Open House and the Mayor of London's East Festival
A special event created by Open House in partnership with East 2010.
"Is creativity in architecture dead?"
The Open House & East Festival Architecture Debate
Monday 8 March 2010, 6.30 – 8.00pm
Allen and Overy LLP
One Bishops Square
London E1 6AD
Tickets are FREE but must be booked in advance. Click here for further details and to book (you will find the prebooking online link at the bottom of that page).
For many years, London has been the home base of many leading lights of contemporary architecture and one of the most vibrant centres of emerging talent in the profession. But there is now more debate about whether architecture has ‘lost its way’.
In this debate, leading architects, critics and cultural commentators will examine the future of architecture as a creative force considering questions such as:
- In an era of boom and bust, are architects now always putting commercial considerations above design ones?
- Is London getting the buildings it wants and deserves?
- Where are the architects who are prepared to take risks?
- Where are the innovators?
- What does creativity mean today and who are the architects still at the forefront of it, particularly in London?
Speakers will include Alison Brooks, architect and joint winner of the 2008 Stirling Prize; Marcus Fairs, former editor of Icon magazine and founder of cult design blog Dezeen; Joe Kerr, Head of Humanities, RCA, and broadcaster; and Sunday Times architecture critic and editor of the RIBA Journal, Hugh Pearman.
The debate, which takes place on Monday 8 March 2010, is hosted by Allen and Overy LLP at One Bishops Square in east London.
Open House is working in partnership with the Mayor’s Culture team to deliver this architecture debate as a feature event for the East Festival.
About East Festival
The East Festival (4 March – 9 March 2010) is curated by the Mayor of London to celebrate the uniquely rich creative mix of East London. East will feature around 100 events across East London inspired by the themes of Architecture, Minimalism, The Asian sub-continent and Travel and Transport. For more information please visit http://www.visitlondon.com/events/east/index
The East Festival Architecture Debate is hosted by:
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