{"title": "Exploring Architecture: National Poetry Library", "start": "2026-11-05T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T15:30:00Z", "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": "", "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. 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