signing at the event. Includes a glass of wine and contribution to our casework and campaigns.
Senegalese practice Worofila presents this year's Rick Mather lecture, celebrating the work of architects who are making important contributions to thinking about sustainability.
A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 8pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). Walter de la Mare's haunting short story Out of the Deep is reimagined for Dennis Severs' House at Halloween. The supernatural tale comes eerily to life when read by a flickering fire in its candlelit Withdrawing Room. Guests will be served a glass of Cremant or a soft drink in the atmospheric ground-floor Dining Room before taking their seats for an evening of spine-tingling entertainment. Performed by Lisa D'Agostino with music and sound by Dominic Stokes. This is for the curious but not the faint hearted.
21st Century Architecture: STRATFORD WATERFRONT with Bob Allies (Allies and Morrison) and Eimear Hanratty (O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects)
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ · Twentieth Century Society
Learn more about some of the best 21st-century architecture from the people who made it happen. We’ve paired leading architects and academics for themed lectures where they will present their work, before sitting down to discuss their individual approaches to similar projects. The UK's largest cultural project in generations, this new neighbourhood at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will bring some of the world's leading cultural and educational institutions into East London. It brings together new venues for the London College of Fashion, the Victoria & Albert Museum, BBC Music and Sadler's Wells, as well as 600 new homes, retail and community spaces. Bob Allies (Allies and Morrison) will present new buildings for London College of Fashion and BBC Music. While Eimear Hanratty (O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects) will talk about the designs of V&A East and Sadler’s Wells Dance Theatre. This will be followed by a conservation on the joys and pitfalls of working on such prestigious projects. The event will be chaired by Sandy Rattray, a governor of the Southbank Centre and the C20 chair. Bob Allies is the co-founder of Allies and Morrison. Bob has shaped many significant masterplans, from King’s Cross to London’s Olympic Legacy. He’s Professor of Architecture at the University of Bath and has recently been appointed to the role of Architect in Residence to the city of Bath and North-East Somerset. In 2016, he was awarded an OBE for services to architecture. Eimear Hanratty is Associate Director at O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects. Eimear studied architecture in Dublin, Oslo and Beijing. She set up O+T’s office in London and has a keen interest in conservation and has worked on the extension and refurbishment of a Grade II Listed Lutyens building in London as well as a Grade I listed Nash building on the Mall, next to Buckingham Palace. The series coincides with the new C20 book 100 21st Century Buildings (2026, Batsfords). To book an online ticket for this lecture, click here. Buy the whole lecture series and save. The ticket price includes a glass of wine and a contribution to our casework and campaigns. Note: This event is hybrid and is being run both in-person at Cowcross Street Gallery and online via Zoom. The event will be recorded and offered as a catch-up lecture for those who have booked and will be available for two weeks.
