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Annual Architecture Lecture

Bijoy Jain

Thursday 9 May 2024 6.30 - 8pm

The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre | Burlington Gardens or digital livestream

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£20 / £12 in person or £8 / £5 online

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Digital Accelerator Programme

Join us for this special lecture from Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai, where he makes the case for the interconnection of people, place and material.

Founded in 1996, Studio Mumbai’s architecture shows a deep concern for the relationship between humanity and nature. Each of the studio’s creations, whether furniture or architecture, is founded in water, air and light.

Projects are developed with consideration for the location in which they are established mindful of the climate and seasons, and draw on traditional and ancestral skills, materials and local construction techniques. The studio places importance on economy of means, stemming from limited resources and places the human at the center of every project undertaken.

At our annual architecture lecture, hear founder Bijoy Jain discuss the studio’s holistic practice.

Bijoy Jain was born in Mumbai, India in 1965. He studied architecture in the United States, at Washington University in St. Louis. Between 1989 and 1995, he developed his architectural practice in Los Angeles, in Richard Maier’s model workshop, making models for the Getty Museum, while studying under Studio Works founder Robert Mangurian. He also worked in London before returning to India in 1995. That same year he created Studio Mumbai, staffed by skilled craftsmen, technicians, and draughtsmen, who design and build each project themselves.

This lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the Collection Gallery.

£20 / £12 in person or £8 / £5 online

Friends of the RA book first

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Digital Accelerator Programme