Jan
22
to Jan 1
Events diary
Apr
14
to Nov 25
Building memory - the architecture of death and burial
Exhibition at the Museum of Bath Architecture
An exhibition about how architecture has the power to commemorate the dead.
Venue
The Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, The Vineyards, Paragon
Bath, Somerset BA1 5NA United Kingdom + Google Map
Phone: 01225 333895
Jun
20
6:30 PM18:30
Arnolfini Talk, Bristol
New Into Old: Alex de Rijke
Talk by dRMM on their 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize winning Hastings Pier project.
Hastings Pier was the winner of the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize. Join Alex de Rijke (dRMM) as he discusses the project which redefines what a pier can be in the 21st century.
Book tickets
Location
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA
Wed 20 Jun 2018
18:30 - 20:00
£9 / £7
Jun
22
to Jun 24
Kirstie Allsopp's: the handmade fair
The handmade fair at Bowood House, Wiltshire
Get ready for a wonderful weekend of inspiration, hands-on making, delicious food and drink and your best shopping experience yet (according to the event website!).
This includes a Super Theatre, Skills Workshops, and Grand Makes, which are packed with exciting interactive sessions, plus over 150 hand-picked sellers who will fill the two fantastic shopping villages, and an assortment of quirky caterers to provide delicious food and drink options.
Car parking Information
Parking is free! That means you can splash out a little on a scrummy lunch, some much needed materials, an extra session or two, or gorgeous goodies from the artisan makers.
Jul
1
8:00 AM08:00
Ride Bike Bath and finish with a refreshing pint!
Local brewer Bath Ales announces support for this year’s Bike Bath event
“With the countdown now officially on... we look forward to welcoming riders over the finish line and celebrating with them over a thoroughly deserved pint of Gem. ”
What is Bike Bath?
A day of marked rides taking in the best scenery of Bath and the surrounding countryside. Around 1,500 riders from across the region take part.
The event starts and ends at the Rec in the heart of Bath. Riders will have the choice of three new rides this year - the 25-mile social, or the 50 or 80-mile challenge. A family entry for the 25 mile route is available!
As an entrant you benefit from:
- A timing chip to record your time;
- Fully signed routes with a back up route map and GPS files;
- Feed stations showcasing the best produce from local food and drink suppliers;
- On course medical support;
- Post ride food and a bar at the event village;
- A high quality finisher’s medal for each distance.
More details?
Visit the Bike Bath website for further details including prices, entry details and 'on the day' rider instructions.
Jul
3
7:30 PM19:30
12 Halls with Niall McLaughlin
By Architecture Club, Frome
Jul
20
5:00 PM17:00
CIAT aspirATion summer social
Join CIAT Wessex One in celebrating their first summer event, meeting members and fellow professionals.
Guest Speakers:
- Introduction to Light Steel Framing
- Oliver Rogan - Managing Director Metek plc
- James Walker - Technical Director Metek plc
The presentation will be followed by an evening of networking with industry professionals from the Wessex Region.
Free to attend - register here.
Date and Time
Fri 20 July 2018
17:00 – 23:00
Location
Racks
St Pauls Road
Clifton
Bristol
BS8 1LX
Jun
13
5:30 PM17:30
Visualising the future
By RIBA South West
Join in an evening of conversation about ‘Emerging new technologies’ in the built environment.
The narrative for this event follows innovative new ways of working with customers, demonstrations of technology being used or developed and examples of the changes in culture happening now, in the industry.
Topics included are:
Architects Stride Treglown tell us why, where and how new technology has saved the client time and money.
UWE Bristol, will talk about their ‘Digital Campus’, a solution they’re employing for the entire UWE estate.
ARUP will talk about the ‘Digital Disruption in Design’, how technology is advancing to simplify the way we work.
The evening starts 17:30 with a glass of fizz and canapes in the atrium, and a demonstration of HoloLens will also be available.
The organisers welcome newly qualified architects, Students, RIBA members & friends of the RIBA.
Location
ARUP
63 Saint Thomas Street
Bristol
BS1 6JZ
View Map
Tickets
- RIBA members: free
- Friends of the RIBA: £6
- RIBA student member: free
- Book here - early!
