Architectural reverie: Celebrating the power of place
Join us at our summer conference as we explore how architecture influences - and is influenced by - its location and cultural context.
Returning for the first time since 2019 to Portmeirion, Clough Williams-Ellis’s village and its fusion of Mediterranean and Italianate styles set in a Welsh landscape is the ideal setting to explore the relationship between architecture and the environment, and to discuss how places shape architectural identity, memory, and experience.
We will look at how architecture responds to and enhances its surrounding environment, how architects can create visionary yet ecologically responsible structures that respond to contemporary environmental challenges, and reflect on harmony between the built environment and the natural world.
With speakers from across the UK and Europe, we will revisit some exemplar Welsh projects, hear about the ever increasing potential of AI tools, and zoom out to consider placemaking in Wales from a landscape architects perspective. We will also welcome two internationally renowned practices – Peter Barber Architects and EMBT Architects.
Programme
Morning
- 9:30am Registration, tea, and coffee
- 10am Welcome: Dan Benham, Benham Architects; RSAW President,
- 10:10am Chairs welcome: Chris Williamson, Weston Williamson + Partners; RIBA President Elect
- 10:30am Touchstone talks: Patrick Hannay, Touchstone Editor and Geraint Talfan Davies
- 11:15am Break
- 11:35am Peter Barber, Peter Barber Architects
- 12:35pm Lunch
Afternoon
- 1:35pm Clare Wilks, LDA Design
- 2:20pm Hamza Shaikh, Gensler
- 3:20pm Break
- 3:40pm Joan Callís, EMBT Architects
- 4:40pm Question and answer panel session
- 5:10pm Closing words and summary
- 5:15pm Ends
Summer conference dinner hosted by RSAW Mid Wales Branch
- 6.30pm Welcome drinks reception
- 7.30pm Dinner guests to be seated
- 7.40pm Keynote speaker; Tom Nancollas, City of London
- 8pm Dinner
- 9.30pm Networking
- 10.30pm Ends
Please note, these tickets do not include overnight accommodation.
Ticket information
Early bird* Member Day delegate: £99+VAT
Early bird* Member Day delegate and dinner package: £149+VAT
RIBA Member Day delegate: £129+VAT
RIBA Member Day delegate and dinner package: £179+VAT
Non-member Day delegate: £189+VAT
Non-member Day delegate and dinner: £239+VAT
Student or Retired Day delegate: £59+VAT
Student or Retired Day delegate and dinner package: £109+VAT
Mid Wales Branch Dinner: £25 + VAT
*Early bird offer expired 30 April 2025 and was exclusive to RIBA Members only.
Chartered Practice group discount
For groups between three and five delegates, please apply 5% discount.
For groups of six or more, please apply 10%.
Please email rsaw@riba.org for a Chartered Practice discount code
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