CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENING/PRIVATE VIEW

Tuesday 14 December 2004, 6 - 8.30pm

By invitation only, this event consists of drinks, mince pies, music and a VIP experience! Shop after hours and view our exciting new exhibition, Housey Housey

Only open to Friends and Corporate Members - join now

INTEGRATED TRANSPORT - the solution to our problems?

Debate: Friday 12 November, 12.45-14.15
Free, Booking Essential

A Bristol Civic Society/Architecture Centre debate discussing Bristol's current and future transport needs...

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Surface ArchitectsSURFACE ARCHITECTS

Talk: Wednesday 10 November, 19.00
£6.00/£4.00 concessions

As part of the YAYA exhibition, a talk by Richard Scott, founder of Surface Architects. A must for all young architects!

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QUAKER MEETING HOUSES IN BRISTOL

Talk: Tuesday 26 October, 19.30
£6.00/£4.00 concessions

David Butler, author of ‘Quaker Meeting Houses in Britain’, will be giving a talk on the architecture of Quaker Meeting Houses.

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Haunted HousePARANORMAL ARCHITECTURE

Talk: Monday 25 October, 19.00
£6.50/£4.50 concessions

David Taylor will be exploring how our sense of sacredness and supernatural interacts with buildings and architecture...

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MARBLES REUNITED

Lecture: Wednesday 29 September, 19.00 £6.50/£4.50 concessions
Almost half of the Parthenon Marbles have resided in Britain since Lord Elgin removed the sculptures from the Acropolis in 1801-2 and the argument surrounding their fate has lasted for almost as long.

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Arnos Vale CemetaryBRISTOL DOORS OPEN DAY 2004

Saturday 11th September 2004, 10.00 – 16.00
Doors Open Day is your chance to see inside some of Bristol's most fascinating and historically important buildings, many of which are not normally open to the general public.

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Holcombe passive house imageHOLCOMBE PASSIVE HOUSE

Lecture: Tuesday 7 September, 19.00, £6.00/£4.50 concessions
Visit: Sunday 12 September, 15.00, £6.00/£4.50 concessions

The Holcombe Passive House is due for completion this summer. It was designed by its owners Roger and Jeannette Redman on a brownfield site.

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'GREEN HOUSE'

Consultations: Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September 2004
13.00-16.00, Free

Would you like some advice on how to make your home greener?

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'BAKE A BUILDING' ORGANIC CAKE COMPETITION

Sunday 5th September 2004
Think you can make an edible Empire State Building? Or a lemony leaning Tower of Pisa? How about a wholemeal Houses of Parliament?

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KNEE HIGH LIFE

Workshop: Saturday 26 June, 14.00 - 17.00

In November 2001, High Life was created by lead artist ‘FAT - Fashion Architecture Taste’, and eight commissioned artists produced contemporary interpretations of the bird box for Queen Square in Bristol.

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PLAY BOULES!

Event: Thursday 24 June
18.00-21.00, £10 per team of 4

The annual Architecture Week boules tournament is back again, following the success of last year’s event.

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HJALTLAND: THE BUILDINGS OF SCALLOWAY

Lecture: Wednesday 23 June
Workshop: Thursday 1 July

Scalloway is the second largest settlement on the Shetland Islands, with a population of 1000. Its buildings reflect its dramatic position in a bleak landscape of water and fractured landforms, and its rich social history, fluctuating between periods of prosperity and decline.

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THE CABINET

Films: Monday 21 June and Sunday 27 June, 7pm
Venue: Cube Cinema, King Square
£6/£5

The Architecture Centre and the Cube Cinema have collaborated to curate a series of films for Architecture Week.

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CANDY HOUSES

Workshop: Saturday 19 June, 14.00-17.00

A Hansel and Gretel candy house is not just the stuff of fairy tales.

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HEIGHT MATTERS?

Participative Exhibition:Tuesday 4 May – Sunday 13 June
Presentations and Discussion: Wednesday 12 May, 12:30 – 14:00
Concluding debate: Wednesday 9 June, 12:30 – 14:00

All are free, but pre-register for lunchtime events.

Proposals for tall buildings in Bristol are coming forward in greater numbers particularly in the City Centre’s main regeneration areas: Broadmead, Harbourside and Temple.

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FURNITURE TODAY – A LECTURE BY JEZ BROUN

Thursday 3 June, 19.00, £6.00/£4.50

Furniture like architecture is a barometer of social, economic and spiritual change.

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IS BRISTOL'S BUILT ENVIRONMENT BEING ‘MAN-HANDLED’?

Friday 14 May 12.30-14.00

Free debate
Speakers will explore the current role of women in the design, property and construction industries and the effects of their under-representation.

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AVANT GARDENS…
NEW DIRECTIONS IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Monday 26 April 19.00 £6 / £4.50

Andrew Grant - Grant Associates
Bernie Foulkes - Landscape Design Associates
Greg White - Loci Design

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ANTHONY HUDSON

Lecture: Wednesday 21 April, 19.00
£6.00, £4.50

Spectacular Baggy House on the North Devon coast was the first significant commission to be completed by Anthony and this award-winning project has provided a springboard for his subsequent career.

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TYNTESFIELD

A lecture by John McVerry at The Architecture Centre
Tuesday 20 April, 19.00, £6.50/£4.50

50% of the ticket price will be donated to the restoration of Tyntesfiel
On June 14 2002, the National Trust announced a major new acquisition - Tyntesfield.

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GOLDNEY HALL OPEN DOORS VISIT

24 March 2004, 6.30pm
£2

Goldney Hall Student Residence, Goldney Avenue, Clifton - Self-catering student accommodation for the University of Bristol in the garden of the historic hall, extending existing and providing new accommodation round new courtyards on this splendid site.

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BIOMIMICRY

Thursday 6 May, 12.30-14.00
Free

A lecture by Dr Chris Luebkeman, Dr.sci.tech (ETHZ), Arup Director for Foresight + Innovation

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THE BUILDING OF BATH SPA

Lecture: Thursday 4 March 2004, 19:00.
£6/£4.50

A lecture supporting the exhibition and exploring issues surrounding this monumental 6-year project.

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LEARNING THROUGH THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT – A REGIONAL GOOD PRACTICE SEMINAR

Thursday 4 March, 10.30 – 16.30
£35.25

The ‘Learning through the Built Environment’ seminar forms part of a series of six co-ordinated regional networking seminars by CABE Education in partnership with architecture centres across England.

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ACOUSTICS: WHY DO BUILDINGS SOUND LIKE THEY DO?

19:30, Wednesday 25 February
Discussion, £3.00/£2.00

Ze Nunes of Mach Acoustics will present an audible demonstration of how the mysterious science of sound works in buildings.

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FAST BUILD IN CHINA

The Designers Dream or Nightmare
Thursday 29 January 18.30-21.00
Free

The presentation will illustrate the rapid speed of redevelopment work based
on a new town project based on the format of a traditional 'English Town'
currently being constructed in Songjiang.

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TOWARDS GOOD PRACTICE IN SUSTAINABLE URBAN LAND USE

Launch: Thursday 22 January 04, 12.30 -13.30, free

A launch event for this printed resource, produced by the Bristol LA21 Land Use Group in association with the Architecture Centre and with support from Bristol City Council, Creating:Excellence, the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit and the ODPM.

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