Jun
10
to Jun 17
Summer fun and chill time at the Bath Boules WEEK!
Come and join us for some summer fun and chill time!
SRA are sponsoring this year's popular Bath Boules event in Queen Square.
Save the date - Saturday 16th June
There is even more to look forward to this year, with the annual festival extended to one week. SRA will be entering a team for Bath Boules Saturday on 16th June. Save the date in your diary and come along and join in the fun and frolics with your family, friends, kids, pets etc!! It is a very relaxed event and you really don't need to be a seasoned boules expert!
What else is happening?
10th June 2018 - Daytime: Trés special summer event!
10th June 2018 - Evening: Cinema dans le Square!
11th June 2018 - School of Boules: Le practice sesh – Experts’ tips, techniques
12th June 2018 -Talk of the Square: Big name, big evening…
13th June 2018 - Anniversary party: Cool company, cool times
14th June 2018 - Creative Bath Awards & summer Party
15th June 2018 - Daytime: Bath Boules, Friday
15th June 2018 - Night: Bath Boules BBQ, hosted by David Flatman (book tickets early!)
16th June 2018 - Bath Boules, Saturday
17th June 2018 - Bath Boules Sunday
Why do we support Bath Boules?
The event supports local charities.
In 2017 the Bath Boules raised a staggering £50,235 for local charities. Over the years the event has raised nearly £350,000. The Bath Boules Charity Trust say:
“We are a Bath based charity seeking to help Bath people – in particular, though not exclusively, the elderly, the young, the disabled and the underprivileged. Normally we look for projects where our funding can make a difference, rather than providing monies towards general running costs.”
Many local causes have benefitted from the Boules including Three Ways School, First Steps Bath, Action on Hearing Loss South West, Julian House, Developing Health & Independence, Golden Oldies, The Forever Friends Appeal, The Carers Centre, RICE and Southside.
Read testimonials from the charities which benefit and how this supports there aims.
Where and when?
Look out for your team invite over the next few weeks, which will give more details of what the team is doing and when.
In the meantime.....
Some pictures from the team event last year.
Jun
8
to Jun 10
Pub in the Park
Calling all foodies!
Pub in the Park will be heading to our doorstep here in Bath, to bring a glorious three day feast with the very best food the country has to offer. After the success of the launch in Marlow in 2017, Tom Kerridge and his merry band of foodie friends are chuffed to be touring the country with a stellar line up of world-class chefs, Michelin-starred pubs, plus a selection of other top UK pubs and restaurants to serve their most popular dishes. Combined with great live music, chef demonstrations, top quality shopping and other festival fun, it has all the ingredients for the perfect foodie experience. So sit back, relax and let the 'lush vibes' kick in.
Avoid missing out on tickets and sign up for the Pub Club before 30th Jan for access to priority booking on 1st Feb at 10am (tickets sell fast apparently!)
Read more about the event and sign up for pre-sale
Jun
6
6:30 PM18:30
Arnolfini Talk, Bristol
Can you design for the place you don’t know?
Liza Fior discusses The Culture House in Front of your Nose and other projects.
Join co-founder of muf architecture / art, Liza Fior, as she discusses some of the practice’s recent and current projects including, The Culture House in front of your nose in Sweden.
Book tickets
Location
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA
£9 / £7
Jun
5
7:30 PM19:30
Architecture Club, Frome
Back to the stone age for a low carbon future
Stone isn’t an unusual material to find on a construction site by any measure, in fact people respond well to it as a natural and innocuous material that embodies geological time and human history. Of late, it has been the unfortunate victim of a major flaw in the modern construction industry which has relegated it to a solely decorative material rather than one with its own inherent structural properties.
Steve Webb talks to the Architecture Club about the versatility of stone as a low carbon material. A material that can be used as both the skin and bone of a structure. Back to the stone age for a low carbon future!
Steve founded Webb Yates Engineers with Andy Yates in 2005. He has a passion for creating artful and adventurous structural designs, and has worked extensively with The Stonemasonry Company on award-winning projects that push the limits of stone. Steve is a Visiting Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University, and a Structures Tutor for the Architectural Association’s Interprofessional Studio.