Relaxed Day Visit and A Ghost Story by Candlelight
Dennis Severs' House
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Hot off the press: Architectural magazines study day
Alan Baxter Gallery · Twentieth Century Society
Valeria Carullo, the curator at RIBA Photographs Collection, runs a study day on the role of architecture magazines – such as Architectural Design, L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui and Casabella – in disseminating ideas and knowledge. PROGRAMME Morning session Chair: Laura Mark 9.00 Registration and coffee 9.30 Welcome Valeria Carullo 9.45 Der Baumeister: Everyday Practices of Publishing Architecture Dr Sarah Borree, visiting junior professor of architectural theory and history at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 10.15 Championing Italian Modernism: Casabella in the 1930s Valeria Carullo, Curator, Robert Elwall Photographs Collection, Royal Institute of British Architects 10.45 Focus: architectural activism through a little magazine Dr Elizabeth Darling, independent architectural historian and curator 11.15 Break 11.30 A Hungarian Look to the International: Virgil Bierbauer’s Editorial Activities at the Journal Tér és Forma in Interwar Hungary Ágnes Anna Sebestyén, curator at the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monument Protection Documentation Centre, Budapest 12.00 The Alphabet of Modernity: Život II and the radicalization of Czech Avant-Garde culture Dr Irena Žantovská Murray, HonFRIBA, independent architectural historian and curator 12.30 Q&A 13.00 Lunch (included) Afternoon session Chair: Peter Murray 14.00 Architecture d’aujourd’hui, from ‘voice of the avant-garde’ to the ‘Queen Mother of architectural publications’ Nicholas Bullock, former Professor of Architectural and Planning History of the 20th Century in Cambridge and Architectural Association lecturer 14.30 The Architectural Review: criticism, commerce and culture Dr Jessica Kelly, Reader in Architectural and Design History at London Metropolitan University 15.00 A history of British architecture through a biography of Architectural Design Dr Stephen Parnell, independent architectural historian and part-time tutor at Leeds School of Architecture 15.30 Break 15.45 Bercsényi 28–30: A Window to the Free World Dániel Kovács, curator of the post-1945 collections at the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and Monuments Protection Documentation Centre, Budapest 16.15 Casabella 964: James Stirling Dr Marco Iuliano, Research Director of the Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts, University of Liverpool School of Architecture 16.45 Q&A 17.30 Conclusions The ticket price includes tea/coffee, lunch, printed brochure and a contribution to our casework and campaigns. The Twentieth Century Society is an IHBC (Institute of Historic Building conservation) recognised CPD provider. Image: L: Architectural Design, December 1955 (Theo Crosby); R: Casabella no 367, July 1972 (Alessandro Mendini)
EDGELANDS – Architecture at The City’s Limits ‘Part Two’
London Architecture Diary · via London Architecture Diary
Around the fringe of every city lies an Edgeland. Neither town or country these fertile hinterlands are made up of two different natures. Skirting the ancient borders of the City of London, this TWO PART walk explores the liminal buildings, streets and spaces that have grown up in the shadow of the financial heart. Following a route defined first by the Romans two millennia ago, it looks at the ‘City Fringe’ between Finsbury Square, Smithfield and Holborn Bars to reveal modernist utopias, medieval sanctuaries, partial monasteries and markets! PART ONE - Saturday 17 October A walk by The London Ambler - Mike Althorpe
The Southwest London (SWL) Sickle Cell Nutrition Fair aims to bring together Patients, Parents/Cares and Service Providers in sickle cell. Join us in person as we celebrate the end of the inaugural Southwest London (SWL) Specialist Sickle Cell Nutrition Education Programme. The SWL London Sickle Cell Nutrition Fair is an opportunity for you to Learn, Connect, and Celebrate alongside your sickle cell peers, parents, caregivers and service providers! REGISTER TODAY! Get ready for an eventful day of celebration as we welcome and congratulate the attendees of the SWL Sickle Cell Nutrition Programme. The event opens with an educational African and Caribbean focussed food demonstration and interactive food tasting session, highlighting the sickle cell nutrition Eat-well Guide, as delivered by the incredible Food For Purpose Team! Other activities to expect include a series of nutrition and wellbeing talks, health and nutrition stalls, plus fun activities for the whole family to enjoy. Programme attendees will be presented with their end of programme certificates and there will be an opportunity to connect and network. Tasty culturally inspired light lunch options will be served on the day! We look forward to welcoming you on the day!
