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