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Blue Badge guide David Thompson
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LFA Clerkenwell & City of London Hub walking tour 1
16 July - 20 July, City Information Centre

With much of The City of London under construction, take an opportunity to learn about the plans for this rapidly developing area.
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LFA Clerkenwell & City of London Hub walking tour 2
16 July - 20 July, Liverpool St. station balcony, rear of MacDonalds

A tour of the rapidly changing City of London with a focus on the eastern-most developments close to Liverpool Street.
Diespeker Wharf
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Buildering ... experience a Fresh View
20 July, 10am - 6pm, Pollard Thomas Edwards architects

Scale the offices of PTE architects, a former Victorian mill including a 90ft high chimney, to experience stunning views over central London.
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Archaeology in the City
20 July, 2pm - 4pm, Museum of London

This walk looks at archaeological discoveries made in the City. To book tickets (£7.50) please call 0870 444 3855.
BritOval
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Architectural bike tour - Fit for purpose
20 July, 10:30am - 5pm, Albert Terrace gate, Primrose Hill

This ride will take in a selection of London's most impressive sports buildings, ending with a spin around the Herne Hill Velodrome.
Brief City (1952)
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Building the South Bank
1 July - 31 July, Mediatheque @ BFI Southbank

Collection of films from the BFI National Archive exploring the built environment of the South Bank and the legacy of the 1951 Festival of Britain.

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Embodied Energy: Dance at Spa Fields
20 July, 1pm - 1:30pm, Spa Fields

Grimshaw and green bean dance explore how architecture and movement choreograph space at Exmouth Market.
Its an Architectural Knockout
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It's An Architectural Knockout!
20 July, 2pm - 4pm, Spa Fields

A lighthearted outdoor event featuring architectural and other professionals competing in a series of fun 'London Architecture' obstacle races!
Promenade of Light, Old Street
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Places of Delight in EC1 New Deal for Communities Area
20 July, 3pm - 5pm, Old Street Underground Station

Walking tour from the award winning Promenade of Light, Old Street, to Spa Fields by Exmouth Market.
Warsaw 2006
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Poland Embassy Project
7 July - 20 July, Union Street - outside

TRUTHTAG is a project commissioned by the Polish Cultural Institute, which will take place along South Bank as part of the Urban Street Hunt, encouraging people to appreciate the rich and diverse architecture in the area.
 
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20 Minute Cairn
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Embassies Project map & Cityscapers Exhibition
23 June - 20 July, The British Council

An map with details of the Embassies Project events and locations, alongside 'Cityscapers', an exhibition of new proposals to transform the connections between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Fresh Flower
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Fresh Flower
20 June - 20 July, various locations across all five hubs

Tonkin Liu's 'Fresh Flower' has been commissioned by Corus for the LFA2008. This signature structure will provide a platform for discussion and debate.
New London Architecture Centre
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London Festival of Architecture Headquarters
20 June - 20 July, 8am - 6pm, LFA HQ

The New London Architecture centre, located at 26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT, will be the headquarters for the London Festival of Architecture.
St Paul's Railings Exhibition, 2006
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Street Gallery
20 June - 20 July, various locations across all five hubs

A live exhibition of information on the built environment that surrounds us, enhancing the pedestrians’ experience of London’s architecture.
LFA Street Furniture: possible view
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Vistas Street Furniture
20 June - 20 July, various locations across all five hubs

Plywood cut-out versions of domestic furniture can be found across London distributing LFA information and highlighting specific 'vistas' of interest.
China Design Now
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China Design Now
20 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum

As part of the China Now festival, this exhibition explores contemporary design in China.
The Familiar
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Closet Gallery: A project space designed by Simon Fujiwara
9 July - 20 July, 12pm - 6pm, Union Gallery

An installation by artist Simon Fujiwara consisting of a giant closet - complete with oversized opening doors and movable shelves and drawers - under the railway arches at the Union Gallery, Ewer Street. The closet will resemble its domestic counterpart in every way except for its contents – a changing series of exhibitions by architects curated by The Architecture Foundation to run over the summer period.
Hotel Elephant
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Elephant and Castle Regeneration Drawings
19 June - 31 July, The Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre

Reuben Powell is Artist in Residence in The Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre exhibiting large scale drawings of local regeneration.
Concept Visualisation
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Enter the Centre Exhibition
24 June - 20 July, Alan Baxter Associates Gallery

What does an architecture centre do? What does it look like? How many are there? Come on a fact-finding mission!

