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Guest lectures

2024x4: Leeds, The Look

  • 17.15 - 21.00
  • 22 Feb 2024
  • The Cinema, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, 2 Calverley St, LS1 3EY
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2024x4: Leeds, The Look
The Leeds Society of Architects, in partnership with Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Civic Trust, and RIBA, is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated 4 X 4 talk series in February 2026!

Each evening will be chaired by four expert hosts, who will lead Q&A sessions with the presenters following each presentation, encouraging conversation around architecture, urban design, the arts, culture and sustainability.

The program will see sixteen brilliant speakers, on the basis of four speakers per evening; share their thoughts and present on four key themes: Culture, Development, Design and Sustainability. Whilst highlighting their relevance and importance to the City of Leeds and further afield.

Week Three Panel

  • Chair: Award-winning news editor of The Architects’ Journal, Richard Waite.
  • Speakers:
    • Previous 4X4 collaborator and the initiator of 'The Leeds Look' debate, Ken Powell.
    • Feidlen Clegg Bradley Studios, Partner and Studio Leader Alex Whitbread and Associate Simon Richardson.
    • Local Artist, Historian, Tour Guide and Leeds Civic Trust trustee, Clifford Stead (BiroguyLeeds).
    • Angel Tenorio, Project Leader for Heatherwick Studio of the new Maggie’s Centre in Leeds, Yorkshire, which was 'New Buildings (up to £10m in value)' and 'Project of the Year' award winners, of the Leeds Architecture Awards 2023.
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About the event

The event is in person and free, everyone is welcome to attend, we’d love to see as many in attendance as possible, please reserve a spot so we can keep track of the number of attendees. Each evening will run for approximately two hours, with an opportunity to discuss the themes heard during the evening and network afterwards.

Please arrive promptly at 5:15pm, as the first speaker is due to begin at 5:30pm. The talks will draw to a close between 7:30 / 8pm, with networking to run until 8:45 / 9pm.

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