Book tickets
Date and Time
Tue 5 June 2018
19:30 – 21:00 BST
Location
Rook Lane Chapel
Bath Street
Frome
BA11 1DN
May
28
to Jun 1
Free May half term activities in Bath
Get active and have some fun!
Join in the FREE Outdoor Open Week from 28th May - 1st June at Better, Bath Approach Golf Course, Better, Entry Hill Golf Course and Better, Odd Down Sports Ground.
This is your chance to try out something new, no matter what your age!
There are a number of activities on offer throughout the week, no need to book, just turn up and enjoy.
For further information about the activities available on the day, please click here.
May
24
to May 30
Happy not confused!
“As some of you are aware I am studying an MA in Fine Art part time and have just got to the end of the first year. My course mates and I have organised our own exhibition which will be at Hamilton House Gallery in Stokes Croft for a week from next Thursday (24th) to Wednesday (30th).
The exhibition opening or ‘private view’ will be on Thursday 24th May from 6pm – 8pm and you are all welcome to come along either then or in the week. However there will be a single live performance piece with seven saxophones of an original piece by me on the Thursday night at around 7pm which you are all also welcome to come along to (I’m not nervous about this part at all).”
Note for your diaries:
Private view - Thursday 24th May from 6pm - 8pm
More details: Download the PDF flyer
Hamilton House Gallery:
80 Stokes Croft
Bristol, BS1 3QY
0117 924 9599
www.hamiltonhouse.org
May
18
5:30 PM17:30
Party in the city: get your party hat on!
The biggest free party of the year!
The biggest night of free entertainment in Bath will be taking place in venues and on the streets of Bath on Friday evening 18 May for Party in the City.
It is all part of The Bath Festival taking place in May, with music, arts and literature events all over the city.
The streets, parks and venues in the city will be filled with the sound of music so if you like acoustic, jazz, classical, choral, folk, world, indie or pop music come along! The evening starts with the Schools Commission in Bath Abbey where children will become ‘festival spirits’, celebrating Bath Festivals’ 70th anniversary through song, stories and visual arts. After dark, Queen Square, Parade Gardens and Brunel Square will be alive with music, local food and drink. Indoor events will take place in 34 venues, with 2,000+ performers and, historically, the evening has attracted more than 20,000 people to the city.
The evening starts at 6pm with a children’s event at Bath Abbey to celebrate the festival 70th anniversary through song, stories and visual arts.
May
11
to May 27
The Bath multi-arts festival
About the festival
For the 70th anniversary of Bath Festivals, The Bath Festival returns as a 17 day multi-arts festival from 11 to 27 May 2018, celebrating the city with music and literature at its heart, engaging with the wider community and bringing the streets of Bath to life.
The full programme of events is now listed here
Sign-up for more information here
Book early - some events are already sold out!
May
1
7:30 PM19:30
Architecture Club, Frome
Planning for the Public Good, with Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams
The public sector has a rich history of driving innovation and excellence in the built environment. However, in recent years there has been a significant reduction in spending on planning and development, and a widening skills gap between the public and the private sector. This adversely affects the public sector's capacity to plan for the public good.
Public Practice is a new social enterprise committed to changing this. By transforming perceptions of public planning, Public Practice aims to build the public sector’s capacity to deliver more homes and infrastructure, and improve the quality of the built environment. Join Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams, Public Practice's co-founders, to hear how they are reinventing the role of the public planner and attracting a new generation of talented practitioners to work for the public good.
Book tickets
Date and Time
Tue 1 May 2018
19:30 – 21:30 BST
Add to Calendar
Location
Rook Lane Chapel
Bath Street
Frome
BA11 1DN
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Apr
26
to May 1
The circus is in town!
Royal Victoria Park, Cow Lane, Bath, BA1 2DS
0871 210 2100
Performances
Thursday April 26 7.30pm - First day preview
Friday April 27 5pm & 7.30pm + Open House 11am
Saturday April 28 3pm & 7.30pm
Sunday April 29 12 noon & 3pm
Monday April 30 5pm & 7.30pm
Tuesday May 1 6pm
Mar
27
to Apr 15
Bath comedy festival coming up!
