Breaking Ground: Designing for Difficult Sites

Join us to explore how architecture can adapt to and engage with its surroundings, inspiring new ways to think about the relationship between design and place.

We’ll delve deeper into the work of Knox Bhavan, Carmody Groarke and Tonkin Liu, as they discuss their responses to challenging landscapes, as seen in our exhibition, Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds.

They’ll highlight the innovative design approaches, creative problem-solving, and collaborative strategies that helped shape these projects, from addressing site-specific challenges to forging strong partnerships with clients to bring their visions to fruition.

Following their presentations, the panel will be joined by RIBA Journal Editor Eleanor Young for a group discussion and audience Q&A.

Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds is the latest exhibition in the Architecture Gallery at RIBA which explores remarkable feats of architectural achievement in the face of tricky terrain, awkward urban plots, challenging remodels, and more.