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Architecture events at the RA: Spring 2008

Pavilion for Vodka Ceremonies Architecture after Communism:
Bart Goldhoorn
17 March 2008

Bart Goldhoorn, architect, discusses how in some instances the confrontation of the Soviet heritage with the new possibilities offered by the free market lead to interesting architectural phenomena. Read more

The Pushkin State Museum extension, Moscow, 2007 by Foster + Partners Norman Foster RA: Russian Projects
3 April 2008
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Norman Foster unveils plans for an ambitious cultural quarter for Moscow's Pushkin State Museum. He sets this project in the context of Foster + Partners’ other work in Russia, from St Petersburg to Moscow. Read more

Maxwell Hutchinson LECTURE SERIES
The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson
11 February - 28 April 2008

The second instalment of this popular lecture series follows key mid-19th and 20th century architects, whose buildings contribute to contemporary London. Read more

Monster Adventure Playground By Nils Norman RA Forum
Urban Pastoral
18 February 2008

Art critics Dr Julian Stallabrass, Courtauld Institute, and TJ Demos, UCL, discuss the urban pastoral and the social, environmental and aesthetic implications of this landscape. Read more

Song For The North RA Forum
Architecture and Music: Sound and Object
3 March 2008

This forum looks at how the interaction between music – both composition and performance – and architecture can open new areas for imaginative response. Read more

Tom Phillips RA Forum
Architecture and Music: Performance, silence and space
21 April 2008
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Both architecture and music can transform how we inhabit space by appealing in different ways to our senses and intellect. Read more

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Portrait of Lord Foster by Alexander McIntyre. Part of the display 'Diverse Minds: Photographic Portraits from the Architecture Programme' in the Architecture Space