Barbican Centre

Talks and Debates

Architecture on Stage: Takaharu + Yui Tezuka

Thu 04 April : 19:00

Architecture Foundation

Takaharu and Yui Tezuka of Tezuka Architects discuss their practice. Takaharu and Yui Tezuka founded Tezuka Architects in Tokyo in…

Other Events

SUNN O))) + Jesse Sykes with Phil Wandscher & Bill Herzog

Mon 01 April : 19:30 -22:00

Barbican

SUNN O))) returns in its core original raw form. Founders and guitarists Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson perform as Shoshin…

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Christmas with King’s College Choir

Wed 20 December : 19:30 -22:00

Barbican Centre

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge heralds the Christmas season, joined on stage by the superb Crouch End Festival Chorus.…

Conferences and Festivals

Conference – Resist, Persist: Gender, Climate and Colonialism

07 December - 08 December

Barbican Centre

A collaboration with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, this multi-day symposium uses the themes of RE/SISTERS…

Talks and Debates

Ronan Mckenzie and Mac Collins: ideation to realisation

Thu 23 November : 19:00

Barbican

Join multidisciplinary artist Ronan Mckenzie talk to artist and designer Mac Collins as they discuss their processes from ideation to…

Film Screenings

Architecture on Film: Pictures of Ghosts

Wed 29 November : 18:30 -20:15

PICTURES OF GHOSTS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, 2023, 93 mins) [London Premiere] Kleber Mendonça Filho folds together personal and urban…

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Architecture on Film: News From Home + La Chambre + Intro

Thu 28 September : 18:40 -20:30

The Architecture Foundation

La Chambre (Chantal Akerman, Belgium, 1972, 11 mins) News From Home (Chantal Akerman, Belgium, France, 1976, 85 mins) Two remarkable…

Talks and Debates

Climate Migrants: Self-reliant communities after natural disasters

Thu 08 June : 09:30 -10:30

In the summer of 2022, one-third of Pakistan was flooded. Today, Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in…

Talks and Debates

City Dialogues: 15-Minute City

Tue 06 June : 11:00 -12:00

Originally unveiled in 2016, the concept offers a radical departure from the current direction of modern urbanism, reducing the radius…

Conferences and Festivals

EcoCity World Summit

06 June - 08 June

First held in 1990, the Ecocity World Summit is the pioneer and longest-running global conference on ecology and cities. Every…

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Architecture on Film: Balnearios

Thu 13 July : 19:00 -20:30

The Architecture Foundation

Balnearios (Mariano Llinás, Argentina, 2002, 80 mins) A deep dive into the fantasies and realities of Argentine bathing resorts –…

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Architecture on Film: Reichsautobahn, introduced by Tom Wilkinson

Tue 23 May : 18:45 -20:30

The Architecture Foundation

This screening will be introduced by Tom Wilkinson (writer, historian, and History Editor at the Architectural Review). Reichsautobahn (Hartmut Bitomsky,…