April 2012
23 posts
Call for filmmakers - Start the Architecture for...
Would you like to be the one to start our online video archive? Come along to our Ideas on a Postcard, Please events, record them and we will put them online for all to see. Advocacy is a key component of our work. Helps us share it widely! The budding archivist needs to supply his own camera. For further information please contact Beth or Lamis.
Saturday 5th May 12.00–17.00 Greenhouse Saturday
At AfH London we certainly grow like we give a damn; that’s why we are dedicating Saturday to sharing our passion for urban growing with inspiringly green workshops aplenty: 12.00 – 13.45 Inkling Building Physics, Isabel’s Admirable Solar Collector Want to make the best out of spring’s sunny spells? Isabel will take you through how to build a solar panel using recycled soda cans and use it to...
Friday 4th May ...
Come join Charles from Studio 54 Architecture , Johanna from J&L Gibbons and Peter from Peter Barber Architects as they discuss the challenges and rewards of socially-engaged projects. Deftly chaired by AfH London Trustee Alasdair, the conversation will focus on recently completed London-based homelessness and supported accommodation builds such as the Branches Hostel for Rough Sleepers and...
Urban Animals’ Wednesday
Wednesday 9th May 18.30 Urban Animals’ Wednesday
To round up the week, 51% studios present a gem of an idea.
Their Habi-Sabi project is a swift & bat box, beehive and planter with a tiny pool, log store and gravel tray which cater to the London wildlife’s every need. Made out of a recycled material and extremely simple to install, it encourages a wider variety of birds to our city...
Katherine’s Partnerships Tuesday
Tuesday 8th May 10.30 - 12.30
Our Trustee Katherine McNeil will hosting a drop-in surgery from 10.30 to 12.30 to discuss collaborative opportunities with one and all. Whether you want to collaborate with Architecture for Humanity London as a client, partner, consultant or volunteer, we’ll talk you through what we do and how we deliver our projects. All your questions about community-engagement...
Love Architecture, Love Monday
Monday 7th May 12.00–17.00 Love Architecture, Love Monday
We are spreading the love in London by launching an Architecture for Humanity Friends Scheme.
It is our way of reaching out to all those interested in our activities and to people who want to take part in the discussion around humanitarian design. Becoming a friend of London is a way of contributing to our work through an annual...
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Ideas on a Postcard Please opening hours announced
Thursday 3rd May: 18.00-21.00 Friday 4th May: 12.00-19.30 Saturday 5th May: 12.00-17.00 Sunday 6th May: 12.00-17.00 Monday 7th May: 12.00-17.00 Tuesday 8th May: 10.30 - 18.30 Wednesday 9th May: 12.00 -19.30
So, when are you coming to visit?
Richard Branson has just received his copy of...
Get yours at Ideas on a Postcard Please!
Terry Farrell: It’s good for architects to come...
Commenting on the recently unveiled Allies and Morrison proposals for Battersea Power Station, Sir Terry Farrel who had out forward a speculative scheme in February has stated:
“For too long the professional ethos is we should sit tight until we have a client but that’s really unhelpful. It’s good for architects to come forward with ideas.”
Well, quite!
IPP deadline extended to the 27th of April due to...
Deadlines slip. Yes, you know who you are! Hold the phone and stop the clocks. We know it’s not easy to come up with ideas – especially ideas that might be scene changing. So we’ve decided to give you all a bit more time to ponder, scratch your head, and think along the lines of ‘Design Like You Give a Damn’. A project or product that can make a difference. To London. To people. Come on. ...
IPP in this month's Architects Choice
We are very excited to be listed in the Architects Choice Diary! Thank you.
Pick up your copy of our Postcard at the Tate -...
Beautiful risographically printed hardcopies of our postcards are now freely available to collect from the Tate Britain reception, the Tate modern 1st floor postcard rack, and the Chelsea College of Art reception.
Ideas on a Postcard Please is at TedX Hackney
We are so excited to be at TedX Hackney today. Love architecture? Bring your ideas, we have postcards!
Full events list released - book your places now →
With Peter Barber, Charles Thomson, Johanna Gibbons, JAILmake, What if: projects, Crisis Afrikids, Inkling Building Physics and more!
East London Furniture featured in Ideas on a...
We are delighted to be showing some of East London Furniture’s green and gorgeous bespoke furniture piece made from locally reclaimed pallets. Thank you Mr Dillon.
AfH London’s Afrikids Ecovillage
Now here’s an idea that would go nicely on one of our postcards. We are working with the AfriKids charity, an extraordianry child rights organisation working to improve life for Ghana’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. AfriKids purchased a site to the south of Bolgatanga, for the development of the new AfriKids Eco-Village. The business model provides longterm livelihood for the work...
Crisis’ Skylight Arts Space gets the AfH London...
Hot off the press this is a conversion of a 15,000sqft warehouse floor into temporary artists workshops, studios and training spaces. We have developed a new way of working, holding two one-day intensive design workshops,which are much more interactive, promote collaboration and focus our energies. Have a look at the early drawings courtesy of our marvelous design team.
Simon researches Bottle Construction
Our Trustee Simon Dawson and his team have been working hard, researching bottle construction for his forthcoming build at a nearby school. Here’s a taste of what they have been looking at.
Design Like You Give a Damn 2, a book of ideas
Ideas on a Postcard Please celebrates all intelligent, socially-engaged design ideas be they big or small. Its ethos stems directly from the first Design Like You Give a Damn book. Ideas on a Postcard Please also celebrates the UK launch of the second edition – you will have guessed it Design Like You Give a Damn [2]. We have had the privilege of looking through Design Like You Give a Damn [2] and...
