London Festival of Architecture
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The London Festival of Architecture 2008 runs from 20 June – 20 July. With over 600 events through out London, the Festival is set to be the biggest event of its kind in the world. With an amazing programme that includes street installations, exhibitions, guided walks, cycle rides, boat tours of the city's river and canals, parties, design workshops, debates, breakfast talks, and weekend street markets.
The buzz of activity will move across London through five key areas or 'Hubs'. Large-scale public events will take place on the focus weekend of each of the Hubs. The five key areas are Kensington, Chelsea and Knightsbridge, Canary Wharf, Stratford and Greenwich Peninsula, Kings Cross, Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Covent Garden, Southwark and Southbank with the Festival ending in Clerkenwell & The City. Reflecting the diversity of London each Hub has a very different character - historic, present and future – full of different institutions and activities.
Headline events at the Festival include lectures by leading international architects David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Cesar Pelli and Rem Koolhaas and by LFA President, Peter Ackroyd. The Big Breakfast events promise a full English fry up in a spectacular venues such as the British Museum, with an celebrity speakers giving their take on London. Guests include Jon Snow, Janet Street-Porter and the Boris Johnson's newly appointed Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Industries Policy, Munira Mirza.
Specially commissioned pavilions will provide platforms for debate and performance, while new street furniture invites passers by to take a seat and look with fresh eyes at London's public spaces.
A spectacular range of international exhibitions and events sited in Embassy buildings and cultural institutes will take place as part of the Embassies project. With over twenty-five international embassies exhibiting architecture from their countries. A dozen temporary installations will occupy streets across the city as part of the National Architecture Student Festival.
The Festival involves the work of many hundreds of professionals and volunteers, and aims to provide thought-provoking new perspectives on London. Many events are free and open to all. Visit the LFA2008 Headquarters located at New London Architecture, Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT, between 20 June and 20 July to collect information and advice about Festival events, and contribute to our interactive exhibition.
Visit the Festival website www.lfa2008.org [1] to browse over 600 events.
