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Carboniferous Creations: Victorian Gothic Revivalism and the Ecocritical Turn
May 8
Carboniferous Creations: Victorian Gothic Revivalism and the Ecocritical Turn

In this lecture Alex will explore how we might interpret the modern Gothic Revival as a unique outcome not merely of industrialisation but of the carbon-based economy that drove it, suggesting an ecocritical historiography that foregrounds its environmental allusions and discontents.

Before Bilbao: The Case Study of Hans Hollein’s Museum in Mönchengladbach
Mar 27
Before Bilbao: The Case Study of Hans Hollein’s Museum in Mönchengladbach

The SAHGB Annual Lecture: A Conversation About the Shape of Buildings to Come
Mar 13
The SAHGB Annual Lecture: A Conversation About the Shape of Buildings to Come

Convened and chaired by: Tanvir Hasan

Guest speakers: Tom Foxall, Niall McLaughlin, Ingrid Schroder, and Amin Taha

Architecture, Community and Television in 1970s Britain
Feb 27
Architecture, Community and Television in 1970s Britain

Book Talk: The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science: Wendel Dietterlin and the Rise of Empirical Investigation
Jan 30
Book Talk: The Architectural Image and Early Modern Science: Wendel Dietterlin and the Rise of Empirical Investigation

Speaker: Elizabeth Petcu

Difficulty and Delight: Unpacking the complexities of architectural success
Jan 28
Difficulty and Delight: Unpacking the complexities of architectural success

This three-week in-person course explores the creativity and ingenuity needed to create buildings in all manner of environments. In collaboration with the RIBA.

Swedophilia: Ethic or Aesthetic? Oliver Cox, Michael Ventris and the Lure of Swedish Architecture in Post-War Britain
Dec 5
Swedophilia: Ethic or Aesthetic? Oliver Cox, Michael Ventris and the Lure of Swedish Architecture in Post-War Britain

Otto Saumarez Smith

2024 Annual General Meeting
Nov 14
2024 Annual General Meeting

Details of the Society’s Annual General Meeting 2024.

Women in Building Construction in the Early Modern Period
Nov 7
Women in Building Construction in the Early Modern Period
Looking Back - Looking Forward: The Work and Legacy of Mark Girouard
Oct 26
Looking Back - Looking Forward: The Work and Legacy of Mark Girouard
Painting Architecture in Early Renaissance Italy: Invention and Persuasion at the Intersection of Art and Architectural Practice
Oct 10
Painting Architecture in Early Renaissance Italy: Invention and Persuasion at the Intersection of Art and Architectural Practice
Architecture as Transmedial Practice: A First-Hand Examination of Copies from Francesco di Giorgio’s Opusculum and the North Italian Album
Oct 10
Architecture as Transmedial Practice: A First-Hand Examination of Copies from Francesco di Giorgio’s Opusculum and the North Italian Album
Members’ Study Tour to Norfolk and Norwich
Sept 12
Members’ Study Tour to Norfolk and Norwich

River Wensum, Photo used with permission of Dr Stephen Gage

July Seminar: The Religious Architecture of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto. Speaker: Sofia Singler
Jul 4
July Seminar: The Religious Architecture of Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto. Speaker: Sofia Singler

© Alvar Aalto Foundation. Church of the Three Crosses , 1958

Re-Reading and Understanding the Narratives of the Other: Bookings closing today
Jun 26
Re-Reading and Understanding the Narratives of the Other: Bookings closing today
Seminar: The Network around Walter Gropius in Britain, 1934 - 37. Speaker: Alborz Dianat
Jun 6
Seminar: The Network around Walter Gropius in Britain, 1934 - 37. Speaker: Alborz Dianat
Seminar: Architectural Tracings and the Fragility of Design Authorship. Speaker: Elizabeth Merrill
May 9
Seminar: Architectural Tracings and the Fragility of Design Authorship. Speaker: Elizabeth Merrill

Used with permission of Drawing Matter, inv. 2159.007

Seely and Paget in the 21st Century: Restoration and Reputation (Registrations closing soon)
May 1
Seely and Paget in the 21st Century: Restoration and Reputation (Registrations closing soon)
Seminar: (Re)constructing the Gilded Age: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Ballroom, with Laura Jenkins
Mar 21
Seminar: (Re)constructing the Gilded Age: The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Ballroom, with Laura Jenkins
The SAHGB Annual Lecture. Architecture and Affect in the Middle Ages: Professor Paul Binski
Mar 14
The SAHGB Annual Lecture. Architecture and Affect in the Middle Ages: Professor Paul Binski

Palma Cathedral ( used with permission of Paul Binski)

Hybrid Q&A Session concerning the future of the RIBA Collections and the House of Architecture Project
Feb 29
Hybrid Q&A Session concerning the future of the RIBA Collections and the House of Architecture Project
Seminar: The Construction Businesses of Early Modern London, with Judy Stephenson
Feb 22
Seminar: The Construction Businesses of Early Modern London, with Judy Stephenson
Seminar: Rethinking the Inbetween: Reflections on Interwar Historiography with Neal Shasore
Jan 25
Seminar: Rethinking the Inbetween: Reflections on Interwar Historiography with Neal Shasore
Hawksmoor and the English Gothic Church. A seminar by Dr. Elizabeth Deans
Dec 7
Hawksmoor and the English Gothic Church. A seminar by Dr. Elizabeth Deans
The SAHGB Annual General Meeting
Nov 16
The SAHGB Annual General Meeting
The SAHGB Annual General Meeting (Copy)
Nov 16
The SAHGB Annual General Meeting (Copy)
Seminar: The ‘romanitas’ of Wren’s Sheldonian Theatre: An Alternative Reading, with Janet DeLaine, FSA
Nov 9
Seminar: The ‘romanitas’ of Wren’s Sheldonian Theatre: An Alternative Reading, with Janet DeLaine, FSA
Imagining an Inclusive Architectural History: A Roundtable Celebrating the SAHGB’s ED&I Networks
Oct 19
Imagining an Inclusive Architectural History: A Roundtable Celebrating the SAHGB’s ED&I Networks
A Study Day to West Horsley Place, Surrey
Oct 16
A Study Day to West Horsley Place, Surrey
Seminar: The Noisy Landscape - Modernism at Heathrow, with Professor Mark Crinson
Oct 12
Seminar: The Noisy Landscape - Modernism at Heathrow, with Professor Mark Crinson