Events

PAST EVENTS 2010

15 December 2010
End of Year Review and Reception
THE GALLERY, 75 COWCROSS ST
LONDON, EC1M 6EJ
Guest Speaker: Richard McCarthy
Academician and Director General of Communities and Local Government
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14 December 2010
10x10x10 Cambridge
Improving Livelihoods through Understanding Place
Host: Cambridge Architectural Association

The Academy will hold its final roundtable discussion in Cambridge during December. We will be exploring how collaboration between the public, private and third sector has been used in Cambridge to inform its development in the past and how shared learning can inform future development.
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November 19
The Awards Ceremony 2011
CHURCH HOUSE, WESTMINSTER
Join Academicians, guests and Finalists in the magnificant setting of Church House, Westminster, to celebrate the Academy's Great Places for 2011. This prestigious event is a fantastic opportunity to meet Academicians, friends old and new alike, or entertain guests.
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November 18
Learning from Europe
International Seminar
BDP, CLERKENWELL, LONDON
Hosted by BDP
Hear three of the most progressive and creative cities in Europe share their learning experiences on the evening prior to the Awards Ceremony; Budapest, Glasgow & Helsinki
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November 3 & 4
Improving Livelihoods through
Understanding Place
10x10x10
LEEDS
Hosted by Leeds City Council, Concourse, MEPC
The finale to the 10X10X10 programme is an opportunity to share experiences and formulate an agenda for the Academy to help stimulate local initiatives and respond to the Government’s policy of localism and greater involvement of the third sector.
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October 14 - 16
Learning from Freiburg
Special Event
FREIBURG, GERMANY
Visits the Academy's 2010 European City of the Year to learn from its best practice examples of long-term sustainable development. The Academy will be launching the UK version of the Charter in early 2011 - please check our current events for more details.
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July - September
The Awards Assessment Visits:
Learning from Place
UK, IRELAND AND MAINLAND EUROPE
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July 21
Mid-Year Review and Reception
THE GALLERY, 75 COWCROSS ST
LONDON, EC1M 6EJ
Join the Academy to look back at the achievements of the last 6 months and help plan for the future.
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May 12 - 13
The Annual Congress &
Nominations Dinner
'The Layered City: City-Region-Neighbourhood'
MANCHESTER
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Join us for our fifth Annual Congress, taking place in Manchester. This challenging programme will bring together delegates from a wide variety of disciplines and locations to explore the relationships between city-regions and their constituent communities.

April 15
Wales & South West Launch
'Local Identity and Urbanism'

Curator George Ferguson
Tobacco Factory
Bristol

Beginning with an optional tour and film about the Tobacco factory, itself a local landmark, which kick-started a wave of neighbourhood regeneration and local identity. The focus of the evening will be a debate titled 'Local Identity if a thing of the Past', featuring key local Academicians who will argue whether identity is defined by history, or by actions we make today.

April 13
Scotland Launch
'The Value of Resilient Places'

Curator Trevor Davies and Riccardo Marini
Co-Sponsored by Architecture + Design Scotland
Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh

This event will bring Academicians and friends together to explore the challenges we face in enabling places to be more economically and socially resilient as places people and businesses want to be. In particular, we will consider the proactive role of positive urbanism in meeting these challenges in the current recessionary climate.

April 13
Midlands Launch
'Make Do and Mend - Remodelling the City Today'

Curator Jon Phipps
Co-Sponsored by Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham

Make Do and Mend' is an approach gathering momentum in a time where budgets have been reigned in. Nottingham Trent University will be presenting their very own make do and mend, while explaining how to make the most out of your city's existing fabric.

March 25
Ireland Launch
'Alternative Ways of Making Things Happen'

Curator Dick Gleeson
Co-Sponsored by Dublin City Council

This event will focus on several key Dublin Stories, accounts of modest interverntions or projects that have been subversive system changers. The event will also run a workshop, where select questions will focus on how the Academy can help nurture initiatives in a time of economic downturn.

March 22 - 27
Academy Partner Event
2010 Havana Urban Design Charrette
HAVANA, CUBA
An international delegation is invited to join Cuban experts and communinities to develop proposals for the regeneration and development of an area of Havana.

March 14 - 20
Academy Partner Event
Tour of Cuba
CUBA - HAVANA CIENFREGOS, TRINIDAD
Study Visit, Discussion & Reception
Explore the potential of social enterprise to achieve neighbourhood renewal.

March 4, 11, 18, 25
Academy Partner Event
4X4 Making Places
LEEDS
4 speakers, 4 themes, 4 Thursdays
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March 2
The Academy Seminar at Ecobuild
Learning from Place
ECOBUILD, LONDON
Free to attend (booking essential)
10:30-13:00 Learning from Place
14:00-16:30 The Academy Debate

We invite you to join us for two events at ecobuild, where in the morning we will link up with The academy’s Great Places for 2010 to identify the lessons learned and how these can be successfully transferred.

In the afternoon, Localism: Reality or Rhetoric - Who cares? will bring together an exciting and highly-regarded panel of speakers to stimulate your thoughts and engage you in debate on the theme of localism and whether, and in what form, this much vaunted topic can either help or hinder the delivery of great places and vibrant communities.

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Visit the ecobuild website to register for free

March 1
London & South East Launch:
There is Another Way
COIN STREET, LONDON
13:00-14:00 Study Visit: Coin Street
14:00-17:45 Seminar: There is Another Way
17:45-19.00 Study Visit: Borough Market
19:00 Reception: The Banana Store

There is Another Way will look at Great Neighbourhood 2010 Coin Street and Great Place 2007 Borough Market as examples of the potential of social enterprise in the design, delivery and management of better places, and their impact on achieving neighbourhood renewal.

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