SAVE Annual Lecture: Architecture & Climate Crisis, how the past can save the future

Join SAVE and carbon expert Simon Sturgis, for the SAVE Annual lecture 2023 at the Royal Academy of Arts. 

A net zero and sustainability specialist, Sturgis will call for a revolution in architecture in response to the climate emergency. He will make the compelling case that one of our most  effective responses to the climate crisis is to make demolition of buildings the last resort - not the first. 

In what promises to be a lively discussion there will be a Q&A after the lecture, in which Sturgis will argue that architectural thought has been effectively dormant for the last 90 years. Given the fact that the built environment is responsible for 40% of global carbon emissions, the sector now needs a thought revolution, as even the greenest new building is now arguably  an obstacle to the UK's progress towards its legally binding commitment to be net zero by 2050. 

The SAVE Annual lecture will be held in the stunning David Chipperfield-designed Benjamin West Lecture Theatre at the Royal Academy's Burlington Gardens building - itself a great example of a retrofit which gave an historic building a viable new future. It is a hybrid event with tickets to watch online also available.