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Poly&Chai
20 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum

Leading Chinese architect, Yung Ho Chang, transforms the John Madejski Garden in the latest in the V&A's annual garden commission series.

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Psycho Buildings: Artists and Architecture
19 June - 31 July, The Hayward

Exhibition marking The Hayward’s 40th anniversary featuring atmospheric constructions and installations. Artists include Rachel Whiteread, Los Carpinteros and Atelier Bow-Wow.
Richard Rogers
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Richard Rogers
20 June - 20 July, Design Museum

Exhibition on Architect Richard Rogers at the Design Museum.
Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
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Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
20 June - 31 July, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House

50 of the world’s leading architects and fashion designers, in the new riverside Embankment Galleries at Somerset House.
CPH Experiments Installation View
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Storefront London
21 June - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, Pop-up Storefront London

Pop-up Storefront London presents CPH Experiments, an exhibition of recent works by Danish architecture firm BIG/Bjarke Ingels Group

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Your LFA Photo competition
20 June - 20 July, LFA HQ

BD and the LFA is showcasing the festival through your eyes and photographs.
Exhibition Poster
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3DReid Student Prize
10 July - 20 July, 9am - 5:30pm, 3DReid London Offices

Rewarding Part II graduates for their excellence in concept and design. This is the exhibition of the 5 finalists.
Norfolk Park Green Homes, Sheffield
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A Building Should Be to a City as a Brick is to a Brick Wall
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Royal Institute of British Architects

Exhibition at the RIBA exploring models for contextual 21st century housing.
Construction shot  of installation
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Anything But Grey
20 June - 20 July, 9:30am - 6:30pm, Benjamin Street Gardens

Installation by Wilkinson Eyre Architects in Benjamin Street Gardens.
Armchair Theatre
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Armchair Theatre
20 June - 20 July, National Theatre

An installation by astroturf artists The Grass Bandits brings domestic comfort and outdoor relaxation together on a queen-size three piece suite.
MW Final
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Art on the Underground: Mark Wallinger: Going Underground
20 June - 31 July, Multiple Locations across London Underground stations

Pocket Tube Map. Free from all LU stations
Crystal Turn
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Barbara Holub: 'More Opportunities'
8 July - 29 July, Austrian Cultural Forum London

Exhibition by Austrian artist Barbara Holub examining social and personal identities through visual art, urban intervention and architecture.
Benesov/London mutation
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Benelon
20 June - 20 July, St. Olave's School

A clever and provocative installation at LFA by Agents, a group of young Czech architects with contributions from many international architectural practices and masters.
Bettina Buck 'Fallen' 2008
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Bettina Buck
27 June - 31 July, ROKEBY

New exhibition by artist Bettina Buck with related events.

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British Library Tours
20 June - 20 July, British Library

Tour of the St Pancras building
Unknown photographer and artist,
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Brunei Gallery Art and Photographic Exhibitions
5 July - 20 July, SOAS

Two exhibitons: "Photographs from the Alkazi Foundations for the Arts" (India) and the permanent display "Treasures of SOAS"
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C J Lim Installation
20 June - 31 July, Victoria and Albert Museum

Seasons Through The Looking Glass, is a subterranean garden installation in the V&A tunnel entrance, by CJ Lim and Studio 8 Architects.
Interval 2 film still
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Cantilever
3 July - 31 July, Collyer Bristow Gallery

Collyer Bristow Gallery presents an exhibition of contemporary art that considers the crossovers between fine art practice and architectural concerns. Curated by Day+Gluckman.
The Water Cube at dawn
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China in Motion
7 July - 31 July, 9am - 6pm, Phase 2, Arup

The exhibition provides a snapshot of China’s contemporary urban fabric and social stories behind some of Arup’s key projects.
Shanghai SubCity
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CO-EVOLUTION
20 June - 20 July, 9am - 5pm, St. Olave's School

Winner of the Golden Lion Venice 2006, CO-EVOLUTION presents creative cross disciplinary visions for sustainable urban development in China.
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Dan Dare Comics
20 June - 20 July, Science Museum

Cartoon adventurer Dan Dare leads into a compelling special exhibition on post-war Britain, and takes us back to a surprising ‘lost world’ of British design and invention.

