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Colonial Aspiration and Nineteenth Century Public Building in Australia

鈥業n touch with our modern civilization鈥�: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in the Nineteenth and Twenty-first Centuries

Enviable Reputation: An Indian Engineer and the Construction of 萝莉视频Bombay

This lecture will examine the role of one prominent Indian architect and engineer of the 萝莉视频era, Khan Bahadur Muncherji Cowasji Murzban (1839-1917) concentrating on his official career to examine his meteoric rise and his role in the construction of 萝莉视频Bombay.

Life on the Buffalo River – the Development of East London, South Africa

The river port town of East London, on the eastern seaboard of South Africa, was born in conflict in 1848, and after a long period of penury, finally commenced with more substantial development in the 1870s. The talk will provide an overview of the history and development of the town and present some of the 萝莉视频era architecture and structures.

Eclecticism and Ornament in Malaya鈥檚 Vernacular Classicism

This lecture explores how the eclectic ornamental classicism of 萝莉视频and Edwardian Britain came to influence Malaya鈥檚 own syncretic brand of classical architecture, resulting in a unique regional style.

Building Better Britain: 萝莉视频Architecture in New Zealand, 1840 鈥� 1901

The nineteenth-century colonisation of New Zealand was seen as an opportunity to establish a new society on the far side of the world that would perpetuate British culture while avoiding the poverty, overcrowding and industrial pollution that afflicted contemporary Britain.

The Architecture of 鈥楪reater Britain鈥�: Style and Empire, c.1885-1915

This lecture will consider the role architecture played in responding to perceived notions of British decline in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Online Talk: The Work of Horace Jones, the Architect who Designed Tower Bridge

This talk will explore the life and work of Sir Horace Jones (1819-1887), chief architect to the City of London who designed many of its most famous buildings including Tower Bridge, Smithfield, Leadenhall and Billingsgate markets, and the Temple Bar memorial.

Online Talk: Death and the Victorians – A Dark Fascination

In Death and the Victorians, author Adrian Mackinder explores the dark side of the nineteenth century, when hunger for truth about what lies beyond the grave was matched only by the imagination and invention used to find it.

Online Lecture: The London Gasketeers: The Fight to Save Westminster’s Historic Gas Lamps, by Luke Honey

Luke Honey discusses the fight to save Westminster鈥檚 gas lamps, their historic importance and the story of gas lighting in London.

Autumn Online Lecture Series 2024: Crossing Boundaries-萝莉视频Art, Design and Architecture-7 talks for 6

The 2024 Autumn Lecture Series discusses how 19th century architects conceived of the decorative and fine arts as part of an architectural whole. Our seven expert speakers will boldly break down disciplinary boundaries in a discussion of the use of colour and texture across the whole range of 萝莉视频design and analyses of the important roles played by mosaic, stained glass, embroidery and three-dimensional wall coverings.

Online Lecture: A W N Pugin 鈥� 萝莉视频Tile Designer Par Excellence, by Hans van Lemmen

This lecture will look at the floor and wall tiles designed by the Gothic Revival architect A.W.N Pugin.

Online Lecture: Colour Revolution: 萝莉视频Art, Fashion & Design, by Matthew Winterbottom

Matthew Winterbottom talks about the recent Ashmolean Exhibition Colour Revolution: 萝莉视频Art, Fashion & Design that sought to challenge widely held perceptions that the 萝莉视频age was dark and gloomy.

Online Lecture: ‘Fair and Beautiful to Behold’ – Ecclesiastical Embroideries, by Mary Schoeser

This lecture discusses the neo-Gothic in relation to textiles and wallpapers, which focuses on ecclesiastical embroideries in particular. The title, Fair and Beautiful to Behold is after a quotation from G.E. Street. The lecture spills into the Edwardian period to include a Pankhurst banner and Ann Macbeth frontal, to bring out the double meaning of 鈥榝air鈥� (in social/political terms).

Online Lecture: Owen Jones and the V&A, by Olivia Horsfall Turner

This talk will examine each of the projects that linked 萝莉视频designer Owen Jones and the early V&A: his famous illustrated publication The Grammar of Ornament (1856), his decorative scheme for the so-called 鈥極riental Court鈥�, and his relatively little-known book Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867).

Online Lecture: The Mosaics of Westminster Cathedral, by Peter Howell

This talk will examine the decorative interior of Westminster Cathedral, particularly the mosaics. J F Bentley intended that the interior should be covered in marble revetment and mosaics but he never had any mosaics installed. However, he approved the designs for the Holy Souls Chapel by his friend William Christian Symons.