Relaxed Day Visit and A Ghost Story by Candlelight
Dennis Severs' House
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Silent Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). A Ghost Story by Candlelight, 6pm, £58.00 (+ £2 booking fee) (sold out). Walk through the house at your own pace without speaking. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the quality of its silence, enlivened only by ticking clocks, distant church bells and horse-drawn carriages passing. You will discover that when there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances of each of the rooms. Compounded by the house’s intricate visual detail, this is an intense experience for all the senses. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
21st Century Architecture: HOUSING Phil Hamilton (Peter Barber Architects) and David Mikhail (Mikhail Riches)
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ · Twentieth Century Society
21st Century Architecture: HOUSING with Phil Hamilton (Peter Barber Architects) and David Mikhail (Mikhail Riches) Learn more about some of the best 21st-century architecture from the people who made it happen. We’ve paired leading architects and academics for themed lectures where they will present their work, before sitting down to discuss their individual approaches to similar projects. Britain might have notoriously low quality of new built homes, but there are architects and enlightened clients committed to improving the standards and with that people’s lives. We’ll hear from two of them. David Mikhail of Mikhail Riches will present the Stirling Prize-winning Goldsmith Street scheme they designed with Cathy Hawley. In 2019 it became the only social-housing scheme ever to win the coveted annual award, given to the UK's best new building. The 105 low-energy council homes were delivered for Norwich City Council. Phil Hamilton of Peter Barber Architects will present Donnybrook Quarters in Tower Hamlets and Edgewood Mews in Barnet – two highlights from their award-winning portfolio of radical and innovative housing developments the practice delivered for housing associations, councils and charities. The event is chaired by Laura Mark – architecture critic, former Architect's Journal editor and current Head of Casework at C20. David Mikhail is one of founders of Mikhail Riches and has been responsible for Goldsmith Street for Norwich City Council, The Housing Delivery Programme for City of York Council and Owlstone Croft Graduate Homes for Queens’ College Cambridge. David also developed a slice of unpromising land at Church Walk Hackney, which went on to become the RIBA London Building of the Year 2013. Phil Hamilton is a Director at Peter Barber Architects, which he joined in 2002, having worked with Nigel Coates previously. Phil has a wealth of planning and construction experience having led large multi discipline teams on multiple award-winning housing and mixed use projects. He is a member of the Hackney and Wandsworth Design Review Panels, and is a member of the RIBA National Awards Panel. The series coincides with the new C20 book 100 21st Century Buildings (2026, Batsfords). To book an online ticket for this lecture, click here. Buy the whole lecture series and save. The ticket price includes a glass of wine and a contribution to our casework and campaigns. Note: This event is hybrid and is being run both in-person at Cowcross Street Gallery and online via Zoom. The event will be recorded and offered as a catch-up lecture for those who have booked and will be available for two weeks.
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Silent Night Visit, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Meet master mould maker Mark Marchant and apprentice ceramic artist Livvy Azzopardi for a day of inspiring talks, hands-on sprig mould making workshops and Q&A sessions exploring creative careers and the future of Stoke-on-Trent's ceramics industry.
Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Silent Night Visit, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Come along to celebrate the opening of our new room display of A High-rise Flat in 2008, which highlights months of community research documenting trans stories, lives and homes in 2000s East London.
Our day to night, community-led programme celebrates how East London has and still is providing home to the trans community.
Join us for trans+ 2000s themed screenings curated and hosted by TGirlsOnFilm, trans poetry readings from the 2000s and today, a trans artists and makers market, a panel talk led by Trans Action for Housing Justice to raise awareness about the issues faced by trans people today, and a cabaret celebrating the trans (and fabulous) performers who’ve made East London a home for the LGBTQI+ community.
Please note: tickets include general entry to the event day. Entry to individual programmes throughout the day are offered on a first come, first serve basis based on the capacity of the room.
Full programme will be announced soon. Please note that the evening cabaret performance is for ages 18+ only.
Silent Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £16 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Dennis Severs’ Tour, 6pm, £75 (+ £1.75 booking fee). Walk through the house at your own pace without speaking. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the quality of its silence, enlivened only by ticking clocks, distant church bells and horse-drawn carriages passing. You will discover that when there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances of each of the rooms. Compounded by the house’s intricate visual detail, this is an intense experience for all the senses. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
The London Conference 2026 | Where Next for London’s Economy?
