Events - Building an awareness of architecture (Nottingham)

LOVE architecture? Well, between now and Sunday, June 24, the East Midlands will be hosting a series of events to encourage people to look at the buildings around them in a new and exciting way.


Nottingham will stage a festival, one of a series being organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). It will include Walking Architecture guided walks of the city's contemporary architecture, free 30-minute consultations with a RIBA-registered architect as part of a home design and planning event at John Lewis, and a talk on the heritage of Nottingham.

Here's the line-up:
Walking Architecture guided walks
West city, including the Playhouse, Nottingham Trent University and the Royal Concert Hall on Monday, June 18, at 6pm. East city, including Old Market Square, Nottingham Contemporary and Broadway Cinema on Tuesday, June 19, at 6pm.
Tickets for each walk are £5 for adults and £3 for children (12 and under) can be booked at the Nottingham Tourism Centre on 08444 77 5678.

John Lewis Nottingham home design and planning event
The event on Saturday, June 16, will feature free a 30-minute consultation with a RIBA-registered architect to John Lewis customers. John Lewis fitted kitchen and home design planners will also be on hand to discuss.
It will take place in the John Lewis furniture department on the second floor between 10am and 6pm. Appointments can be booked in advance by calling 0115 8507774 or emailing info_FK_Nottingham@johnlewis.co.uk. People can also turn up on the day, but appointments will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Building Nottingham – The making of a great city
Valeria Passetti, president of Nottingham and Derby Society of Architects, will give a talk on the built heritage of Nottingham at Antenna, Nottingham, on Thursday, June 21, between 6pm and 9pm.
Entry is free. More details are available at www.lovearchitecture.org or by calling 0115 993 2350.

The regional director of RIBA East Midlands, Mike Baulcombe, said: "It's fantastic that there are so many events happening across the East Midlands.

"Our partners, in particular, have helped to ensure an exciting and wide-ranging programme of activities to get people interested in architecture and the buildings around them, which is what the festival is all about."

A full listing for all Love Architecture events can be found at http://www.lovearchitecture.org/

From: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Building-awareness-architecture/story-16364786-detail/story.html

Event - Gold medal on show (Newark)

A gold medal won by a Newark-born artist at the 1928 Olympic Games has gone on show at the Town Hall museum.

Mr William Nicholson was awarded the medal for graphic design at the games in the Netherlands.

At the time the Olympics also awarded medals for architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture, a practice that continued until 1952.

Mr Nicholson’s medal for his sports picture almanac, Un Almanach de douze Sports, forms the centrepiece of the exhibition, along with personal items, including his dressing gown, waistcoat and bow tie, photographs and sketches on loan from his grandson, Mr Desmond Banks, of London.

Museum curator Mrs Patty Temple said Mr Nicholson only found out at the last minute that his work had been submitted by his publisher Heinemann and had won a medal.

She said: “He nearly didn’t make it to the award ceremony.

“He had to run out of his house and get on the first plane to Amsterdam, which was the first time he had ever been on a plane, and he just made it in time.”

Mrs Temple said the exhibition aimed to give visitors an insight into what Mr Nicholson was like as a man as well as an artist.

She said: “We wanted to select some of the more personal items but there really was so much to choose from we could have easily filled the whole room.”

Mrs Temple said as well as linking with the Olympics the exhibition also had a strong civic connection as both Mr Nicholson’s father and grandfather were mayors of Newark.

Mrs Jill Campbell, a member of the Friends of Newark Town Hall Museum, helped to put the exhibition together.

She said Mr Nicholson had many influential friends, including Winston Churchill, who he tutored in art during the 1930s.

Mrs Temple said she was hoping Mr Banks would be able to visit the exhibition along with his mother, Lisa, Mr Nicholson’s daughter, who is 91.

The exhibition continues until Saturday, June 30.

From: http://www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/articles/news/Gold-medal-on-show

Talk - Gothic Architecture in South Yorkshire (Blyth)

South Yorkshire has masterpieces of Gothic architecture!

An ancient parish church has usually undergone redevelopments through the centuries. The evolution of old churches can be read from the style of arches, doorways and windows.

We often talk about Decorated, Perpendicular or Early English - but what do these styles look like, and how can you spot them?

Join celebrated local heritage speaker Pat McLaughlin and find out more.

The talk will last around 2 hours, and refreshments will be available.

Date: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Time: 1:30pm
Venue: Blyth Barnby Memorial Hall (High Street Blyth, S81 8EW)
Cost: £1 per person (pay on the door)

For more information about this talk please contact Pat McLaughlin on 0845 6529634 or email pat@heritageinspired.org.uk

From: http://www.heritageinspired.org.uk/events.php?action=details&id=449