Westonbirt 10k and half marathon

The Westonbirt House Easter 10k and Half Marathon is back for 2020 after a successful launch in 2019.!

Join DB Max on Good Friday 10th April  for the Westonbirt House Easter 10k and Westonbirt House Half Marathon at the stunning Westonbirt House and Gardens. The #finishinthebar theme will be back with a curry and beer/wine/prosecco offer.

Race Entry
Please note their are NO day entries available.

10k:
Online entry price: £21.00 affiliated, £23.00 unaffiliated

Half Marathon:
Online entry price: £29.00 affiliated, £31.00 unaffiliated

More information can be found here

Description

Construction is not sustainable. The construction and use of buildings is responsible for approximately half of UK’s carbon footprint, but are we doing enough to tackle this challenge? In an effort to address our environmental impact, we have been changing how we use our buildings, but this change has unsustainable consequences for the people who live in these buildings. Have we forgotten why we build?

Dr Dan Maskell will explore different ways of innovating within construction and share his vision of a sustainable future. He will present innovation in using a range of sustainable construction materials including straw bale and mud that could be used to build our homes. Understanding these materials may also be the key to improving our health and wellbeing where we live and work. The responsibility of a sustainable future is all of ours, and the key to sustainable construction is to centre the design of our built environment on us.

This is a free event, but booking is required via eventbrite

A ‘modest masterpiece’, this is ‘architecture in its purest, most environmentally and socially-conscious form’.

The Architecture Centre are proud to present the winners of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize, Mikhail Riches.

Awarded annually to the ‘UK’s Best Building’, the RIBA judges selected Goldsmith Street, Norwich, for the 2019 Stirling Prize. In an era of climate emergency, and amidst a crisis in affordable housing, Goldsmith Street estate has been heralded as a ‘beacon of hope’ for its environmental credentials.

This exemplary design comprises the largest Passivhaus scheme in the UK. An update of the terraced house in a neighbourly layout, these low-rise, high-density homes are genuinely affordable to rent and run.

The 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize Judges, chaired by Julia Barfield said:

‘Goldsmith Street is a modest masterpiece. It is high-quality architecture in its purest most environmentally and socially-conscious form. Behind restrained creamy façades are impeccably-detailed, highly sustainable homes – an incredible achievement for a development of this scale. This is proper social housing, over ten years in the making, delivered by an ambitious and thoughtful council. These desirable, spacious, low-energy properties should be the norm for all council housing.’

Join architects David Mikhail and Annalie Riches for a fascinating exploration into this project, 11 years in the making.

About the Event

This event warmly welcomes both general audiences with an interest in the world around them, and sector professionals keen to hear from the winning team.

UWE Student Discount

As part of the partnership between The Architecture Centre and UWE, UWE students are entitled to £5 tickets to this event. Please apply the promotional code UWE at checkout (select the General Admission ticket), and bring valid student ID along to the event.

Book here

for .. architects|technologists|technicians|design managers|construction specifiers

Get your FREE pass to this unique UK Architecture Roadshow Event exclusively for built environment professionals from your City.

Designed around you and your working day our FREE ticket options allow you to access all or part of this great line-up:

1. INSPIRATION: 100 Voices – Creating a Climate for Change

In 2019 UK architects, landscape architects and engineers declared a climate and biodiversity emergency!

In 2020 specifi have created a UK wide platform for over 100 voices to come together, creating an exciting blend of thought leaders, policymakers and next-generation voices alongside specifiers, clients, contractors, and product manufacturers to share future thinking, best practice, case studies and solutions around the biggest challenge currently facing the industry.

2. CONNECT: network with up to 100 fellow professionals and 25 major suppliers

3. RECOGNITION: peruse and vote for YOUR city's shortlisted 'Project of the Year' entries displayed in the networking area.

4. DINNER: continue your conversation whilst celebrating YOUR city’s Project of the Year Award winners over FREE dinner and bar on us

More details can be found here

it's the SRA Christmas Party!

£5 is the suggestd price.

The theme is anything beginning with the first initial of their first name.

Have fun on your quest to find something.

An evening of Christmas carols, performances and general festive cheer.

About this Event

The Christmas season is upon us and we are so excited to spend it with you! Join us for our amazing annual carol service with special performances including spoken word, dance and so much more! We'd love to see you, your family and friends celebrating with us, so let us know you're coming!

Arrive from 3PM christmas drinks, wood fired pizza and mulled wine available to buy! These will be available for a short time after the service too.

Our Carol Service will begin at 5PM and the doors will close at 16:55 so make sure you arrive before then to take your seats.

Register here

Glow in the Dark Mini Golf

The Partners invite you to a SRA Social on Friday 29th November.

The office will close at 4pm and we will all head over to Royal Victoria Park to play Glow in the Dark Mini Golf, an 18 hole course.

Reality Starts Here - Building Fictional Futures to Change the World

This year’s Richard Gregory Memorial Lecture will be given by Alex McDowell RDI, an award-winning visionary designer and storyteller working at the intersection of emergent technologies and experiential media. He is founder and creative director of Experimental Design, where he and his team design immersive story worlds for industries and institutions. He has worked with directors including David Fincher (Fight Club), Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) and created the fictional world for Steven Spielberg’s “Minority Report”. Join us on a voyage of discovery through these futuristic worlds.