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Dark Waters
27 June - 20 July, 6am - 12:30am, Multiple London Piers

An RIBA London exhibition exploring the life and history of the Thames through sound installations on six riverboat piers.
Newspaper House in Gillett Square
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Delicious Dalston
20 July, 12:30pm - 7:30pm, Gillett Square

Delicious Dalston is a sustainable food event with live music curated by the Vortex Jazz Club on Gillett Square.
Tungeneset, Senja
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Detour
25 June - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, 33 Portland Place

Architecture and design along 18 national tourist routes in Norway
Exhibition Pavilion
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Fast Forward
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Rabih Hage Gallery & Design Studio

The Rabih Hage Gallery will showcase an exhibition pavilion designed by Rabih Hage and built using E-Manufacturing.
Main Library, Turku
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Finland Embassy Project: 'LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS'
25 June - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, 33 Portland Place

Exhibition curated by architect Matti Karjanoja, focusing on cosiness and humaneness in education and learning environments.
St Pauls- A late afternoon plunge
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Flooded London
20 June - 20 July, Medcalf

Squint Opera depicts living in ‘Flooded London’ in 2090
Cheapside Pod
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Fresh Eyes City Exhibition
20 June - 20 July, Multiple Locations

Located in key areas of interest within the City Streets, a series of information pods will offer an insight into the rich history and exciting future of the square mile to its visitors and workers.
Exhibition montage in the Gymnasium, Kings Cross
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Geometrics: Elements of form, structure, materials and manufacture
6 July - 20 July, The Gymnasium

Geometrics FSMM - Four fascinating projects which have been shaped through the application of aspects of Form, Structure, Materials and Manufacture.
The Void
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Georgia Embassy Project
20 June - 20 July, 11am - 8pm, Embassy of Georgia, main hall

Installations and exhibition curated by "imma" group adopts an implementation of immateriality in architecture.
Golden Lane Expo 2004
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Golden Lane Record
2 July - 20 July, 11am - 7pm, EXHIBIT at Golden Lane Estate

A community group called Golden Lane Record formed in celebration of 50 years of the Golden Lane Estate 19th-26th July (open Sunday)
Kalmar Museum of Art
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Greener than Thou? Sweden Goes Sustainable
20 June - 20 July, Kinnarps Showroom

The exhibition is a showcase of new Swedish architecture commissioned by the Embassy of Sweden and curated by Johan Berglund and Dean Pike of 42architects
Grow Bag installations
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Grow Bags: Urban Allotments
20 June - 20 July

GROW BAG installations and green spaces by What if: projects explore ideas for growing food within the inner city.
H-Box installation view at MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
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H- Box
3 July - 31 July, Tate Modern

H-Box is an innovative, roaming screening hall designed by the architect and artist Didier Fiuza Faustino.
Hairwyood Tower
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Hairywood Tower
20 June - 31 July, Covent Garden Piazza

Hairywood Tower is in Covent Garden to celebrate Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture at Somerset House.
In This Place Of Safety
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In This Place of Safety
14 July - 20 July, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre

In This Place of Safety is a large-scale outdoor audiovisual installation by artist Larisa Blazic, looking into how safe do we feel and why.
untitled 2008
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Intimate Geometry
20 June - 20 July, Jerwood Cafe Space

Installation by artist Colin Booth that combines the surface intimacy of painting and the physical space of architecture. Meet the artist: Saturday 12 July 12-3pm
Sota Mori: House in Earl's Court
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Japan Embassy Project
20 June - 20 July, The Embassy of Japan

Craft In Context - Exhibition & lecture series addressing the important questions arising from the consequences of globalization in architecture
Looking west from Centre Point (2007)
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Jonathan Farr Drawings
3 July - 20 July, Centre Point

Jonathan spent 2 months creating works from the 13th floor of Centre Point in 2007, this show features works he created during his residency.
New western concourse at King's Cross Station
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King's Cross Station redevelopment plans
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 3:30pm, The Gymnasium

An exhibition of the designs for the new King's Cross Station.
Work in progress
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Kiosk 2008
8 July - 20 July, 1pm - 9pm, Bankside Mix

The Kiosk 2008 is a sensorial experience evoking different landscapes, inspired by the British public telephone kiosk, Superman and Star Trek.

