{"title": "AIA UK/ RIBA 2026 Keynote lecture featuring Craig Dykers of Snøhetta", "start": "2026-10-27T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-27T20:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Institute of British Architects", "address": "Portland Place 66-68, W1B 1AD London", "price": "£10 - AIA and RIBA members / £20 - General admission / £5 - Students (not from UAL) / Free - UAL/ CS", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2026-aia-uk-riba-keynote-lecture-craig-dykers-of-snhetta-tickets-2001240272527?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "A keynote lecture jointly convened by the American Institute of Architects and the Royal Institute of British Architects, held in person with drinks and canapés served afterwards. The speaker is Craig Dykers, an architect, educator, and founding partner of the design practice Snøhetta, which he co-founded in Oslo in 1989. His work blurs the boundaries between architecture, landscape, urbanism, and cultural infrastructure, aiming to strengthen the relationship between people, place, and the natural world. The talk draws on three decades of projects, from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet to the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/aia-uk-riba-2026-keynote-lecture-featuring-craig-dykers-of-s-38309/", "official_url": "https://www.riba.org/whats-on/aia-uk-riba-2026-keynote-lecture-featuring-craig-dykers-of-snoehetta/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/241a7e387259a5dcd69d36f4007b1942f52b3c8d0d71cf94fbb71d17c5b799da-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-27T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-10-27T20:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Institute of British Architects", "address": "Portland Place 66-68, W1B 1AD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Architecture on Stage: Worofila", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Frobisher Auditorium 1", "address": "Level 4, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS", "price": "£16.50 (£15 + £1.50 transaction fee); £13.50 for Members (£12 + £1.50 transaction fee); £6 for Young", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.barbican.org.uk/register", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "An evening talk in the Architecture on Stage programme forming this year's Rick Mather Lecture. 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The lecture celebrates architects making important contributions to thinking about sustainability and coincides with the book Ecosystems: A Contemporary African Architecture (MACK), which gathers Worofila's work to date, from housing and public buildings to infrastructure and spaces for learning and experimentation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/architecture-on-stage-worofila-60614/", "official_url": "https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2026/event/architecture-on-stage-worofila", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e8a17baa94bfc34fc8b01507576b4cc35decb7a0b5fede96745ac623796e3494-1200.webp"}, {"title": "George Clark and Eiko Soga", "start": "2026-09-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Art Centre", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "George Clark is Camden Art Centre's 2026 Studio Residency Artist, presenting a residency in which he works in an on-site studio. Clark is a London-based artist, curator and writer working across film, installation and performance, focusing on moving image in the expanded field and the non-aligned histories of the global south. During the residency he collaborates for the first time with his partner, the artist Eiko Soga, exploring children's prelinguistic worlds and sonic resonances, from field recordings made in an anechoic chamber during a pregnancy to an active recording and experimental studio space. Inspired by the Maarui Children Farm in Tokyo and by the philosophies of Masanobu Fukuoka, the two look to bring children into their practices and work with natural processes and garden ingredients, stepping away from the fixed certainties of film production.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/george-clark-and-eiko-soga-50256/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/32ec879ac1df4acfdabfc668c359fb098c3218349ca1a60815115557a2796007-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nicer Tuesdays: November", "start": "2026-11-03T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T21:00:00Z", "place": "EartH", "address": "Stoke Newington Road 11-17, N16 8BH London", "price": "", "price_from": "13.48", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://earthackney.co.uk/events/nicer-tuesdays-november-3rd-nov-earth-london-tickets-g5v6v2", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "Nicer Tuesdays: November is an evening of talks by creatives, presented by It's Nice That and held in the EartH Theatre in Hackney. Speakers include Yinka Ilori, a multi-disciplinary artist and designer whose bold visual language draws on his British-Nigerian heritage; illustrator and designer DaRynci (aka Daryn Roongrawewan), who crafts ornamental icons and animations; and Simon Elvins and Roy Barker of London's independent creative and advertising company Wonderhood Studios, discussing their local Soho community work. The event takes place in partnership with Affinity and Cavalry by Canva, with drinks and snacks from sponsors El Rayo Tequila and Lovecorn when doors open. Doors open at 6pm and the talks begin around 7:15pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nicer-tuesdays-november-35765/", "official_url": "https://earthackney.co.uk/events/nicer-tuesdays-november-3rd-nov-earth-london-tickets-g5v6v2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6960451af14c854d2298197d05b241f2e5c576370dd70de48cf1281269e23759-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Exploring Architecture: National Poetry Library", "start": "2026-11-05T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Institute of British Architects", "address": "Portland Place 66-68, W1B 1AD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-tickets-2002999250678?aff=WhatsOn", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/architecture", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A free event about how architecture can inspire poetry, held at the National Poetry Library on Level 5 of the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre. It is organised by RIBA Learning and centres on the Poetry Buildings group exhibition, where visual poets and artists explore the relationship between poetry and the built environment. The exhibition's collection spans from ancient eras to the concrete poetry movement of the 1950s and today's voices. After an introduction, participants join a short activity writing their own poetry inspired by the brutalist Southbank Centre surroundings, starting from scratch or using prompts from the places they are in.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-65012/", "official_url": "https://www.riba.org/whats-on/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-november-2026/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Shaping Croydon: Architecture and Ambition", "start": "2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/urban-history"], "description": "Shaping Croydon is a major new exhibition exploring the intersection between architectural innovation and ambitious town planning, focusing on the changing vision of the town centre from the post-war period to today. It features contemporary photography by Croydon artist and photographer Glenn Foster, work from photographers associated with the Gareth Gardner Gallery, displays from Croydon Urban Room looking at the future of Croydon's town centre, and materials from Museum of Croydon and Croydon Archives. The exhibition traces the ideas and ambitions that have shaped Croydon's architectural landscape, from its designation as a special development zone to aims of becoming Britain's leading multi-storey carpark hub.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shaping-croydon-architecture-and-ambition-37211/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/def72ae58b3bd19851c482d1a20ef41b807c5ab44ed59ff2dd996d75f99536de-2000.webp"}]}