More details and booking can be found here

Welcome to the Free From Festival '19 (Bristol)

Our next event will be taking place in Bristol in an iconic well-known venue, Brunel's Old Station (also knows as The Passanger Shed) right by Temple Meads Station on the 23rd of November, Saturday from 11.00AM until 6.00PM.

Come and join us to sample healthy 'free from' products made in the UK and a lot produced by local businesses of Bristol and surrounding areas. Expect and indulge in refined sugar-free chocolate tasting, gluten-free desserts & savoury snacks. Gluten-free beer, organic wine, and refined sugar-free beverages will also be available for purchase at the venues bar.

Join our talented Chefs and Speakers at the live cooking demonstrations to learn some great tips on how to cook healthy tasty food without using gluten, refined sugar etc. Live music will be played by up and coming artist ILONA.

The event is a great opportunity to stock up on great tasty snacks and purchase gifts for loved ones that are intolerant.

Make sure you bring enough cash with you! Card payments wil be accepted by most traders too.

Please book your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. There will be a limited number of tickets available on the door if capacity allows it.

Tickets include a complimentary soft or alcoholic welcome drink at the door. The opportunity to sample and buy from all the amazing exhibitors, to listen to all talks by industry professionals and live music by up and coming artists.

We hope to see you there!

Tickets are £10 from www.eventbrite.co.uk

Dan Cruickshank is an author, renowned architectural historian and broadcaster. His bestselling books include Around the World in Eighty Treasures, journeying through time and place, from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the soaring skyscrapers of Manhattan. In 100 Buildings he explores the most inspirational and characterful creations in world architecture in that unique, gently eccentric and donnish manner which has endeared him to millions on TV.

His selection includes Palmyra, destroyed by Isis, plus many of the world’s best known buildings that represent key or pioneering moments in architectural history, such as the Pantheon in Rome, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul,the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Forbidden City in Beijing. But he also covers less obvious and more surprising structures, the generally unsung heroes of an endlessly fascinating story – buildings like Oriel Chambers in Liverpool and the Narkomfin Apartment Building in Moscow.

Age restriction 14+. Please note all 14-17 year olds must be accompanied by an adult.

More information and booking can be found here

About this Event

Roll up, roll up for Bristol Tech Fair - the biggest, brightest event in November’s week-long Bristol Technology Festival.

Throw yourself into our lively tech carnival of family fun activities, careers advice and diversity inspiration.

If you love TECH, this is THE EVENT for you.

It’s BRISTOL TECHFAIR: a one-day celebration of technology, engineering and science for EVERYONE. Think of it as a tech love story to inspire the kids, gain valuable careers advice and learn from some of the smartest voices and sharpest thinkers in the Tech | diversity intersection. BRISTOL TECH FAIR is taking place on Saturday 9 November from 10am till 4pm at the Colston Hall.

A collaboration powered by a love of tech, BRISTOL TECH FAIR is brought to you by three acclaimed not-for-profit organisations. The aim of our event is to inspire and empower tech fans of all ages in a safe, enjoyable environment.

And here’s the biggest news: IT’S FREE for everyone.

What will you go to?

Choose any or all from:-

Family and Kids Zone ​(brought to you by Technotopia)

Tech3Shed Careers Fair ​(brought to you by Women’s Tech Hub)

WISE Conference ​(brought to you by WISE)

More detail available and booking at www.eventbrite.co.uk

Join architect and former town councillor Colin Cobb for an exploration of civic and public projects

About this Event

What is the civic impact of a major project on a city or town?

Should architects involve themselves in the political and civic life of where they live and work?

Join architect and former town councillor Colin Cobb for an exploration of the way that civic and public projects come about and how architects engage themselves with that process.

From the grand scale of University projects and city masterplans to re-imagining the role of a parish council to make real projects happen, Colin will make a plea to architects to actively engage themselves in civic life.

About the speaker:

Colin Cobb is an associate at FCB Studios and was the project architect of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, a state of the art music college for Birmingham City University specifically designed to cater for the demands of the digital age, which features a 480 seat orchestral concert hall, multiple smaller venues and a suite of recording studios.

Colin served as an independent town councillor in Frome from 2015 - 2019 overseeing the conversion of the Town Hall, co-chairing the Planning Advisory Group and sitting on the Saxonvale steering group.

If you like great films, then welcome home: this is the place for you.

Every November the beautifully inventive city of Bath in SW England is filled with film fans coming together for 11 indulgent days of previews, Bath debuts, special events, Q&As, documentary features, silent films with new live scores, shorts and of course the IMDb Awards.

The 2019 festival features an enticing programme of 37 feature films, including 23 previews, as well as 46 short films. 59% of our films are directed by women and 22 are F-Rated, of which 13 are Triple F-Rated – ie directed by, written by, and starring women.

