Local Power Archives - London Festival of Architecture

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03 June - 30 June

50 Years of Brutalist Architecture and Community Life at Grahame Park Estate

Friends of Grahame Park | Exhibitions

Grahame Park Estate named after Claude Grahame-White is a Brutalist style housing estate built in the 70s on the site…

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23 June - 24 June

A Gateway to New Malden – Exhibition

London Festival of Architecture in partnership with the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames | Exhibitions

An exhibition of shortlisted entries for 'A Gateway to New Malden', an LFA competition in partnership with the Royal Borough…

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09 July 2023

Along the fold: zine making workshop re-enchanting the edges in Edg(e)ware

The Edgy Collective | Workshops

At first glance, the suburban high street might feel relatively nature-poor but how might we shift our attention differently in…

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Press Highlights

14 June 2023

Archiving the ‘Inner City’: Brixton, memory and heritage

University of York / Archiving the Inner City | Conferences Talks and Debates

Archiving the 'Inner City': Brixton, memory and heritage is a one-day symposium at International House in Brixton aimed at professionals,…

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25 June 2023

Barnet Vale Festival: Talks

Friends of Tudor Park & Pavilion | Family Events Talks and Debates

Join us for a free drop-in community event at the dilapidated but superb Art Deco pavilion in Tudor Park, Barnet…

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Press Highlights

28 June 2023

Build Up Stonegrove

Stonegrove Community Trust | Talks and Debates

Join us for a discussion bringing together the key partners from our innovative youth-led co-design project, to transform the Stonegrove…

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07 July - 15 July

Cabbage (rag trade off cuts) – an art workshop by Paul Duffy

London Festival of Architecture in partnership with Aldgate Connect | Workshops

Create ‘banners’ from textiles which celebrate the historic and contemporary importance the textile industry in the communities of Aldgate, Spitalfields…

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Press Highlights

03 June 2023

COMMON GARDENS: Dialogues

Loughborough Farm - London South Bank University | Talks and Debates

Common gardens are places where communities nurture, replenish, and socialise. Such collective practices maintain local ecosystems, promote local agency, and…

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10 June 2023

COMMON GARDENS: Loughborough Farm Tour

Loughborough Farm - London South Bank University | Walks and Tours

Join us for a guided tour of Loughborough Farm! Learn about the farm's history and how it has evolved into…

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Press Highlights

13 June 2023

Community Roundtable: Legacies of Colonialism in our Public Realm

The Brixton Project | Talks and Debates

As part of London Festival of Architecture, The Brixton Project is hosting a Community Roundtable examining legacies of Colonialism in…

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29 June 2023

Creating Common Ground: Placemaking with Young People

ECF | Talks and Debates

One of the main challenges in the built environment is how to create social and sustainable places with genuinely thriving…

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25 June 2023

Discovering the ’15 Minute Suburb’

Community Plot @ Whetstone | Walks and Tours

A guided walk, inspired by the '15 minute city', taking in public buildings and green spaces that are easily accessible,…

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Press Highlights

17 June 2023

East Finchley Happening

East FInchley Town Team | Workshops

Join the Town Team in the heart of East Finchley for a workshop to test and generate ideas for how…

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25 June 2023

Edgy Community Clean Up

The Edgy Collective | Walks and Tours

Join us for a fun and rewarding community litter picking event! During this event, you'll have the opportunity to connect…

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Curator Picks

02 June 2023

Food Fibre Fuel and Festival

Alice Holloway and Joel Gray | Exhibitions Family Events

Brixton Eco Village is an exploration of the theme of In Common, created in collaboration with schools, youth clubs and…

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01 June - 30 June

Funky Buddhist Bird Shrine

Squire and Partners | Installations

Birds have guided humanity, answering our deepest questions through auspicious flight, setting the standards of beauty and grace and providing…

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16 June 2023

Future of Finchley Progressive Synagogue

Finchley Progressive Synagogue | Exhibitions Family Events Walks and Tours

With regard to the LFA theme, ‘In Common’, our event is all about community. FPS is very much a community…