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary with 20 days of exciting events that bring Bath to life with a colourful and vibrant mix of comedy, including stand-up, street theatre, film, workshops and more.
Browse and book Bath Comedy Festival events
Mar
20
7:00 PM19:00
Lecture series: historic buildings transformation
There is an interesting lecture series happening over the next few months at Trinity in Bristol called the Heart and Soul Project, about the challenges of transforming and preserving historic buildings.
The events coming up look at how historic buildings are now used for multifunction’s like worship & community centres, and gentrification of areas and how communities suffer and benefit.
“The first event was really interesting. I suspect that keeping an eye on how this gem of a centre in Bristol manages their development and transformation will provide much food for thought!”
Next lecture: Resurrection Man
20th March
Evening talk by Architect Tim Ronalds
Architect Tim Ronalds brings a unique perspective on transforming some of the Britain's most iconic buildings. His work includes the significant transformations and resurrections of buildings into cultural venues, like Wiltons Music Hall, The Hackney Empire and Jackson's Lane.
Location
New Trinity Community Centre, Easton BS2 0NW
Starts 7pm, finishes 9pm.
Mar
14
6:30 PM18:30
Talk: housing the homeless
Join architect Peter Barber as he shares a range of projects tackling homelessness.
From affordable housing to hostels that provide residents with much needed space, privacy, care and attention, hear Peter Barber discuss housing the homeless.
Architect Peter Barber’s approach to housing is underpinned by a consistent commitment to radical solutions and excellence in design. The practice has built unusual and innovative projects with clients such as St Mungo’s Community Housing Association, Circle 33 Housing Group, East Thames Housing Group and The London Boroughs of Newham, Enfield, Greenwich, Camden and Barking.
This is socially conscious architecture that looks beautiful.
Talk
The Architecture Centre
Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA
£8 / £6
Missed the talk? Listen back with the Centre's recorded archive.
Mar
10
to Mar 17
Bath taps into science
Family-friendly festival encouraging children to develop a love of science. Various events taking place across the city, culminating with a fair on 17 March.
Various locations!
Mar
9
to Apr 8
The Bath Comedy Shopalong
HOW IT WORKS:
30 large Bath Plug logos have been placed in a variety of central Bath establishments, either prominently displayed, or hidden somewhere inside.
Each plug displays the punchline to a numbered joke listed here - collect as many of the punchlines as you can for a chance to win fabulous prizes!
You can enter as an individual adult, child or as a family.
WHAT CAN I WIN?
Children under 12: Set of 10 Sidesplitter Joke Books worth over £50
Children 12+: Box Set of 7 Young Sherlock mysteries: worth over £50
Adults: Tickets to Bath Comedy Festival’s fabulous Closing Gala Show and VIP reception on Sat 14th April at the Apex Hotel Conference Suite.
Family: Tickets to Bath Festival’s finale weekend on Bath Recreation Ground.
Winners will be drawn from those entries with the most correct answers.
Don’t worry if you haven’t found them all, ALL entries will be entered in a draw for smaller prizes!
Click here to enter
Mar
3
12:00 AM00:00
Engineered Equanimity: The Machines of Steven Pippin
Ambitious experiments, playful exploits and hybrid machines in this free exhibition from one of Britain’s best and most inventive artists, Steven Pippin. His technological manipulation reveals the inter-relationship between objects, mechanisms and the universe.
Various times;
Andrew Brownsword Galleries, The Edge;
Feb
27
6:30 PM18:30
Talk: home building: Ivan Harbour
Hear RSHP's approach to tackling the housing crisis with well-designed, factory-produced, fast-build, high-performance, affordable homes. Book now
Join this special event with Ivan Harbour (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners) as he discusses the practice’s approach to tackling the housing crisis with well-designed, factory-produced, fast-build, high-performance, affordable homes.
