The UK Architecture Showcase will be an opportunity for some of the most transformative and trail-blazing UK architecture practices and engineering firms to showcase at the Ambassador’s residence.
Parallel to the showcase, a programme of panel discussions and presentations will provide visitors with an opportunity to learn more about, amongst other things, current opportunities for the sector in light of the new UK Government’s priorities around infrastructure and housing development.
Important information
To secure your attendance, you must register for this event before 15 January.
List of exhibitors
- Atelier One
- Bennetts Associates
- Buro Happold
- Design International
- Eckersley O'Callaghan
- Foster & Partners
- Grimshaw
- GROUPWORK/The Stonemasonry Company/Webb Yates
- Hawkins\Brown
- Mamou-Mani
- Mott MacDonald
- Price & Myers
- RSHP
- WW+P
- Wilkinson Eyre
- Zaha Hadid Architects
Programme
22 January 2025
10:30am (English): Retrofit and Innovation. Edward Marchand, Associate Director, Bennetts Associates
11am (French): Panel: Nouveau ou (Re)Nouveau. Alice Barrois, Principal Grimshaw. Hamish Crockett, Senior Associate RSHP. Moderator TBC
Midday (French): L’importance d’intégrer l’héritage industriel au centre des projets de régénération urbaine. Sebastien Ricard, Board Director, Wilkinson Eyre
12:20pm (English): Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations. Neil Thomas, Director, Atelier One
12:45pm OFI and Capital Investment
1:20pm (English): Innovation in Materials, Work in France and Beyond. Philip Wilson, Mitsu Edwards, Founding Directors, Eckersley O’Callaghan
1:40pm (English): Future Work (place): urbanism and work. Nick Gaskell, Partner Hawkins\Brown
2pm (French): DBT Built Environment
2:40pm (English): Designing infrastructure to support sustainable cities. Rob Naybour, Chair, WW+P
3pm (French): Alice fait table rase. Pierre Bidaud, Steve Webb, Amin Taha, GROUPWORK, The Stonemasonry Company, Webb Yates
3:40pm (English): BHoM & Structural Engineering – A Specialised Approach in Multidisciplinary Projects. Sarah Fahlaoui, Senior Engineer, Buro Happold
4pm: Patrick Richard, Principal Director, Stanton Williams
4:20pm (English): 15 years in Provence, where innovation meets history. Francois Curato, Partner, Foster + Partners
23 January 2025
10:30am (French): Une technologie stimulante pour une innovation axée sur la valeur sur les projets. Sébastien Mellot, Digital Innovation Adoption Programme Lead, Mott MacDonald
11am (French): Panel : Les différences de cultures pour mettre en place des grands plans d’aménagements/ d’urbanisme en général entre la France et l’Angleterre. Nicolas Ledoux, Directeur de la solution globale urbanisme, Arcadis. Franck Robert, Partner, Buro Happold. Pierre-Yves Guice, Directeur Général, La Défense. Sebastien Ricard, Director, WilkinsonEyre. Moderator: Nathalie Rozencwajg, RIBA
Midday (English): How art projects have allowed the development of innovative design workflows to deliver typical buildings. Katherine Chimenes, Structural Engineer, Price & Myers
12:20pm: Reimagining existing buildings – a sustainable approach. Stéphane Vallotton and Marie-Perrine Plaçais, Directors, Zaha Hadid Architects
12:40pm: Research and innovation. Lionel Eid, Associate Director and Head of Research, Allies and Morrison
1pm (English): A tale of two cities: London and Paris. Stephen Barrett, Director, RSHP
1:20pm (English/French): The greenest building is the one that already exists: new strategies in building overhauls. Nathalie Rozencwaig, NAME Architecture, RIBA
2pm: Panel: Infrastructure as a catalyst for urban regeneration. Heike Neurohr, Partner, Hawkins\Brown. Lucy Dunn, Senior Architect, WW+P. Moderator: Waldemar Koehler, RIBA International Council Member Europe
3pm: Humanising Infrastructure. Declan McCafferty, Partner, Grimshaw
3:20pm: Eco-Parametric Architecture. Arthur Mamou Mani, Managing Director, Mamou-Mani
3:40pm: Designing for Community. Design International