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Legible Cities
20 June - 20 July, 9am - 6pm, LFA HQ

Puts the spotlight on an exciting pedestrian wayfinding system that has the potential to transform London into a truly ‘walkable’ city.
Light Instalation night view
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Light Installation Millbank
20 June - 20 July, Light Installation Millbank

Exhibition curated by Nikoloz Japaridze & Christopher Smith taking place in Westminster, focused on the tensegrity of space through tessellating line geometries.
The London Park Hotel
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London Park Hotel Anagram Competition
20 June - 20 July, The Elephant and Castle

The Neon Letters from the now demolished London Park Hotel are rearranged to add humour to the Elephant and Castle!
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London South Central: The Shape of Things to Come: Future Architecture in Southwark & South Bank
9 July - 20 July, 10:30am - 6pm, Allies and Morrison Architects

An exhibition showcasing the future of architecture and urban design in central London, south of the river.
Camera Obscura Portrait
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Minnie Weisz Open Studio
3 July - 20 July, 12pm - 7am, MINNIE WEISZ STUDIO

Minnie Weisz Open Studio Artists showing their work in studio in conjunction with the event ' Diary of a derelict Dairy' and other stories.
Model For A Monument (The Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall)
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Model For A Monument (The Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall)
20 June - 20 July, Russel Square - south corner

‘Model for a Monument (Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall)’ is a scale model and temporary installation describing a proposed anarchist’s discussion space.

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Modernism in China
3 July - 20 July, The Royal Institute of British Architects

The exhibition ‘Modernism in China’ addresses China’s absence in written histories of Modernism.

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New Street Square : Public Space - Accident and Design
20 June - 20 July, New Street Square

An exhibition examining the process behind place-making and the importance of destinations of interaction within our cities.
Non-Stop Forest
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Non-Stop Forest
20 July, 12pm - 6pm, Exmouth Market to Spa Fields Park

A forest installation in the city provoking fresh thinking about public space and leaving London a verdant legacy. Penoyre & Prasad with Trees for Cities.
Kengo Kuma & Associates, Ginzan Fujiya Ryokan, Yamagata
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Outside the BOX: Images of contemporary Japanese architecture by Edmund Sumner
20 June - 25 July, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

Photographic exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture by the British architectural photographer, Edmund Sumner.
Waste Paper Dragon
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Papier-mâché Dragon
20 June - 20 July, 8am, Ada Street Gallery

Sculpture (of recycling) created by Nikoloz Japaridze & Christopher Smith within Broadway Market Ada Street Gallery.

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Pimms O'Clock
20 June - 20 July, 6pm - 7pm, The Zetter Restaurant

Throughout the London Festival of Architecture the Zetter Hotel will be offering half price Pimms between 6-7pm Monday to Friday.
The Smallest Cinema in the World : For the Wealthy and the Good
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Portavilion: Annika Eriksson Pavilion
21 June - 20 July, Regents Park

Swedish artist Annika Eriksson presents "The Smallest Cinema in the World - For the Wealthy and the Good", a temporary public art work in Regents Park as part of the Portavilion project. A tiny mobile cinema designed by Hopkins Architects will move around the park and screen films made by Eriksson in Regents Park during the summer.
Dan Graham Triangular Pavilion With Circular Cut-out
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Portavilion: Dan Graham Pavilion
20 June - 20 July, Holland Park

Portavilion, an UP PROJECTS production for London's parks presents Triangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-out by highly acclaimed American artist Dan Graham.
Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion by Toby Paterson
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Portavilion: Toby Paterson Pavilion
4 July - 20 July, Potters Fields Park

British artist Toby Paterson presents 'Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion' in Potters Fields Park, Southwark as part of Portavilion. Responding to the adjacent, iconic architecture of Tower Bridge, the GLA building and HMS Belfast, Paterson inserts another strongly graphic form – a wooden, modular structure - into the “town-scape” of the Southbank.

