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ANNUAL FOLAR SYMPOSIUM: LANDSCAPE OF HOUSING

A symposium by Friends of the Landscape Library and Archive at Reading (FOLAR)
November 12, 2022 @ 10:30 am - 4:30 pm

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Date:
November 12, 2022
Time:
10:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cost:
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The Museum of English Rural Life
The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom + Google Map
Photograph of Lillington Street by Darbourne and Darke

FOLAR’s annual symposium deals with the landscape of housing, from the 1960s to today with:

  • Karen Fitzsimon, New Ash Green 
  • Professor Otto Saumarez Smith, on the Mark III new towns 
  • Gerry Kemp on Byker Wall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
  • Dr Luca Csepely-Knorr, Dr Amber Roberts & Dr Matthew Steele Lillington Street & Darbourne & Darke 
  • Alice Grahame Walters Way and Segal Close, Lewisham 
  • Paula Garvey Kings Cross & Elephant Park London 

The intention is to learn lessons for the future from the past.

Refreshments and lunch provided and pop-up exhibition of related material.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • For more details about FOLAR, the Friends of the Landscape Archive at Reading: https://www.folar.uk  
  • Booking required, limited spaces.
  • For FOLAR members £45 incl. lunch; for non members £55 incl. lunch. Further details found on booking link.