Wallpaper* magazine has brought together some of the most exciting new and established architectural talent from around the world to take part in a series of four talks, during the London Festival of Architecture, aimed at provoking debate on the most innovative ways of building in the city.
In each session, two young practices, chosen from Wallpaper’s forthcoming August 2008 Architects Directory, our guide to the most innovative and exciting new global practices, will present an urban project. This will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session with the audience, chaired by a distinguished British architect from a previous year’s Directory.
Panels will discuss four different aspects of the challenges of designing and building the 21st century townhouse, ranging from single family houses to apartment buildings, and touching on the planning, aesthetics, programme and construction issues of residential architecture in the urban environment.
Following each talk in the HausWork* series, Wallpaper* would like to invite the audience to join us for a complimentary glass of Champagne Taittinger.
Highlights of the annual Wallpaper* Architects Directory, now in its eighth year, will be published in the August issue (on sale 10th July 2008) and featured in full here on www.wallpaper.com; the Directory provides the ultimate little black book to the world’s most promising young practices.
