Architecture Rides
Posted on Wednesday 7 May 2008 by Nick Bloom
The London Festival of Architecture runs from June 20th till July 20th, and includes a number of rides (and some walks) which may be of interest - including a ride to Herne Hill Velodrome. Full details are at www.lfa2008.org/, but I’ve listed the main rides below (which are led by Southwark Cyclists):
Saturday 21 June: LFA ride. All That Life Can Afford. Design guru
Stephen Bayley on artists and architects houses. Meet 2pm. Tate Modern
North Side garden. Ends 5.30pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531981&Y=180503&A=Y&Z=1
Wednesday 25 June: LFA ride. If Buildings Could Speak. Architectural
writer David Littlefield on embedded dreams. Meet 6pm. Waterloo
Millennium Green. Ends 9pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531275&Y=179791&A=Y&Z=1
Saturday 28 June: LFA ride. Fresh Water. Chris James of Lambeth Cyclists
on water, London and the engineering and architecture. Meet 10.30am. St
Bartholomew the
Great, West Smithfield. Ends 4.30pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531922&Y=181672&A=Y&Z=1
Sunday 29 June: LFA ride. Bikes And Bridges. Engineer Mark Whitby and
architect Alex Lifschutz. Meet 10.30am. Corner of Carriage Drive North
and Carriage Drive West. Ends 5pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527551&Y=177225&A=Y&Z=1
Wednesday 2 July: LFA ride. Designer Wayne Hemingway on Public Back
Gardens. Meet 6pm. Bernie Spain Gardens. Ends 9pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531326&Y=180406&A=Y&Z=1
Friday 4 July: LFA ride. Rediscovering central London’s Public Realm. A
provocative look at London’s public spaces with Professor Richard
Burdett, chief architectural adviser to the 2012 games. Meet 6.30pm.
Somerset House Courtyard. Ends 8.30pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530738&Y=180815&A=Y&Z=1
Saturday 5 July: LFA ride. The Mayor’s 100 Open Spaces (Boris may change
this! Or not). Ex-Southwark planning chief Fred Manson on the varying
identities of new spaces. Meet 2.30pm. Tate Modern entrance ramp.Ends
5.30pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=531890&Y=180459&A=Y&Z=1
Sunday 6 July: LFA ride. Public Space in Politics. Emily Thornberry MP
on public spaces and political protest. Meet 2pm. Cumberland Gate.
North-east corner. Hyde Park. Ends 5.30pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527815&Y=180844&A=Y&Z=1
Thursday 10 July: LFA ride. Concrete Buildings 1. Meet 6pm. Bath
Terrace/Harper Road junction. Andrew Scoones, Director of The Buildings
Centre. Ends 8pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=532315&Y=179339&A=Y&Z=1
Saturday 12 July: LFA ride. Beneath The Streets. Barry Mason on
Subterranean London. Meet 11am. Mecklenburgh Square. Ends 6pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530602&Y=182382&A=Y&Z=1
Sunday 13 July: LFA ride. Cultural Shift. Meet 2pm. Calthorpe Project.
Grays Inn Road.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=530666&Y=182573&A=Y&Z=1
Katy Marks of Haworth Tompkins and Ian Taylor of
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios on some of London’s best arts buildings.
Ends 6pm.
Thursday 17 July: LFA ride. Concrete Buildings 2. The
versatility of concrete with Andrew Scoones, Director of The Buildings
Centre. Meet 6pm. The Building Centre, Store Street. Ends 8pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=529738&Y=181725&A=Y&Z=1
Saturday 19 July: LFA ride. The Great Freshway. A proposal for a
cycle-superhighway linking London’s major spaces and buildings with
Keith Bradley of Fielden Clegg Bradley studios and Dan Pearson,
gardening correspondant for The Observer magazine. Meet
10.30am. Royal Albert Hall. Ends 4.30pm.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=526602&Y=179597&A=Y&Z=1
Sunday 20 July:LFA Ride. Fit for Purpose. Some of London’s best sports
buildings. Meet 10.30am. Primrose Hill Road entrance to Primrose Hill.
Andy Myton of David Morley Architects and Brian Ditchburn of HOK. Ends
5pm at Herne Hill Velodrome. Last in use legacy of the 1948 Olympics.
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=527554&Y=184107&A=Y&Z=1