Soane Medallist Peter Barber in the South Drawing Room of Sir John Soane’s Museum, London

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Peter Barber RA

Live-streamed conversation

Friday 16 June 2023 5 - 6pm

Live-streamed online

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Hear architect Peter Barber RA discuss the importance of craft in architectural design, in this live-streamed conversation.

Please note: this is an online live-stream. To attend this event in person, as part of an afternoon of presentations, please book a ticket for our Summer Exhibition architecture afternoon.

Peter Barber RA, architect and founder of the multi-award-winning practice Peter Barber Architects, will be in conversation with Grant Gibson for this talk, exploring the power of the handmade in architecture.

As the curator of the Architecture Room in this year’s Summer Exhibition, Barber will talk about his theme “making is thinking”. He will discuss the importance of trial and error in creative practice, and the advantages of making things by hand in a world shaped by digital drawing.

This event is a live-stream of part of our Summer Exhibition architecture afternoon. There will be an opportunity to ask questions online at the end of the discussion.

Peter Barber RA is one of Britain's most acclaimed architects. His practice focuses on innovative and affordable social housing. In recent years, Peter Barber Architects has received awards which include the RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing 2021. Peter was awarded an OBE for services to architecture and was elected as a Royal Academician in January 2022. In 2022 he was also awarded the Soane Medal.

Grant Gibson, launched the critically acclaimed podcast Material Matters in 2019, which inspired an annual fair of the same name at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf in 2022.

£8 / £5 conc

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Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies' Digital Accelerator Programme

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