Modernities: Architecture / Design / Theory

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Art, culture, politics and society – German art in an expanded field: A Colloquium in honour of Dr Shulamith Behr (1946-2023)

2:00pm, 20 Mar 2024 | Free, booking essential

International experts on German modernism will convene for a one-day symposium to celebrate the scholarship and pedagogical practice of Dr Shulamith Behr (1946-2023), treasured colleague, mentor, teacher and friend to so many in the Courtauld communi...

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Book event: Objects in Exile: Modernism across Borders, 1930-1960

5:30pm, 1 Mar 2024 | Free, booking essential

Please join us for a discussion between Kathleen James-Chakraborty (University College Dublin), Ines Weizman (School of Architecture, Royal College of Art) and Robin Schuldenfrei, the author of Objects in Exile: Modernism across Borders, 1930-1960 (P...

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A Nod of a Hat: Rooftops of Old Tehran

5:00pm, 5 Jun 2023 | Free, booking essential

In this talk, Ahmadreza Schricker, the principal of Architecture North (ASA North), discusses his newest project, the transformation of the abandoned Argo beer factory in downtown Tehran into a new museum, artist residency and cultural centre....

Photograph of a grey building against a blue sky. There are bollards to the left of the building and grass and trees in front of it.

A History of Council Housing Design and Planning

5:00pm, 27 Apr 2023 | Free, booking essential

John Boughton examines the major ideas and theories that have shaped the form of council housing over its 150-year history. ...

Film Screening: The New Bauhaus (2019)

5:00pm, 24 Nov 2022 | Free, booking essential

Join Dr Robin Schuldenfrei for a screening of the film 'The New Bauhaus' followed by a Q&A. ...

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Ukrainian Modernism and the Architecture of Standardization

5:00pm, 25 May 2022 | Free, booking essential

Christina E. Crawford provides historical context to situate present-day destruction of architecturally rich Kharkiv, the first capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919-34). ...

A brown, wooden structure sits on a red and yellow carpet, with a series of clocks to the right.

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Unsettled Subjects: Confronting Questions of Race, Space and Identity in Architecture

5:30pm, 20 Oct 2021 | Free, booking essential

This event brings together several architects and faculty members of the larger collective, Unsettled Subjects, to discuss diverse approaches to issues of race, space and identity in members’ architectural practice, pedagogy, and writing. ...