Peter St John presents a lecture on the work of James Stirling, as part of Second Floor, a new series in partnership with Metropolitan Architecture Student Society (MASS) at London Met. The series includes lectures by each of the school's unit tutors, in which they present the work of an architect that has influenced their practice.
In the hour-long lecture, St John explores Stirling's 'black book' as his first introduction to the architect, as well as his projects, the Cambridge University History Faculty, the headquarters for Dorman Long Steel and the Olivetti Training Centre.
The lecture was recorded by the Architecture Foundation.
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Peter St John's studio at London Metropolitan University hosts their summer exhibition next week.
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History and its Opposite
L’École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille
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Adam Caruso will give a lecture entitled History and its Opposite for the Tools Conference at the L’École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille.
Models created for the 2018 Alternative Histories exhibition donated to the Architecture Foundation, were auctioned at the end of March. The twenty-six architectural models, including Caruso St John and Siw Thomas' ceramic model based on Hans Poelzig's sketch for the Stadthaus, Dresden, raised over £6,000 for their New Architecture Writers programme.
Adam Caruso is taking part in the Institut für Entwurf und Architektur One Building lecture series at ETH Zurich. His lecture, You cannot take risks without failing, will take place at the ONA building Fokushalle on 15th March, 18.00 hrs.
Peter St John talks galleries, ice hockey and awards with Hugh Pearman, editor of the RIBA Journal
Peter St John will be giving a lecture, The City and its Monuments, at the City of Oslo Architecture Award Ceremony.
Peter St John will be giving a lecture on the practice's recent projects at Bozar in Brussels.
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Adam Caruso and Peter St John at 'Architecture on Stage'
Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
10 January 2018, 7:30pm
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Peter St John will be giving the keynote address at the 2017 RIBA Royal Gold Medal Fellows Reception.
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Peter St John at Internationales Architekturforum 2016
Hamburg, Germany
17 November 2016, 4pm
Peter St John will be giving a lecture, Architecture and the City, at the Internationales Architekturforum 2016.