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2024x4: Leeds, A Developing City

  • 17.15 - 21.00
  • 08 Feb 2024
  • The Cinema, Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, 2 Calverley St, LS1 3EY
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2024x4: Leeds, A Developing City
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 Two Panel

  • Chair: Former editor of the Guardian, Martin Wainwright.
  • Speakers:
    • Previous Design Team Leader at Leeds City Council, Mark Burgess.
    • Previous Leeds City Council Councillor, Elizabeth Minkin.
    • John Rhodes, Award winning architect and Senior Principal and Director of Sport + Enterntainemt Architecture for HOK.
    • Karen Stafeckis, Head of Development (North) at CEG.
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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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