Expanding on themes explored in RSHP’s Saving The City exhibition currently on show at The Architecture Centre, Ivan will discuss projects including Y:Cube in Mitcham, which provides starter accommodation for young people, and PLACE/Ladywell, a deployable residential development using a volumetric construction method providing 24 homes for Lewisham people in housing need, as well as eight ground-floor non-residential units for community and business use.
Talk
Watershed
1 Canon's Rd
BS1 5TX
£9 / £7
Feb
27
1:00 PM13:00
Women in Property talk
Women in Property welcomes you to a seminar “Comfort is Key”; why we need a fabric first approach to refurbish the current building regulations to solve damp, mould, condensation, fuel poverty, over heating and thermal discomfort.
How could this also solve poor quality and the performance gap whilst reducing the carbon footprint?
Explore these issues with our 3 speakers and there is also an opportunity to network whilst the buffet lunch is provided. The speakers are: Beth Williams - Build Collective, Emma Mathias-Jones - Greengauge Building Energy and Seya Tansill - Stride Treglown
Venue
Wharf Room, Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA
Members: £5 Non-members £15
To book
Please fill out and return this form together with your cheque (payable to "Women in Property") to: Catherine Adams, 3 Pulteney Grove, Bath BA2 4HQ. Tel: 01225 445273 catherine@machacoustics.com (Bath Sub-Committee organiser)
Feb
20
6:30 PM18:30
RIBA film night
My Architect: A Son's Journey
Come and join us for another Architecture movie and drink, this February at Horts.
’My Architect: A Son's Journey‘ is a 2003 documentary film about the American architect Louis Kahn (1901-1974), by his son Nathaniel Kahn, detailing the architect's extraordinary career and his familial legacy after his death in 1974.
The film features interviews with renowned architects, including Philip Johnson, Frank Gehry, Shamsul Wares I.M. Pei, Moshe Safdie and Anne Tyng. Throughout the film, Kahn visits all of his father's buildings including The Yale Center for British Art, The Salk Institute, Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
The film explores Khan's family life which involved his fathering children by three different partners, each of whom was kept in the dark about the existence of his other families.
The Director’s Cut Cinema at Horts in historic Broad Street, Bristol offers a unique and comfortable private cinema experience with large leather lounger seats and footstools.
Supported by the RIBA Local Initiative Fund (LIF). Ticket includes an arrival drink (beer, cider or house wine).
More details and buy tickets
Date and Time
Tue 20 February 2018
18:30 – 21:30 GMT
Location
Horts
49 Broad Street
Bristol
BS1 2EP
Refund Policy
Refunds up to 7 days before event
Feb
6
4:30 PM16:30
Free design event
- INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER: Martin Brown gives his talk Imagine Better: Welcome to the New Normal
- CONNECT: with upto 100 fellow professionals and 25 major suppliers
- DINNER: FREE dinner and FREE bar
Tickets are limited.....
Book now
Date and Time
Tue 6 February 2018
16:30 – 22:30 GMT
Location
We The Curious
Anchor Road
Harbourside
Bristol
BS1 5DB
Feb
1
to Mar 22
Bristol festival of ideas - February and March events
Claire has passed on details about some interesting looking events that are being organised by Bristol Festival of Ideas in February and March, to mark the centenary of women’s right to vote (in Bristol).
Bristol Women's Literature Festival runs 17-18 March 2018 at Watershed. Booking is now open for all the events in the festival.
View more information on all forthcoming Festival of Ideas events happening in February and March.
Jan
31
8:00 PM20:00
Ruby Wax
Searingly honest, passionate, and full of verve, the rather extraordinary and fabulous comedienne joins us to talk about her funny and compassionate new book, How To Be Human.
8pm; £9.99-£14.99;
a Topping & Company event; Christ Church, Julian Road, Bath;
Jan
26
to Jan 27
Richard Alston Dance Company
Lift your spirit and quicken your pulse with three pieces from the acclaimed dance company, back in Bath after nearly a decade.
Marvel at Carnava, Chacony and Gypsy Mixture, with the latter featuring infectious Romanian and Macedeonian music.
Various times; £17.50-£32.50;
Theatre Royal Bath;
Jan
24
6:30 PM18:30
Talk: building better homes
Set against the backdrop of a housing crisis can we avoid the mistakes of the past and create a healthier, happier environment? Book now.
