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OPEN CALL | THE SPACE WE CREATEWhat can the places we create inspire in us?The Building Centre is inviting architects, l...
16/10/2026

OPEN CALL | THE SPACE WE CREATE

What can the places we create inspire in us?

The Building Centre is inviting architects, landscape architects and interior designers to submit projects for *The Space We Create*, a new exhibition exploring architectural imagination, creative expression and the experience of place.

We're looking for projects that reveal how thoughtful and imaginative design can shape the character of buildings, landscapes and interiors — and the creative processes that bring them to life.

From ambitious architectural statements to modest interventions that elevate the everyday, we want to celebrate aesthetic ambition at every scale.

**Exhibition:** March 2027, London
**Application deadline:** 4 December 2026
**Applications are free**

Find out more, download the exhibition brief on our home page - scroll to the bottom and look under Be Inspired. Website linked in bio.

📷 Photography: Tsubasa Takifuji

Planning is where big ideas meet real consequences. 🏙️Housing. Land. Biodiversity. High streets. Regeneration. Public tr...
14/09/2026

Planning is where big ideas meet real consequences. 🏙️

Housing. Land. Biodiversity. High streets. Regeneration. Public trust. The places we live in are shaped by decisions that are rarely simple.

Join Rachel Fisher, Chief Executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute, for the next Confessions!, hosted by architect and Building Design columnist Eleanor Jolliffe.

Rachel brings experience from senior government roles across food strategy and security, land use policy, regeneration investment and environmental policy — including work on Biodiversity Net Gain and the Land Use Framework for England.

Expect candid conversation, humour and honest reflection on planning, public responsibility and the difficult judgements behind shaping places in the public interest. 💬

📅 Thursday 29 October, 6:30pm
📍 The Building Centre, Store Street, London

Tickets are £5, with optional £7 and £10 tickets available.

🎟️ Book now: https://pulse.ly/aepu6yiocu

🏙️🎬 Cities on Screen is now open at the Building Centre!How has cinema shaped the way we see, remember and imagine our c...
17/08/2026

🏙️🎬 Cities on Screen is now open at the Building Centre!

How has cinema shaped the way we see, remember and imagine our cities?

From the futuristic skylines of Metropolis and Her to the dreamlike Paris of Midnight in Paris and the shifting urban landscapes of Persepolis, Cities on Screen explores the relationship between film, architecture and the places we inhabit.

Discover iconic buildings and imagined cityscapes, explore cities from the past, present and future, and consider how film can preserve places, expose urban tensions and inspire new possibilities.

A different film screens in the gallery every weekday — with free popcorn while you watch. 🍿

📍 The Building Centre, London
🎟️ Free to visit — just drop in

🔗 Find out more and see the full screening schedule on our website via the link in our bio.

What happens when good housing ideas meet real-world constraints? 🏘️Join Ben Derbyshire, Chair of HTA Design LLP, for th...
12/08/2026

What happens when good housing ideas meet real-world constraints? 🏘️

Join Ben Derbyshire, Chair of HTA Design LLP, for the next Confessions!, hosted by architect and Building Design columnist Eleanor Jolliffe.

Ben has spent his career working across housing, placemaking and civic life. He is a former RIBA President, a Commissioner of Historic England, President of the London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies, author of Home Truths, and a trustee of SAVE Britain’s Heritage.

Expect stories of difficult decisions, unexpected challenges and lessons learned from the realities of designing and delivering the places people call home. 💬

📅 Thursday 10 September, 6:30pm
📍 The Building Centre, Store Street, London

Tickets are £5, with optional £7 and £10 tickets available for those who would like to support the Building Centre’s talks and public programme.

We want Confessions! to remain accessible. If cost would prevent you from attending, please email [email protected] and we will arrange a free ticket.

🎟️ Book through the What's On link in bio.

28/07/2026

CPD Roadshow London Stop 📣 here TONIGHT

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Will present a series of CPD as experts in the field of Vacuum Glass and its potential in heritage buildings and beyond.

It should be a great night.

28/07/2026

Learn how ‘Transparency’ was controlled and mediated by and on Friday 31st July at 1:00pm-2:00pm.

Link to tickets in bio - or head to our website.

28/07/2026

Kurt Petersdorff from is speaking about Smart Glass Innovation - from books to Buildings on Thursday 30th July 11:00am-12:00pm. Come and learn about electrophoretic glass and be inspired to control privacy in your home and in commercial buildings.

Cities on Screen opens this August at the Building Centre.A new exhibition exploring how cinema shapes the way cities ar...
28/07/2026

Cities on Screen opens this August at the Building Centre.

A new exhibition exploring how cinema shapes the way cities are remembered, understood and imagined.

From postwar Vienna and animated Tehran to modern Paris, Brooklyn streets, glass towers and future urban worlds, Cities on Screen looks at how film turns buildings, streets, landmarks and skylines into powerful cultural images.

Across film stills, posters, interpretive panels, maps, models and research contributions, the exhibition asks what happens when the city becomes more than a backdrop.

The exhibition also includes weekday film screenings on loop, with free popcorn available while stocks last.

Associated events include:

🎬 Cinema as Urban Modelling
François Penz & Hamideh Farahmandian
Wednesday 12 August, 1pm–2pm

🌉 London Palimpsest
Christoph Lueder
Thursday 13 August, 1pm–2pm

🍿 Building Centre Film Club: Playtime
with David Anderson & Iain Borden
Tuesday 25 August, 6.30pm

With contributions from Nacim Pak-Shiraz, You+Pea / Sandra Youkhana & Luke Caspar Pearson, Amy Brookes, David Anderson, Penelope Haralambidou, and Paul Newland & Merrill Schleier.

Free entry to the exhibition.
🎟️Event details and booking links on our website, linked in bio.

WilkinsonEyre will deliver a talk on Friday this week on Controlling Transparency, highlighting the design work done on ...
27/07/2026

WilkinsonEyre will deliver a talk on Friday this week on Controlling Transparency, highlighting the design work done on one of the City of London’s flagship buildings 8 Bishopgate.

Secure your tickets for lunchtime Friday via our website.

📣 This weeks events at the Building Centre: - will host a morning talk on their innovative smart glass they are exhibiti...
27/07/2026

📣 This weeks events at the Building Centre:

- will host a morning talk on their innovative smart glass they are exhibiting as part of The Architecture of Transparency exhibition, closing at the end of the month. This talk really heralds the future of glass in commercial and residential buildings, using electrophoretic glass to switch between opaque and transparent conditions.

Secure your ticket via our website or Eventbrite.

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Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
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