Major previews include our opening night film, The Report – a post-9/11 true-story political thriller with an all-star cast led by Adam Driver, Annette Bening, and Jon Hamm. Our closing night film is Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi’s anti-hate satire that was the audience award winner at Toronto and is tipped to be an Oscar favourite. It won’t be on general release until January 2020, but you can see it at FilmBath Festival in November.

Full film listing can be found here

Julian House is calling on local board game enthusiasts to join its first Bath Board Game Day, taking place on 3 November. This one-day-only ‘pop-up’ event will see hundreds of board game enthusiasts, families and friends gaming for a good cause in Komedia, Bath.

Choose to come along for the whole day or just a 4 hours. Everyone is welcome – friends, families, work mates and even you solo gamers.

With loads of games to choose from, you’ll be playing the latest releases by well-known makers, from the big blockbuster hits to indie gems you might have missed.  Whether it’s a quick and playful game of bluffing and laughter or a lengthy game full of strategy and skill, there’s something for everyone. Plus, if there’s a game in your cupboard you’ve been dying to play but have yet to take out the wrapper, bring it along. There will be avid game hosts on hand to help you work through the rules and instructions and plenty of people to join you in play.

Feel great knowing your ticket is contributing to Julian House and all the work they do to support vulnerable and socially excluded individuals. Be part of something bigger and join them in their mission to alleviate homelessness in and around Bath.

Play games and raise money for a great cause -is there a better way to spend a Sunday in November? Didn’t think so. So get your tickets early and join us for Bath Board Game Day!

Tickets are on sale here

Kindly supported by Bath Gaming Group.

Bath Racecourse’s hugely popular Light Up Lansdown fireworks display and bonfire night returns on Friday 1 November. One of the best fireworks displays near Bath and Bristol, this year’s firework night will be bigger and better than ever before with the spectacular firework display set to a blockbuster Disney soundtrack!

The night’s main attraction is, of course, the spectacular fireworks display; a 10-minute long show set to songs from Disney-favourites including The Lion King, Frozen and Beauty and the Beast – to name a few – which will have you "oohing" and "ahhing"’ at every Catherine Wheel, Comet and Crackle.

Before the main event, a huge bonfire, reaching 10 meters high, will be lit and there will be plenty of other entertainment to keep the whole family busy at the lively funfair.

Everyone can get stuck into an array of tasty bonfire night food including sticky treats and warming drinks that will be available to buy.

General Entry Tickets & Packages

• Advance Adult Ticket: £6.00

• Advance Child Ticket (aged 3 -17): £4.00

• Family Ticket Package (Two adults and two children): £15.00

• Family Doughnut Ticket (Two adults, two children plus bag of doughnuts): £17.00

Timings

The family fun fair and entertainment starts at 5pm, with the lighting of the bonfire at 7pm and our huge fireworks display starting at 7.45pm.

All the bars will be serving until 9pm when the event will finish. Please note that some of the bars and food outlets accept card payment, however, the fun fair rides, stalls and some of the food outlets are cash only. Face painting is available for free of charge throughout the evening.

www.bath-racecourse.co.uk

Should and can Bath & Bristol build more commercial scale buildings in timber?

Join Tom Westwood of Waugh Thistleton Architects in an introductory talk designed to get this conversation started amongst building commissioners, designers, and managers in the Southwest.

Waugh Thistleton Architects have formidable experience in CLT construction across a variety of sectors including: conservation/retrofit, leisure, high-density residential, commercial and more.

30th October 2019

17.15 - Arrival

17:30 - Talk on Constructing Mid/High Rise Buildings in Timber; key considerations, case studies & lessons learned

18:15 - Q&A Mythbusting

18:30 - Refreshments & Networking

This event is free to attend with generous sponsorship and support from:

Woodenhouse, FOLD Consulting Engineers, BiBO Architects, Constructing Excellence Bath Club, RICS & RIBA.

Tickets available here

What will our future homes look like?

With the growth of cities, the demand for new housing is greater than ever.

Can we deliver more homes without destroying the green belt? Are modern methods of construction key to solving the current housing crisis?

What does new technology and density mean for citizens of the future? And what does it mean for the design and construction industries?

Join Henrik Johnnson of BoKlok (a joint venture between Skanska and IKEA), Architect Yuli Cadney-Toh (BDP), Joe Daniels of Etopia and Elena Marco of UWE Bristol for a lively discussion on the housing of the future.

Tickets

General admission £12

Concession £10

UWE Student £5

The social team has arranged for us to take part in the pub quiz at The Boater on Tuesday 22nd October.

Table booked for 10 from 6:30

Quiz starting at 8

It only cost £1pp to enter

Should be plenty of fun!

If people could let me know if they’re interested in joining then that would be fantastic so we can potentially book more tables, if necessary.

Show info:

SHOW: SJM Concerts Presents - Diversity
DATES: Friday 11th October 2019
TIMES: Box Office: 6:30pm / Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm / Curfew 11pm
TICKETS: From £28.50 / £38.50 / VIP £79.00 / VIP 125.00 (+ booking fees)

Book now

The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year's theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is suicide prevention.