Central London · Centre for London
Innovation, Investment and Inclusion Can London deliver economic growth while ensuring fairness for every community? London’s economy is changing. Innovation, investment patterns, and inequality are reshaping the capital. New technologies create opportunities but also disruptions. Investment drives growth, yet its benefits are not always felt equally across communities. Keen to join us? Register your interest now. As policymakers increasingly focus on devolved decision-making and place-based growth, London has a chance to combine economic success with raising living standards. International evidence shows how cities with more local control can grow faster and improve people’s lives. This year, The London Conference will explore how the capital can deliver its next chapter of growth – one that is driven by innovation, powered by investment and shared more equally across communities.…
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP · RIBA
Guerrilla Tactics is our annual flagship conference for small and medium sized architectural practices, providing a wealth of insightful information with a focus on essential business skills for architects. Positioning your practice for a changing profession This year’s Guerrilla Tactics conference explores how architects can take advantage of the new directions and opportunities emerging across the profession. It will encourage delegates to explore fresh ways to define their offer, strengthen their business approach and shape a practice that stands out. This programme consists of an in-person conference event and access to seven hours of separate on-demand CPD via RIBA Academy. If you are unable to attend in person you can also book through our online live-streamed conference and CPD option. Featuring expert-led roundtable discussions, this conference provides a valuable opportunity to network with peers and industry leaders. Delegates will leave with practical strategies to grow their practice, price and position their services with confidence, win new work and build a distinctive, future ready studio that can thrive as the profession evolves. Sponsored by Gendo
How do we make sense of the domestic in an ever-changing world? From the perspective of both museum visitors and curators, the book explores how we create and recreate home – past, present and future.
This event will include a short talk from Sonia plus an early chance to see our famous Rooms Through Time 1878-2049 dressed for winter, late-night festive shopping in the shop and music from the new Museum of the Home playlist.
Warming refreshments will be provided.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase on the night, or you can reserve your copy when booking your ticket.
About Real Rooms
There are many opportunities for tourists and cultural explorers to encounter homes that are open to the public. This book questions why we are so fascinated with these real and imagined spaces of domesticity and what it means to recreate home as a museum experience. It examines what desires are met when we walk through the door of a house museum or stumble across a room set in a gallery environment and reveals how these experiences tap into feelings of nostalgia, aspiration, inspiration, curiosity and empathy.
The case studies featured in Real Rooms range from famous examples such as the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and the Beatles’ Childhood Homes in Liverpool to the House of Annetta Museum in London and the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn, New York. All of them seek to preserve, recreate and reimagine lived experience for a visiting audience and communicate a message about the meaning of home. A central chapter of the book, on Museum of the Home’s seven ‘Real Rooms’, sets out the history of the Museum and the ideas behind the rooms and includes an extended interview with the curatorial team.
Presenting the perspective of both visitors and curators, the book explores how we package and consume home and make sense of the domestic in an ever-changing world. Illustrated by moving, insightful stories, the book highlights issues of migration, imagination and fantasy, feminism, class, ethnicity, community and time – past, present and future.
21st Century Architecture: MAGGIE’S CENTRES Siobhan Wyatt (Maggie's) and Caterina Frisone (Oxford Brookes)
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ · Twentieth Century Society
Learn more about some of the best 21st-century architecture from the people who made it happen. We’ve paired leading architects and academics for themed lectures where they will present their work, before sitting down to discuss their individual approaches to similar projects. Maggie’s, a network of cancer supporting facilities, have emerged as one of the most successful examples of architectural patronage of the 21st century. There are currently 27 Centres in the UK, small but remarkable buildings that offer the perfect combination of human care and architecture. The list of famous architecture practices involved in the design of Maggie’s centres include Zaha Hadid Architects, Gehry Partners, OMA, Foster + Partners and Snøhetta. Richard Murphy designed the very first centre in Edinburgh in 1995. We’ll hear from Maggie’s Property Director Siobhan Wyatt, who is responsible for the building and maintenance of all the centres. Siobhan works directly with architects and designers through the whole commissioning and construction process, and so is uniquely placed for giving us an in-depth overview. For an academic overview we’ll be joined by architect and educator Caterina Frisone, author of The Therapeutic Power of the Maggie’s Centre (2024, Routledge). The event is chaired by Laura Mark – architecture critic, former Architect's Journal editor and current Head of Casework at C20. Siobhan Wyatt is Property Director at Maggie’s and leads the development of new centres through design and construction. She helped to deliver Maggie’s Southampton, designed by Amanda Levete and the most recent centre at the Royal Free, designed by Daniel Libeskind. Prior to joining Maggie’s, Siobhan worked for a leading Construction Consultancy helping deliver a wide range of building projects. Caterina Frisone is an architect, educator and associate researcher at the School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University and at IUAV University of Venice. She’s the author of The Therapeutic Power of the Maggie’s Centre (2024, Routledge). The series coincides with the new C20 book 100 21st Century Buildings (2026, Batsfords). To book an online ticket for this lecture, click here. Buy the whole lecture series and save. The ticket price includes a glass of wine and a contribution to our casework and campaigns. Note: This event is hybrid and is being run both in-person at Cowcross Street Gallery and online via Zoom. The event will be recorded and offered as a catch-up lecture for those who have booked and will be available for two weeks.
Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR LATEST UPDATES ON CHRISTMAS TICKETS Explore the house without speaking and absorb the atmosphere of rooms lit solely by candles. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the powerful quality of its silence, broken only by ticking clocks and crackling fires. When there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances here – perfume, woodsmoke, cloves and tobacco. Compounded by the intense visual detail, this visit is guaranteed to awaken all the senses.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Dennis Severs’ Tour
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Dennis Severs’ Tour, 6pm – 8pm, £80.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR LATEST UPDATES ON CHRISTMAS TICKETS Explore the house without speaking and absorb the atmosphere of rooms lit solely by candles. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the powerful quality of its silence, broken only by ticking clocks and crackling fires. When there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances here – perfume, woodsmoke, cloves and tobacco. Compounded by the intense visual detail, this visit is guaranteed to awaken all the senses.
How can research and lived experience help us design spaces that better support family life, community and connection? Join TiggColl for a lunchtime talk exploring how research, storytelling and human behaviour can inform the design of meaningful spaces. The talk takes its starting point from It Takes a Village, a thesis by TiggColl student Charisse Kwong, developed through UCL’s MSc programme. The research explores the evolving role of community and shared childcare in a post-pandemic world, examining the experiences of working parents and the networks of support that surround family life. How can these insights move from research into design? TiggColl is currently exploring related questions through its work designing family social clubs — spaces that bring families together and seek to create new opportunities for shared experiences, support and social interaction. Drawing on work-in-progress projects alongside examples of narrative-led design, Manuel Gonzalez Nogueira will explore how research, context and real-life experiences can become part of the design process: informing the stories designers tell about a place, the concepts they develop and ultimately the spaces they create. The talk will consider how a narrative-led approach can help designers look beyond programme and function to understand how people might experience, inhabit and connect through a space. Expect a visually led discussion moving from academic research to live projects, and exploring how listening closely to the ways people live can lead to more thoughtful and socially connected places. Speaker Manuel Gonzalez Nogueira Associate Director, TiggColl Manuel combines technical expertise with a creative design philosophy rooted in storytelling. Since joining TiggColl in 2015, he has contributed to projects spanning student accommodation, co-living, private homes and large-scale housing, leading the design of community family clubs and contributing to competitions, including the award-winning House for Theo and Oskar. He qualified at the European University of Madrid (UEM) and completed his MArch with Distinction and Part III at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Previously, he worked with Estudio Álvarez-Sala and Andrés Perea in Spain, focusing on sustainable and Zero Energy design. He has also taught at UEM, collaborated with TU Delft and FADU Buenos Aires, and been a guest critic at the Bartlett and the Architectural Association in London. About the Building Centre's Lunchtime Talks Our Lunchtime Talks bring together people working across architecture, design and the built environment to share ideas, explore new approaches and encourage discussion. Free to attend. Booking recommended. Have an idea for a talk? We're always looking for fresh perspectives and interesting projects to share with our audiences. Find out how to propose your own Lunchtime Talk through our open call.
Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR LATEST UPDATES ON CHRISTMAS TICKETS Explore the house without speaking and absorb the atmosphere of rooms lit solely by candles. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the powerful quality of its silence, broken only by ticking clocks and crackling fires. When there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances here – perfume, woodsmoke, cloves and tobacco. Compounded by the intense visual detail, this visit is guaranteed to awaken all the senses.
Building Centre Film Club: 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute)
The Building Centre
The space immediately outside the Building Centre is set to become the home of London’s permanent AIDS Memorial. One week before World AIDS Day, Building Centre Film Club presents Robin Campillo’s acclaimed 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute), bringing together film, lived experience and the continuing work of remembrance. Set in Paris in the early 1990s, the film follows members of Act Up-Paris as they fight public indifference and demand action from governments and pharmaceutical companies. Moving between meetings, demonstrations, friendship, desire, illness and loss, 120 BPM is a powerful portrait of activism and the communities that emerge when institutions fail to act. Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, the film moves between the collective and the deeply personal, capturing both the urgency of political organising and the lives lived alongside it. Before the film, we’ll hear from Christophe Martet, a longtime AIDS activist, journalist and author who joined Act Up-Paris in 1990. Christophe is now president of Vers Paris sans sida, the city’s Fast-Track Cities programme working towards ending AIDS in Paris. He is the author of Les Combattants du Sida, about AIDS activists in France, and co-director of the documentary Nous Sommes Éternels, which explores the history of the AIDS Quilt in France. Christophe has been living with HIV since 1984. We will also be joined by Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt. Andria is a long-standing activist and an original member of ACT UP London, with decades of experience campaigning around HIV/AIDS, drug policy and the rights of marginalised communities. She continues to be involved in political and environmental activism and sits on AIDS Memory UK’s Affected Communities Advisory Board, helping shape the forthcoming AIDS Memorial in London. AIDS Memory UK is creating The AIDS Memorial in London, which will be located on South Crescent immediately outside the Building Centre, creating a new public space for remembrance, gathering and reflection. Taking place exactly one week before World AIDS Day on 1 December, the evening brings together film, activism and memory, asking how histories of collective action are remembered and how they continue to shape our cities and public spaces today. Free popcorn will be available for everyone attending the screening. 120 BPM (Beats Per Minute) Dir. Robin Campillo, 2017 France | 140 mins
BDP Clerkenwell, 16 Brewhouse Yard, London EC1V 4LJ · Twentieth Century Society
Architecture historian Emma Gilleece will take us on a tour of modern Irish architecture. We'll travel across Ireland’s early- to mid-twentieth‑century modernist landmarks – buildings that broke from tradition and imagined a different future. From civic centres and factories to churches, housing and schools, these structures tell a story of ambition, progress and new ways of living. Emma will showcase Ireland looking outward, embracing international modernism while forging its own architectural voice. Her new book This Modern Love - Architectural Gems of 20th Century Ireland is published by New Island Books and released in the UK this December. This Modern Love is clear‑eyed, visually driven and unapologetic. The book invites you to rediscover a built heritage that is still shaping Irish life today. It's based on the popular RTÉ Culture’s 100 Buildings series. Emma Gilleece is an architectural historian, specialising in early to mid-twentieth-century Ireland, which she writes about for RTÉ Culture. She grew up in the suburbs of Limerick City and today lives in north inner city Dublin. Laura Mark is Head of Casework at the C20 Society. She is an award-winning architecture critic, curator, editor and researcher. Laura worked in architectural practice before joining the editorial team of the Architects’ Journal. The book will be available for purchase at the event. Part of new C20’s globe trotting series looking at modern architecture and heritage protection around the world. We have already talked about Japan, while Poland is booked in October and Germany is scheduled for Spring. The ticket price includes a glass of wine and a contribution to our casework and campaigns.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Grounding Practice: Access Capacity with Iarlaith Ní Fheorais
Somerset House, Snooker Rooms, New Wing
Curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais shares tangible approaches to how access can shape artistic practice, collaboration and sustainability. What can artists learn from access methodologies? Curator and writer Iarlaith Ní Fheorais draws on her experience working with artists and developing the Access Toolkit for Art Workers to share practical approaches to building access into practice, from planning and budgeting to collaborating with support workers, building teams and support structures. Rather than treating access as something added to a project at the end, the session will consider what happens when access and support become part of an ongoing practice. We’ll consider how some of these approaches might be useful to artists more broadly, regardless of their career stage or artistic discipline, or whether access is a specific concern within their work. Through case studies from previous projects, Iarlaith will reveal how these approaches have worked in practice, including what was involved, what worked well and what she might do differently. The session will also offer practical guidance around how to resource access costs. Leaving artists who attend with practical ideas they can apply to their own ways of working, as well as a broader understanding of how access can shape artistic practice, collaboration and sustainability. Image credit: Bridget O'Gorman, Support | Work, 2023, TULCA Festival of Visual Arts 2023. Photographer: Ros Kavanagh.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
21st Century Architecture: GALLERIES with Peter St John (Caruso St John) and Oliver Ulmer (David Chipperfield)
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ · Twentieth Century Society
Learn more about some of the best 21st-century architecture from the people who made it happen. We’ve paired leading architects and academics for themed lectures where they will present their work, before sitting down to discuss their individual approaches to similar projects. A lucky few British cities were blessed with the arrival of brand new art galleries – bringing first class architecture and boosting the local economy. We’ll hear from two architects who delivered a bunch of them. Peter St John, co-founder of Caruso St John, will present the sublime Nottingham Contemporary (2009), the winner of EU Mies van der Rohe Award. Peter will also talk about New Art Gallery Walsall (2000), the Stirling Prize finalist. Oliver Ulmer, Director at David Chipperfield, will talk about the fantastic Turner Contemporary (2011) in Margate and the brilliant Hepworth Wakefield (2011) in West Yorkshire – both galleries won RIBA National Awards. The event is chaired by Priya Khanchandani – curator, writer, broadcaster and former trustee of the Hepworth Wakefield. Peter St John oversees the two offices of Caruso St John in London and Zurich together with Adam Caruso. He leads projects of all scales – from large urban developments and cultural projects, to intricate interventions in complex historic settings. Peter has taught architecture throughout his career and is a Professor of Architecture at London Metropolitan University. He has previously been a Visiting Professor at the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio, the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, ETH Zurich, and the University of Bath. Oliver Ulmer joined David Chipperfield Architects in 1998 and has almost 30 years of professional experience working on a wide range of projects in the United Kingdom and Europe. Oliver has led numerous projects for the practice, including One Kensington Gardens, One Pancras Square and The Hepworth Wakefield art gallery. The series coincides with the new C20 book 100 21st Century Buildings (2026, Batsfords). To book an online ticket for this lecture, click here. Buy the whole lecture series and save. The ticket price includes a glass of wine and a contribution to our casework and campaigns. Note: This event is hybrid and is being run both in-person at Cowcross Street Gallery and online via Zoom. The event will be recorded and offered as a catch-up lecture for those who have booked and will be available for two weeks.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
ALBERTOPOLIS – Architecture + Enlightenment Through South Kensington
London Architecture Diary · via London Architecture Diary
Home to the V&A, Science and Natural History museums, the Imperial College, the Royal Colleges of Art, Organists, Music and the Institute Of Navigation, Albertopolis in South Kensington is London’s original knowledge quarter. Made possible through the profits of The Great Exhibition of 1851 this epic city of learning was the brainchild of Prince Albert - Queen Victoria’s Consort - and over 30 years 87 acres of sloping West London fields were spectacularly brought to life in the pursuit and promotion of science, art and industry. Charting high Victorian hopes, this walking tour explores the making of Albertopolis through its greatest architecture and biggest ideas. A walk by The London Ambler - Mike Althorpe
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Dennis Severs’ Tour
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Dennis Severs’ Tour, 6pm – 8pm, £80.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR LATEST UPDATES ON CHRISTMAS TICKETS Explore the house without speaking and absorb the atmosphere of rooms lit solely by candles. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the powerful quality of its silence, broken only by ticking clocks and crackling fires. When there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances here – perfume, woodsmoke, cloves and tobacco. Compounded by the intense visual detail, this visit is guaranteed to awaken all the senses.