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Power House
20 June - 20 July, "POWER HOUSE" 54 UNION STREET

An installation by Angela Wright relating to the five blind windows of an ex- Electricity Sub Station in Union Street.
Vinyasa
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Process Exposé
20 June - 20 July, Helen Yardley Gallery

The exhibition looks at Helen Yardley's unique design process from commission through to the final product in an architectural context.
play revoution
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re:wind, re:invent, re:play / play revolution
15 July - 21 July, Trinity Buoy Wharf

Play revolution: REWIND our happy memories, REINVENT them in a unique way and REPLAY to rejoice
Untitled 4 2000 - 2006
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River by Janelle Lynch
27 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Photofusion

Janelle Lynch's first UK exhibition with River, a series of photographic waterscapes taken along the bank of the Hudson River.
Road Trip to the Moon - concept
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Road Trip to the Moon
20 June - 20 July, 9:30am - 6pm, Metropolitan Workshop

Collaborative installation by Metropolitan Workshop and Charlie Whinney Associates using steam bent timber to explore themes relating to the environment.
TUB map
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Romanian Cultural Institute Project: New Bucharest Market
20 June - 20 July, Romanian Cultural Institute

Exhibition, screening and debates on the urban regeneration of Bucharest, curated by Mihnea Mircan.
Royal Festival Hive logo
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Royal Festival Hive
20 June - 31 July, Royal Festival Hall

A working beehive built as a scale replica of the Royal Festival Hall and installed on the Hall's roof.
Scott King: Temporary Eyesore
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Scott King: Temporary Eyesore
20 June - 20 July, Hopton Street

Site-specific art installation on construction hoardings on Hopton Street. Curated by Elias Redstone, The Architecture Foundation, and organised in consultation with Tate Modern, Native Land and Grosvenor.
Japanese Roof Garden at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS
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SOAS open spaces - Japanese roof garden, Library reading room and terraces
20 June - 20 July, SOAS

SOAS's Japanese roof garden, Library reading room and terraces will be open to the public.
Isle of Grain
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Soundings from the Estuary
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre

Soundings from the Estuary: an exhibition of photographs, sound and word pieces that examine the threats to the Thames Estuary
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Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust Exhibition
15 July - 20 July, mossessian & partners

eM1. Open Aviary
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Student Festival: Architectural Association - Riverside Walk
27 June - 30 July, Riverside Walk -- More London

ecoMachines – collection LFA08.03 “the riverside walk experiment”
Arnold Circus
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Student Festival: Centre for Alternative Technology - Arnold Circus
20 June - 20 July, Arnold Circus

Installation and event involving the local community and MSc students from CAT focusing on local food; growing, producing and consuming.
Overflow, high tide
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Student Festival: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Tower Bridge Plaza
20 June - 20 July, Riverside Walk, Tate Modern

Installation created by second year students from the EPFL in Lausanne investigating a changing structure conditioned by the tides on the river Thames. On the 3rd of July, in the LFA Student Festival Final Review, the EPFL project was honored with the prize for the 'Signpost' theme and awarded with the prize for the best overall project.

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Student Festival: Goldsmiths College
14 July - 20 July, Hungerford Bridge

An intervention by Goldsmiths collaborative practice, Group A; focusing on activating moments of community in a space of liminality.
Buyers Walk
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Student Festival: London Metropolitan University -Smithfield Market
15 July - 20 July, Smithfield Market

THE FOOD EXCHANGE: a series of live installations that explore the character of Smithfield Market and speculate about its future.
Sustainab.Italy. Contemporary ecologies
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Sustainab.Italy Exhibition
25 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Viabizzuno showroom

Exhibition of new Italian architecture focusing on sustainability, reuse of architectural heritage and landscape protection.
Leaflet side 1
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The Clerkenwell Water Clocks
11 July - 20 July, Curved Angel

Seven strategic sites in Clerkenwell's historic public realm using Water and Time to illustrate the past and suggest possible futures
Photomontage of Staircase Hall, Neues Museum, Berlin
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The Neues Museum, Berlin - Restoration, Repair and Intervention
20 June - 20 July, Sir John Soane's Museum

An exhibition displaying the original working drawings of David Chipperfield Architects’ Neues Museum project on Berlin’s Museum Island
Sun Salutations in Clerkenwell
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The Peacock Palimpsest Public House Clerkenwell
19 July - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, Barbican Public Realm

Live art installation imaginatively ‘reincarnates’ historic pubs. Performance, creative and social activities engage visitors in unexpected ways with urban places.
Singing Chimney
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The Singing house
28 June - 29 July, Trinity Buoy Wharf

Exhibition, installation, sound piece and performance exploring chimneys and their evolved role in the city skyline and this East London Hub.
Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen, ‘Marauder’, 2007
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The Urban Tendency - Netherlands Embassy & Flemish Representation Project
8 July - 20 July, P3 Univesity of Westminster

NB. Continues until 9 August 2008

The Urban Tendency, examines broad cultural interest in the ‘compact city’ and the intrinsically urban.

