RIBA Building Futures Debate, NLA Exhibition, Date, Venue Motion : 'Globalisation is bad for architecture', England, UK e-architect			World Architecture : index Architecture News
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'Globalisation is bad for architecture' RIBA Building Futures debate Sold out Wednesday 10 December 2008, 7pm at BDP Hub, Clerkenwell, EC1V 4LJ Prof. Robert Wade of the LSE and Robert Adam of Robert Adam Architects will propose the motion that "This house believes Globalisation is bad for architecture", while Alison Brooks of Alison Brooks Architects and Padraig Brown, Vice President of finance group Blackrock will oppose the motion. All contributors at the debate are passionate about the subject of globalisation each from their own perspective. It promises to be a strong and compelling debate. International finance, rapid communication and global consumerism have created the global city and the star architect. Architecture is now a medium for marketing cities with global aspirations and representing corporate success. New cities in the Middle East, China and India are putting up buildings in a manner and scale unseen before, but as this becomes commonplace are we in danger of creating the 'monotony of the exceptional?' Are global architecture and aesthetic orthodoxy contributing to the erasure of local or regional identity or is it providing a brave new 'pluralistic' experience of place? For more information contact: Event organiser, Mike Allthorpe mike.althorpe@inst.riba.org or Sue Beaumont, PR & Marketing, Robert Adam Architects sue.beaumont@robertadamarchitects.com Event Time: Wednesday 10 December 2008 7.00pm to 8.30pm Event Address: BDP Hub, 16 Brewhouse Yard, Clerkenwell, LONDON, EC1V 4LJ Organiser: RIBA Building Futures, Mike Althorpe mike.althorpe@inst.riba.org RIBA Building Futures Debate : Too Much Consultation Inhibits Great Design? New London Architecture Centre exhibition 'London's Towns: Shaping the Polycentric City' 2008 New Houses One Hyde Park London Architect Offices London Buildings English Architecture World Architecture: e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the RIBA Building Futures debate page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk RIBA Building Futures debate - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt			Key London Buildings: Battersea Power Station Canary Wharf Commonwealth Institute Emirates Stadium London Olympic Stadium Natural History Museum Swiss Re Tate Modern Key Links: Skyscrapers Architecture Studios London Architects London Architecture