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Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry):

Will Alsop:
"will alsop lecture";
Talk: RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (invited); 04-13-2004.



English abstract:
WILL ALSOP LECTURE - HUNTINGDON HALL - APRIL 13TH 2004
PATIENT AUDIENCE DID NOT GO UNREWARDED
Due to traffic congestion on the M6, top international Architect Will Alsop arrived 11⁄2 hours late
in Worcester to deliver his lecture, aptly titled "Glad to be here".
Sid Glazzard, Chairman of The Worcestershire Society of Chartered Architects, nobly held the
fort for over an hour entertaining the audience, to an impromptu repertoire of appropriate stories
and quips, which was very well received by an audience of over 250 architects and allied
professions together with The Mayor of Worcester a number of district and city councillors and
students from The Birmingham School of Architecture
Will Alsop finally arrived at 9pm and following a six hour journey, immediately strode into the
auditorium and delivered a brilliant lecture and film presentation demonstrating current schemes
his Architects are working on in Canada, mainland Europe, and the UK. Principle amongst these
projects is the Ģ225 million museum, office and residential scheme called the "Fourth Grace" in
Liverpool, the European city of culture. Other schemes in Walsall, West Bromwich and Stoke on
Trent had local interest but Alsopīs plan to turn the Yorkshire mining town of Barnsley into a
Tuscan hill town raised many eyebrows.
Alsop criticised the planning process for assuming it protects the environment from bad
buildings whereas, he claims, it only guarantees dullness and deprives the public of creative and
exciting buildings which, given a choice, they would vote for.
The event was sponsored by Technical Indexes, an information system for the construction
industry, Steve Delavante, area manager said
"Technical Indexes are proud to have been associated with such a prestigious event, Sid Glazzard
turned what could have been an unmitigated disaster into a superb evening and was great
entertainment value. Will Alsop was inspirational and informative, however his quirky approach
to buildings and townscape clearly shocked some in the audience but even his detractors
recognised his brilliance.

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