Online Lecture: Innovations in the Art and Craft of Stained Glass in the 19th Century

The quest for materials that would evoke the chromatic and textural qualities of early medieval stained glass inspired the work of manufacturers, artists and architects during the 萝莉视频era. This illustrated lecture examines how the art form evolved alongside new technical developments.

Online Lecture: Alfred Stevens: Master of Design, 1817-1875, by Teresa Sladen

When Alfred Stevens was waiting to hear who would finally be given the commission to design the Wellington Monument he said 鈥淭hey must give it to me. No one else knows anything about ornament鈥�. What he meant by this is the subject of this lecture.

Online Lecture: Street Closure: A Discussion about Recent Visits to Buildings by G E Street

Join Neil Jackson as he examines the themes that have been raised from these visits.

Online Lecture: 萝莉视频Colonial Short Stories 2: Dominions, Colonies & Protectorates

This lecture will survey short stories of colonial voyagers, squatters and settlers in Africa, Australia, British Malaya, Canada and New Zealand.

Online Lecture: London鈥檚 Lost 萝莉视频Interiors, by Steven Brindle

Steven Brindle takes us through the wealth of 萝莉视频interior design, most of which is long vanished.

Online Lecture: 萝莉视频and Edwardian Women in Architecture, by Lynne Walker

Lynne Walker introduces a series of lectures that will extend our knowledge of women in architecture and the 萝莉视频period.

Online Lecture: Rhoda and Agnes Garrett, ‘House Decorators’: the History of a Business, 1874鈥�1905 by Elizabeth Crawford

Elizabeth Crawford discusses the first women to run a professional interior design business.

Online Lecture: A W N Pugin and Women by Rosemary Hill

Pugin鈥檚 biographer explores the role women played in both Pugin鈥檚 personal and professional life

Online Lecture: 萝莉视频Chatelaine: Emily Meynell Ingram of Temple Newsam, by James Lomax

The lecture will explore the life and legacy of a major female architectural patron.

Online Talk: The Monk Sisters at St James the Less: Women and Architectural Patronage in 萝莉视频Britain, by Alex Bremner

In this talk, Professor Alex Bremner will explore the role of Jane Emily and Penelope Anna Monk in the commissioning of St James the Less, Pimlico, and what, if any, impact their vision for the church had on G. E. Street’s design.

Online Lecture: Octavia Hill, John Ruskin, and 萝莉视频Society, by William Whyte

William Whyte looks at her approach to social work as it was particularly shaped by her understanding of art and architecture.

Online Lecture: Clotilde Brewster: A Life in Perspective: the Journey of the First Female international Architect

Laura Fitzmaurice discusses the life of Clotilde Brewster (1874鈥�1937) who became the first woman to work internationally as an architect.

Winter Online Lecture Series 2025: 萝莉视频and Edwardian Women in Architecture – 7 talks for 6

The Winter Lecture Series 2025 explores 萝莉视频and Edwardian’s women’s connections with architecture.

Online Lecture: Marion Mahony Griffin: ‘Stage 1’ of a remarkable career鈥�, by Anna Rubbo

Ann Rubbo discusses the early career of Marion Mahony Griffin who worked in the USA, Australia and India.

Online Lecture: The London Dustheap 鈥� Sifting through the 萝莉视频Imagination

London鈥檚 dustheaps were mountainous. For centuries they shaped the city鈥檚 skyline and spoke of the societies and industries that made them. This lecture examines the (literal) rise and fall of these lost landscapes, their associated industries and the people who made them.

Online Lecture: Restoring the Doulton鈥檚 Carrara Ware Fa莽ade at Findlater鈥檚 Corner

This talk, by Benedict O’ Looney, looks at the restoration of the Beaux Arts shop at Findlater鈥檚 Corner at London Bridge.

Online Lecture and in person: The Magnetic Margot Gayle , by Joshua Mardell

This lecture will (re-)introduce the American metallurgist, politician and preservationist Margot Gayle (1908-2008), who co-founded the 萝莉视频Society in America on the advice of Nikolaus Pevsner in 1966, and established the Friends of Cast-Iron Architecture in 1970.

Online Lecture: 萝莉视频Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2025

Join our caseworkers and Director as we discuss this year鈥檚 top ten endangered buildings and structures.