Here you will find member write up's of Club events
2024 Robert Maxwell Lecture : Working Together
Event Review | Ros Diamond
Friday 4 Oct 2024
Attending the Architecture Club’s second annual lecture at the Athenaum Club last Thursday, it was soon apparent how fitting it was for it to be given by Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey.
Private View | Tropical Modernism
Event Review | Julia Nicholls
Wednesday 8 May 2024
If you’re looking for a beauty parade of modernist buildings, this may not be the exhibition for you. More interestingly, Tropical Modernism at V&A deep dives into the complex relationship between arc...
2024 Spring Supper Debate - Is timber the new concrete?
Event Review | Anne Minors
Thursday 2 May 2024
The gathering was held in the entertaining and catering space at the top of Heyne Tillett Steel’s (HTS) office where the firm’s appreciation of CLT was directly expressed in the surrounding wall and r...
2024 Spring Excursion | Brighton Rocks!
Event Review | Lynne Sullivan
Wednesday 3 Apr 2024
Taking a leaf out of ‘Prinny’s’ book, we journeyed to Brighton for a day of sea air, inspiration, and architectural pleasures!
Behind the Scenes | UCL East Marshgate
Event Review | Lucy Mori
Tuesday 26 Mar 2024
We were all extremely impressed and uplifted by our visit to Marshgate on an early spring morning. Despite a mix-up over meeting points and bridges, 15 or so Architecture Club members and guests conv...
Behind the Scenes | Arding & Hobbs
Event Review | Alun Jones
Sunday 10 Mar 2024
Arding & Hobbs is a south London institution; a department store that served local residents for over a century. However, the decline in its fortunes over the past two decades were plain for all to se...
2023 Winter Supper Debate | AI: Architects and Artists - Assistant or Assassin?
Event Review | Katy Ghahremani
Friday 22 Dec 2023
As an architect curious about the future of architecture, I recently attended the Architecture Club debate at the esteemed Athenaeum Club. The topic of discussion stirred the air with a question both ...
The Inaugural Bob Maxwell Lecture
Event Review | Keith Williams FRIBA MRIAI FRSA
Monday 2 Oct 2023
The Architecture Club’s inaugural Bob Maxwell Lecture was delivered by the eminent architects Sir Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones CBE. Such was the anticipation of the event that it was sold out within ...
2021 Autumn Supper Debate | Is ornament really crime?
Event Review | Phil Coffey
Friday 26 Nov 2021
The 2021 Autumn debate was held at BAFTA Piccadilly. A welcome return to in person, physical debate.
