Exemplar talks
Selected Mondays, 18.30

This series of talks will focus on issues surrounding London's public spaces and how we can solve them by drawing on experience from other cities and cultures.

To request a free ticket, please email exemplartalks@somersethouse.org.uk.

Monday 17 March 2008
Connect: Richard Rogers (sold out)
The Portico Rooms
Guest speakers include noted architect Richard Rogers (pictured).

Monday 31 March 2008
Activate: Jaime Lerner (sold out)
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre
Hear how architect Jaime Lerner has been working for over 30 years to devise innovative and inexpensive solutions to problems experienced in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.  The city is now renowned internationally as a model for urban planning.

Monday 21 April 2008
Unlock: Majora Carter (sold out)
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre
Hear artist and urban planner Majora Carter speak about the challenges of environmental urban renewal in New York as faced through her self-founded not-for-profit organisation Sustainable South Bronx - dedicated to alleviating poverty and caring for the environment.

Exemplar walks
Selected Saturdays, 14.00

This series of walks will take place around London from a variety of locations.

To request a free ticket, please email exemplarwalks@generalpublicagency.com.

Saturday 8 March 2008
Can We Live the Green Dream?
Torange Khonsari is a partner within Public Works - an architecture collective exploring the creative use of public space.

Saturday 29 March 2008
Aldgate Street Training
Lottie Child is an artist whose 'Street Training' methods encourage new ways of thinking about our environment through wandering, talking, thinking, climbing and playing.

Saturday 26 April 2008
Open to the Sky
Join Writer in Residence Ruth Padel for a poet's tour of Central London's Cultural Quarter.

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Talks and walks are sponsored by