Talk
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA
£9 / £7
Missed the talk? Listen back with the Centre's recorded archive.
Jan
24
to Apr 8
Foyer exhibition: mapping new homes in Bristol
A series of case studies reporting on recent housing delivery across the city.
Housing and in particular affordable housing is the defining issue of our time.
Successive governments have failed to tackle this issue and cash-strapped local authorities appear to lack either the political will or the financial capacity to address this crucial issue.
The Coalition Government’s planning policies of deregulation and devolved powers did not kick start housing delivery as expected.
Against this backdrop and with a focus on what is happening in the Bristol City Council area and beyond, the Architecture Centre invited UWE Architecture & Planning students to report on conventional and alternative methods of delivering housing since Bristol City Council’s adoption of its Core Strategy in 2011.
This exhibition presents a map of housing delivery at different scales across the city alongside a series of case studies of recent housing developments with a focus on affordable housing provision in the city. Housing delivery is now provided by many different methods and agencies in Bristol and it could be the model for housing across the country.
Foyer Exhibition
The Architecture Centre
Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA
Free exhibition
Jan
24
to Apr 8
Free exhibition: saving the city
First shown at the Venice Biennale 2016,
this exhibition presents thirty years of
factory-built housing designed by
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP)
and highlights the need for a revolution
in housing supply, towards welldesigned,
fast-build, high-performance,
affordable homes.
The Architecture Centre
Narrow Quay
BS1 4QA
Free Entry
Dec
15
8:30 AM08:30
Jumper for joy and jazz it up in a more sustainable way!
Has anyone noticed yet? It is nearly Christmas.... And, as it is the beginning of December, it is the ideal time to start thinking about pulling out the annual sweater for Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 15th December. Or if you prefer perhaps a more sustainable option?
Some Christmas jumper inspiration can be found on loveyourclothes with ideas for decorating a preexisting jumper or swapping or sharing last year's jumper. Also see Jane's blogpost that she wrote last year here, which gives ideas about obtaining your Christmas jumper and disposing of it.
Whatever you decide, let's have some fun wearing the daftest and most wonderful woollies for a day and raising a little money for Save the Children! There will be a box on reception to drop your £2 into.
Here's some inspiration from last year......
Dec
6
to Jan 22
Get your skates on for the staff social!
Lizzie has organised a festive skate followed by dinner on Wednesday 6th December. Please confirm to her by end of Monday 4th December if you would like to join the group for skating and/or dinner.
Thanks for organising Lizzie!
Nov
29
6:30 PM18:30
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
The Bristol Young Urbanists are pleased to invite you to an urbanism film night, with subsequent discussion and networking.
They will be screening the film “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” that documents the work of William ‘Holly’ Whyte and The Street Life Project who operated in New York city in the 1970s (synopsis and full event information below).
Location and time
The film night will take place at the Salt Café on St George’s Road on Wednesday 29 November 2017 from 6.30 PM - 9.30 PM.
To book
If you’d like to join them please click here to go to the official event page on the Academy of Urbanism webpage, which provides a link to the Eventbrite event.
The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
This seminal and classic film documents the work of William ‘Holly’ Whyte and The Street Life Project who operated in New York city in the 1970s.
Whyte and his team were the first to use anthropological-style observation techniques in the city environment, revealing new insights into human dynamics in urban spaces.
Central to their research was one simple question: 'what made some city spaces attractive to people and others less so?'
Their findings were detailed in a book by the same name, published in 1980 and this companion film is a synthesis of the main conclusions. It documents the natural order of spaces and the way people move through them, offering an intuitive critique of how urban spaces can be improved.
In the preface of the book, Whyte explains:
‘What has fascinated us most is the behaviour of ordinary people on city streets — their rituals in street encounters, for example, the regularity of chance meetings, the tendency to reciprocal gestures in street conferences, the rhythms of the three-phase goodbye’
Schedule:
18.30 Drinks / Nibbles
19.00 Welcome / Introduction to film
19.15 Film Showing
20.15 Discussion
20.30 Drinks / Networking