Events programme

FRIDAY 23

BLUEPRINT BIG BREAKFAST

Smiths of Smithfield

Early morning full breakfast at Smiths with a major speaker from the world of architecture.

LAB / Blueprint Magazine (Media Sponsors)

TOURS

THE BOROUGH MARKET EXPERIENCE

09.00
Borough Market

A guided tour by George Nicholson and Ken Greig describing the architectural story of the refurbishment and phases of development as well as drawing on the history of the market.

London Borough of Southwark and Borough Market

SHAKESPEARE, SOCIAL SPACE AND DESIGN

The Globe Theatre and outside venues as part of the tour

A journey and presentation of architectural points of interest associated with Shakespeare's London, Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre and a presentation of the new designs for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon as designed by Rab Bennetts. Talk and tour led by David Marshall, director of exhibitions at Shakespeare's Globe and Rab Bennetts of Bennetts Associates.

David Marshall and Rab Bennetts

ARCHITECTURE, ART & DESIGN SHOW

Forecourt of the British Library

A three day weekend market housed within inflatable pavilions on the BL forecourt (originally conceived by Colin St John Wilson for market trading).

London Borough of Camden

BIKE TOUR

Change and Exchange: London Markets

05.30 - 09.00

A guided tour of some of the City's best markets, from borough to Billingsgate and beyond, investigating how they have endured through the centuries and adapted to the changing needs of Londoners.

Feilden Clegg Bradley and Southwark Cyclists
Blueprint (Media Sponsors)

FILM

Social Cinema

Little Britain

Temporary cinema installed, for one night only, in neglected space around landmark structures.

51% Studios, Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska

FILM

Biennale Films at the Barbican

Lagos/Koolhaas written and directed by Bregtje van der Haak.

LAB / Barbican

TALK

Rem Koolhaas: The Big Lecture at The Barbican

Barbican Theatre

The LAB04 talk by Zaha Hadid was Britain's biggest architecture lecture ever. This year Pritzker prize winning architect Rem Koolhaas will take the stage for another sellout.

LAB / AF

PARTY ON THE GREEN

Clerkenwell Green

Live bands perform on the Green.

Chetwood Associates

FILM

Social Cinema

Little Britain

Car Wash Wall opposite the Zetter. Temporary cinema installed, for one night only, in neglected space around landmark structures.

51% Studios, Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska

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