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16 June 2023

Guerrilla Gardening Reconnaissance with Richard Reynolds

UP Projects | Walks and Tours

See Edgware through the eyes of guerrilla gardeners with Richard Reynolds! After a briefing at Stonegrove with images of transformations…

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10 June 2023

Hendon Sketchwalk with architect Nuno Pais

Middlesex University | Walks and Tours Workshops

The walk will stop in 4 locations from where we can draw the buildings and the urban scenes around them,…

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11 June 2023

How to build a Hall for Papa

Papa’s Park | Family Events

This event will involve children and families in a range of activities to introduce architecture and design whilst collaborating in…

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Press Highlights

15 June - 13 July

Let’s Meet on the Edge

The Edgy Collective | Installations

‘Let’s Meet on the Edge’ is composed of three nature-based creative reuse installations, starting at Station Road and reaching up…

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15 June 2023

Let’s Meet on the Edge – Opening Party

The Edgy Collective | Installations

Edges are where exciting things happen in nature. Edges define geographical borders and lay at the cusp of our commonalities.…

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21 June 2023

Outernet London, an new immersive entertainment district in the heart of London.

Orms | Walks and Tours

Outernet London is a new entertainment district including live performance venues HERE, The Lower Third and the LED lined Urban…

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09 June 2023

PACT (Penge and Anerley Communities Together)

Crystal Palace Community Trust | Family Events

A day of events bringing communities across Anerley and Penge together, sharing skills and talents plus an evening of fun…

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Press Highlights

24 June 2023

People and buildings of Grahame Park

Middlesex University | Walks and Tours

This animated walking tour will explore the Grahame Park estate in Colindale, located on the site of the Hendon Aerodrome…

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Curator Picks

Press Highlights

28 June 2023

Pocket Park Showcase: Community Co-Design

Central District Alliance | Installations

The Central District Alliance (CDA) have been working with Islington Council Green Infrastructure and Highways teams to explore the potential…

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23 June 2023

Preview phase 1 of Livesey Exchange (LEX2) – a new communal venue on Old Kent Road

what if: projects | Walks and Tours

Livesey Exchange (LEX) is the result of a team effort and long-term collaboration between community enabler Nicholas Okwulu (Pempeople), architect…

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30 June 2023

Preview phase 1 of Livesey Exchange (LEX2)- a new communal venue on Old Kent Road

what if: projects | Walks and Tours

Livesey Exchange (LEX) is the result of a team effort and long-term collaboration between community enabler Nicholas Okwulu (Pempeople), architect…

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25 June 2023

Queen of the South

Mary Martins | Walks and Tours

Architecture is a visual representation of the movement of time, and a vessel that stores memories. It is for this…

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25 June 2023

Queen of the South

Mary Martins | Walks and Tours

Architecture is a visual representation of the movement of time, and a vessel that stores memories. It is for this…

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23 June 2023

Re-imagine Wood Green

London Borough of Haringey | Walks and Tours

How can the public co-design public art and urban greening projects? Haringey Council, along with our excellent community and artistic…

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Press Highlights

04 June 2023

Remembering Brixton’s Contemporary Black History: Memorialising people, places and events

Jennifer Walker | Talks and Debates

Join locals with lived experiences on our journey whilst we collect, catalogue and present Brixton’s unique identity through the lens…

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06 June 2023

Remembering Brixton’s Contemporary Black History: Memorialising people, places and events

Jennifer Walker | Talks and Debates

Join locals with lived experiences on our journey whilst we collect, catalogue and present Brixton’s unique identity through the lens…

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07 July - 15 July

Situating memories – an art workshop by Shanmukha Priya Mohan

London Festival of Architecture in partnership with Aldgate Connect | Workshops

Collage is a vocabulary through which we may re-imagine the histories we have been given by analysing, rearranging, and modifying…

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29 June 2023

Spaces for all: celebrating culture & community in Enfield

Dallas-Pierce-Quintero | Talks and Debates

Dallas-Pierce-Quintero see designing for culture as an essential tool for supporting local communities. Their refurbishment of Enfield’s Dugdale Arts Centre…

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