As the climate crisis intensifies, pressures on public health grow and communities seek greater resilience, expectations of the built environment are changing. Increasingly, places are expected to do more than accommodate growth or deliver economic value. They are also need to support nature recovery, improve wellbeing, strengthen social connections and help address some of society's most pressing challenges. But what does this mean for design? This lunchtime discussion brings together Frazer Osment, Director and Chair of LDA Design, and Stephanie Leung, Associate at LDA Design, to explore a timely question: What is design for now? The session will examine whether the systems, policies and assumptions that shape development have kept pace with changing societal expectations, and what this means for the role and responsibilities of designers today. Rather than offering simple answers, the discussion will challenge participants to think critically about what society needs from the places we create and the processes through which they are delivered. Beginning with a thought-provoking provocation from Frazer Osment, the session will explore how the purpose of design may be evolving in response to contemporary environmental, social and economic challenges. Stephanie Leung will then draw on a selection of real-world projects to examine how these ambitions play out in practice, highlighting the opportunities, constraints and trade-offs involved in delivering meaningful change. A candid conversation between the speakers will consider questions such as: How much influence do designers really have? Where should the profession show greater leadership? Are we asking too much of design, or not enough? And what roles should policymakers, developers and communities play? The session will conclude with an interactive audience discussion, inviting participants to share their own perspectives on what the built environment should be delivering for society over the next 20 years. Expect a lively, thought-provoking conversation that combines strategic thinking, practical experience and audience conversation to explore the future purpose of design. Speakers Frazer Osment, Chair, LDA Design Frazer Osment is Chair of LDA Design and has over 30 years' experience shaping new places and regeneration projects. He leads the practice's strategic direction, championing its purpose to shape the world for the better. Drawing on extensive experience of both design and delivery, Frazer is a leading voice on the evolving role of the built environment in addressing challenges such as climate resilience, nature recovery, health and wellbeing. He advocates an outcomes-led approach, focused on creating lasting value for clients, communities and nature. Stephanie Leung, Associate, LDA Design Stephanie Leung is an Associate at LDA Design and leads the London studio. A Chartered Landscape Architect with over 15 years' experience, she specialises in the design and delivery of complex public realm and urban regeneration projects. Her work includes Wembley Park, Brent Cross Town, Aberfeldy Village, Stevenage Town Centre regeneration and Queen's Walk, and she has extensive on-site experience taking large, phased developments through construction. Stephanie is interested in how design can shape better outcomes for people and nature within the real constraints of funding, policy and delivery.
Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). JOIN OUR MAILING LIST FOR LATEST UPDATES ON CHRISTMAS TICKETS Explore the house without speaking and absorb the atmosphere of rooms lit solely by candles. 18 Folgate Street is famous for the powerful quality of its silence, broken only by ticking clocks and crackling fires. When there is no chatter, you grow more aware of the fragrances here – perfume, woodsmoke, cloves and tobacco. Compounded by the intense visual detail, this visit is guaranteed to awaken all the senses.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit and Christmas Silent Night
Dennis Severs' House
Christmas Relaxed Day Visit, 12pm – 3:15pm, £18.00 (+ £1.50 booking fee). Christmas Silent Night, 5pm – 8:15pm, £25 (+ £1.50 booking fee). This is more informal than our Silent Visits, with talking allowed, yet still allows you to weave your way through the house and revel in its lavish decoration. Last admission is 45 minutes before closing time.
