A very interesting exhibition of photographs and descriptions of 50 buildings that can be found throughout the East Midlands.
If you are lucky you may get to meet one of the architects, I met husbands and wife architects from Greetham Rutland. The lady was responsible for one of the buildings on show. A convert loo she change into a pyramid and the building became a nursery school.
Fifty buildings 50 years.
Great modern architecture in the East Midlands.
The exhibition is a major tour from the Royal Institute of British Architects and showcases innovative and enduring architecture from the 'swinging sixties' onwards, revealing how architectural creativity is shaped by context, place, culture, social and political trends of the time and in turn, shapes the identity of local places and spaces.
There are much loved modern classics, buildings of character and wit, leaders in innovation and some of the latest in contemporary architectural design.
All the buildings can also be seen in a book published by the RIBA www.architecture.com/fifty50
Venues
3 - 24 January 2011 Rutland County Museum, Oakham Castle, Catmose Street, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HW
T: 01572 758440
www.rutland.gov.uk/castle
31 January - 11 February 2011
Nottingham Trent University
Newton Building, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BUMon-Fri: 9am-5pm
www.ntu.ac.uk
East Midlands Designer Outlet
14 February - 11 March 2011East Midlands Designer Outlet, Mansfield Road,
South Normanton, Derbyshire, DE55 2JW
School of Architecture University of Lincoln
14 - 25 March 2011Lincoln School of Architecture, Gallery Space,
University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN6 7TS
www.lincoln.ac.uk
Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester
28 March - 3 April 2011Highcross Shopping Centre,
Lower Mall, East Square, 5 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN
www.highcrossleicester.com
Derby QUAD
4 – 9 April 2011 Derby QUAD,Market Place,
Cathedral Quarter,
Derby, DE1 3AS
T: 01332 285443 www.derbyquad.co.uk
RIBA East Midlands
Art, Architecture and Design
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln
LN6 7TS
t: 01522 837 480
f: 01522 837 484
www.architecture.com/ribaeastmidlands