News: The Alexander Thomson Lecture – Eric Parry
We are delighted that London-based architect Eric Parry will deliver this year’s Alexander Thomson Lecture, presenting a talk titled Respecting The Past, Creating The Future, considering the influence that architects such as Thomson have had on his architectural style. This event will take place on 6th April 2018 at St Vincent Street Church, where we will also announce the full schedule for our 2018 series of talks.
Tickets are now available on Eventbrite for the Alexander Thomson lecture. Members of The Alexander Thomson Society can book a free ticket for this event by entering the password posted out alongside their journal. Should members have any issues booking these tickets they can contact info@alexanderthomsonsociety.org.uk for assistance.
Sponsorship for the Alexander Thomson Lecture is generously provided by Taylor Maxwell and the Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA). On display will be Dress for the Weather’s ‘Paper Parlour’ sample panel as part of the GIA’s fundraising drive to realise this proposed installation for Thomson’s Holmwood.
“Eric Parry has developed a particular reputation for delivering beautifully crafted and high-quality contemporary buildings that respond to their context.
His practice, Eric Parry Architects, is renowned for cultural projects involving sensitive historic buildings such as the restoration of the historic St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square and the highly acclaimed restoration for the Holburne Museum in Bath, as well as a number of prestigious commercial projects in the City of London and the City of Westminster including 1 Undershaft. This work also includes the Stirling Prize shortlisted schemes at 30 Finsbury Square and 5 Aldermanbury Square, One Eagle Place in Piccadilly and 8 St James’s Square. International projects include the residential schemes Damai Suria in Kuala Lumpur and the Westminster Nanpeidai in Tokyo for Grosvenor.
In addition to his work in architectural practice, Eric serves on the Council of the Royal Academy, the Fabric Advisory Committee of Canterbury Cathedral and the Council of the British School at Rome. He has in the past served on the Arts Council of England’s Visual Arts and Architecture panel, chaired the RIBA Awards Group and was President of the Architectural Association.
His contribution to Academia includes fourteen years as lecturer in Architecture at the University of Cambridge and visiting lectureships at the Harvard University Graduate Design School and the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
In 2006 Eric Parry was elected Royal Academician (RA), one of the highest accolades for a practicing architect or artist in the UK and also received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Bath in 2012.”
If you have any queries please contact us directly on info@alexanderthomsonsociety.org.uk