Notice: Architecture Lecture: Tomorrow’s Homes – The Way We Are Going To Be

Published on: 28 Oct, 2016
Updated on: 28 Oct, 2016

The Guildford Society’s Architecture Lecture will this year be delivered by Professor Robert Adam.

He is well known in the UK and internationally as a major figure in the development of traditional and classical architecture, as a pioneer of contextual urban design, and as an author and scholar. The event, which takes place at 7pm on Wednesday, November 9, will be hosted by the University of Surrey in the Lecture Theatre, Rik Medlik Building.

The lecture, Tomorrow’s Homes – The Way We Are Going To Be, will focus on the ‘Millenial generation’, today’s 18- to 34-year-olds, and what their changing lifestyles will mean for our homes, cities and towns. Hot-desking, distance working, social media, later marriages, older parenting – the worlds of work and home are changing and, in some ways, merging.

As Guildford, like many other towns and cities, is required to build more and more housing, it is vital that the built environment adapt to support these new lifestyles. Homes will need to become digital centres, serving as workplace, entertainment venue and service provider. The lecture will forecast how these emerging trends will shape the built environment.

Admission is free to the lecture (expected to finish at 8.30pm). There will be a drinks reception in the Lakeside Restaurant from 6pm. Supper in the Lakeside Restaurant will be available at £21 per person including a glass of wine and coffee.

Lecture and supper places must be booked by Tuesday, November 1, through the Ivy Arts Centre box office.

For further information, visit surrey.ac.uk/arts/visualarts or call 01483 686876.