Marriott Sky
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Thermal Cities : London
20 June - 20 July, www.thermalcities.com

An alternative (FRESH!) view of London's life and built environment, using a start of the art thermal imaging camera
Kong
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Traceurs: to trace, to draw, to go fast
20 June - 20 July, Chelsea Futurespace

Futurecity presents Traceurs, a film installation by artist, Layla Curtis. Heat-seeking cameras trace the navigation of the urban landscape by parkour experts revealing an unconventional view of the city.
World Design Plaza
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U-Design City_Seoul: World Design Capital Seoul 2010
20 June - 20 July, Korean Cultural Centre

Exhibition of WDC (World Design Capital) Seoul 2010 - along with Seoul's architecture
the Wave
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Uncommondenominator
16 July - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Brewhouse Yard

Multi-sensory environment as a visual and aural response to human behaviour. Experience within the installation depends upon human interaction.
Unseen Hands display
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Unseen Hands - 100 years of Structural Engineering
19 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum

Unseen Hands: 100 years of Structural Engineering, celebrates the contribution structural engineers have made to the built environment.
1 Poultry Lane
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Upshot
19 June - 20 July, National Theatre

Set on the terraces of the National Theatre, this photographic exhibition provides a unique glimpse into London’s best kept secret spaces.
Sunset Community Centre, South Vancouver
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Vancouverism: Westcoast Architecture + City-Building
24 June - 20 July, 6:30pm - 8pm, Canada House

High-rise, high-amenity, and high-design urban living are the watch-words in the summer-long “Vancouverism” exhibition at Canada House, curated by Trevor Boddy and Dennis Sharp.

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Vertical Kibbutz
16 July - 20 July, Trinity Buoy Wharf

Vertical Kibbutz is a program generator for non hierarchical mix use developments. In common mix use vertical typology different programs are layered bottom to top relatively to investment per permeability/ visibility, types of ownership and construction grids. All of those conditions are driven by hierarchy. The project is investigating a method to organize the build programs in mix use in none hierarchically manner.
VivaCity2020
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VivaCity & The Clerkenwell Commons
11 July - 20 July, 10am - 8pm, Curved Angel

An urban design focus on Clerkenwell’s historic core based on VivaCity research and the Clerkenwell Commons’ public realm projects
Church of the Virgin Hodigitria (1763) - Kimzha
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Wooden Churches of the Russian North - Photographs by Richard Davies
3 July - 27 July, Pushkin House

' Wooden Churches of the Russian North' an exhibition of photographs by Richard Davies
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YouCanPlan Challenge
20 June - 20 July, North Cloisters, UCL

YouCanPlan Challenge is an online participatory architectural design event illustrating how new communities can be co-designed by their future residents.
Swarm, Zaha Hadid, 2006. Lent by Established & Sons
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Zaha Hadid Chandelier
20 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum

The Swarm chandelier by Zaha Hadid is composed of 16,000 black crystals that make up a complex pattern of forms.
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Zero carbon office exhibition
15 July - 20 July, Royal Exchange

Zero Carbon Office Exhibition - featuring building designs for the International Institute for Environment and Development by Sheppard Robson, Fielden Clegg Bradley and Wilkinson Eyre. From 20th - 25th July Venue: Royal Exchange, London EC3v 3LL (Opposite the Bank of England in between Cornhill and Threadneedle St )
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‘If I could design London I would....’
20 June - 20 July, Somerset House

A Design for London exhibition showcasing hundreds of ideas out for London put forward by architects and members of the public and offering a chance to view Design for London’s blueprint for a better public realm. ‘If I could...’ follows – and includes responses to - Design for London’s Open City exhibition. Admission free of charge.

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