2007 at the Building Centre

The 2007 programme at the Building Centre boasts an impressive line up of topical exhibitions, talks and seminars for the built environment.

exhibition and events programme announced.

As the leading platform for presenting people and ideas at the forefront of building innovation, The Building Centre challenges the boundaries of technology and design.

The 2007 programme boasts an impressive line up of topical exhibitions, talks and seminars for the built environment.

Alongside its programme of events, The Building Centre houses an unrivalled library of innovative building products, materials and technologies accessible to both trade and public.

This resource, at the heart of the capital, provides a rare opportunity to experience, touch and feel what is to revolutionise future buildings and the way we live.

The Building Centre is well known as one of the country's leading providers of education resources for professionals within the construction industry.

2007 highlights include an exhibition on the challenges, responses and progress to climate change for a sustainable 21st century capital city; a series of lectures on materials in sustainable architecture; a professor who links the human brain to virtual environments; and a discussion with two of the hottest digital architects on the planet.

2007 Highlights:.

Seminars.

The Engineering Club 18 January.

Upgrading Humans - Technical Realities and New Morals Professor Kevin Warwick, Dept.

of Cybernetics, University of Reading Will an individual whose brain is part human/part machine have abilities that far surpass those who remain with a human brain alone? Implant technology is rapidly diminishing the effects of certain neural illnesses and distinctly increasing the range of abilities of those affected.

A key element of this is the need for a clear interface linking the human brain directly with a computer.

Future prospects for this technology are tantalisingly close to turning science fiction into fact.

Store Street No.4, 29 January.

Xefirotarch and Studio Kolaton/MacDonald.

A lively discussion with one of the hottest digital architecture firms on the planet hosted by Peter Cook.

Hernan Diaz Alonso is one of the most gifted of an emerging second wave of architects using computer animation software.

Diaz Alonso started off working in the offices of Enric Miralles and Peter Eisenman before opening his own office, Xefirotarch, in 1999.

Concrete Elegance.

A series of lectures on good design using the latest in concrete technology.

7 February 18.30 Homes - Wood Chip, OSB and Polythene Finishes with Jamie Fobert Architects.

21 February 18.30 The Cool Office with Bennetts Associates 25 April 18.30 Talk by Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects and Peter Gartmann Architects Exhibitions.

LEAF London 25 January - 27 February Launch Pad Gallery.

The LEAF Awards are the first European awards programme that honours the players, products and designs setting benchmark standards within the built and design marketplace.

The Awards showcase companies, technologies and individuals that have made an outstanding contribution to the world of architectural design.

Sustainable London Exhibition 8 March - 28 April.

Main Gallery and Launch Pad Gallery.

Climate change needs to be addressed decisively and Sustainable London will present the challenge, the response and examples of real progress being made towards a sustainable 21st Century city.

In association with New London Architecture.

Morning talks every Wednesday - 8.30 am and an associated seminar and lecture series detailed below.

Linked to the exhibition, The Building Centre will be hosting a number of events:.

12 March 15:00 - 19:00 New Hydrogen Economy seminar.

15 March 15:00 - 19:00 Hammarby Sjostad seminar.

26 March 15:00 - 19:00 Density seminar.

29 March 15:00 - 19:00 The Low Energy Workplace.

17 April 10:00 - 16:00 CHP and Communities.

23 April 15:00 - 19:00 Keeping Cool.

Scratching the Surface 25 June - 1 September.

London Facades by London Architects.

An exhibition on cladding technology showing how the face of London has changed with the advent of new facade systems.

Produced in association with Newtecnic.

Skills and Education November - December.

New Architecture for Education in London.

In association with New London Architecture.

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