Next Showroom -
Pistols in St Pauls
Wednesday 12th November, 5.30pm, Dr Fiona Smyth
This lecture will explore the development of the Royal Festival Hall - and the science of musical tone more broadly - as it evolved between 1901 and 1951. It was not a straightforward, linear course of progress, but rather, an interweaving of formal and informal research tracks, supported by a distinctive intellectual configuration and propelled forward by figures from the worlds of architecture, engineering, music and science.
Last Showroom – Why do we need libraries?
September 8, 2024
Dr William Fawcett and Magdalene College’s architect Tim Allen-Booth, Thursday 12th September 2024, 5.30pm The topic was “Why are libraries still being built or refurbished
The Architecture of Inflammation
October 25, 2022
How do buildings affect health and wellbeing? Cleo Valentine’s research focuses specifically on the impact of the built environment on neuroinflammation and advances on stress-related
Designing for Efficient Effective and Health Enhancing Workplaces
October 21, 2010
Dr Stamatina Rassia, Lecturer Portsmouth University, CAR Associate Can we design office environmental layouts to influence occupant physical activity and health?Approach to environmental design: Experience
The Architecture and Engineering of Downdraught Cooling
September 15, 2010
Brian Ford, Chair in Bioclimatic Architecture, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham This talk described the results of a research and dissemination