Lectures - Page 2 of 2 - Jamie Fobert Architects

In this discussion hosted by Archiboo, Jamie will join a panel of retail specialists to discuss why they think bricks and mortar shops will not simply survive but thrive, even after the reported decline of the high street.

This event is ticketed and part of designjunction at King’s Cross. Find more information here.

Thursday 22 September 2016

6.00pm – 7.30pm

Gasholders London, Goods Way, King’s Cross, London, N1C 4UR

In November, Jamie went back to the University of Toronto – where he studied Architecture in the 1980s – to give the 2015 ‘George Baird Lecture’.

His talk, ‘Working in Architecture’, is now available to view in full.

On 17 November, Jamie will be delivering this year’s‘George Baird Lecture’ at the University of Toronto. The event will be free and open to the public and will afterwards be available on the Faculty’s YouTube channel.

Tuesday 17 November

6:30 – 8:00pm

Room 103, 230 College Street

John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto

Jamie gave the RIBA Plymouth Annual Lecture on Tuesday 10 November, hosted by Plymouth University. There was a great turnout, including many enthusiastic students.

Jamie described his experience of working in three spheres of architectural design – residential, retail and cultural projects – with close attention to three projects, Levring House, BHV (pictured right, before and after the transformation of rue des Archives in Paris) and Tate St Ives.

Tuesday 10 November 2015

5.30-7.30pm

Plymouth University, Portland Square Building, Stonehouse Lecture Theatre

Today, at the Winchester Discovery Centre, Jamie Fobert launches the 2015 RIBA South East Lecture Series with a talk about JFA’s varied design work – from Cornish roof forms to 300 year old oak cobbles in Paris.

Today, in ‘Raising the Roof’ at The Charleston Festival, Jamie Fobert joins other panellists David Gentleman, Simon Jenkins and Julia Barfield to discuss the passions inspired by architecture from the last 100 years.

Our proposals for Kettle’s Yard are due to commence on site later this year. The gallery has just published a presentation given by Jamie Fobert last Autumn, describing the project in detail to the capital donors and Friends of Kettle’s Yard.

Jamie was invited to be the keynote speaker for the conference ‘Retrofitting during the urban transformation process’ at YEM, Turkey’s Building Information Center.

In Jamie’s lecture, ‘Retrofitting: Fabric and Form’, he described how working with heritage and conservation organizations on difficult urban sites can create the opportunity for a powerful architecture.

Together with Charles Saumarez Smith and Jeremy Dixon, Jamie Fobert discussed the challenges of renewal projects for cultural organisations.

Watch their discussion here.

Our transformation of the Grade II listed barns and hidden courtyards at Charleston aims to respect and honour the site’s history and special atmosphere whilst creating much needed new facilities.

Jamie’s recent lecture as part of the ‘Talking Interiors’ series at the RCA is now available to watch on their website.