Programme

Leicester has undergone significant culture-led regeneration with areas transforming into new, vibrant and exciting places.
Discover more about Leicester’s Cultural Quarter by joining an informative, architect-led guided walk covering the history and recent transformation of the area from hosiery and boot making to today’s creative industries. Architect Nils Feldmann, on behalf of the Leicestershire and Rutland Society of Architects, will expertly guide visitors around the Cultural Quarter. The walk will include the LCB Depot, Curve, Maker’s Yard and the Phoenix. Not to be missed!
Meet at 10am in the Lightbox gallery in our local architecture exhibition at LCB Depot, then join us for a tour (10am-12pm) of the Cultural Quarter.

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.

“We started building our on city maps three weeks previous. Come and join our team to continue to build your very own paper model to place on our city map. Previous attendance is not essential. Our team of professionals will be on hand with help and advice. Drop in for 5 minutes, or stay for the whole session, it’s completely up to you – and how intricate your design is! This event was a great success in previous years and we do hope you will come and join us. There’s no need to book your tickets if you just fancy popping along between 12pm and 3pm on the day, but we’d love to know in advance if you’re thinking of joining us. There’s no age limit on playing and exploring so all are welcome to come along and get creative. Teams are also welcome, but remember to bring your own adult – no unaccompanied children, please.”

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.

A rare opportunity for people across Leicestershire and Rutland to meet our RIBA architects with a free one-to-one half-hour design consultation.
Bring any home or design query; whether you are looking for advice to create more space in your home, or are looking for ways to bring in more natural light, our architects will do their best to help you. You do not need to be planning a “Grand Designs” style house to come along to LCB Depot between 12pm and 3pm and talk to a professional, but we would recommend bringing plans (if you have them) and photographs of your existing space.

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.

Exhibition of entries to the Love Architecture photography competition 2021.

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.

On the wall in the cafe-bar at LCB Depot. Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, free entry.

An exhibition of students’ work from the Leicester School of Architecture and Loughborough School of Architecture in response to the Love Architecture 1-day President’s Prize design competition brief.

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.

Projected in the Lightbox gallery at LCB Depot. Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, free entry.

An LCB Depot exhibition featuring​ work from invited creatives ​and selected work from an open call. It will include work from established designers, as well as new talent, based in Leicestershire, the UK and internationally, including work by DMU and Loughborough University Architecture, students, and members of the Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects.
Open Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, free entry.

LCB Depot’s monthly street food night doubles as the closing party for Leicester Design Season on Friday 29th October!

Food, drink, music, comedy, art – and more, 5-10pm, £2 entry.

EH Smith presents – What the brick industry is doing to drive sustainability

Three speakers from Ibstock, IG and Marshalls will give a presentation based on the theme of Climate Challenge 2030 and what they have done and are doing to drive sustainability through their respective businesses.

Ibstock Brick – Clay Facing Bricks & Build Systems – Emily Landsborough / Rob Saunders & Josh Cox will attend

Marshalls Bricks & Masonry – Concrete products manufacturer based on their facing bricks and reconstituted walling stone – Presenter to be confirmed

IG Masonry Support – Brick Slip Panel Systems / Boss A1 (Brick on Soffit System)– Jemma Ison will present on the evening

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event, 6-8pm.

Sponsored by EH Smith, one of the largest independent builders’ merchants in the UK.

“Having retraced a series of plaques in the city centre, marked for the 1984 LRSA Trail, which had until that point been a complete mystery to us! Some serious investigation later and we have uncovered a map of the 1984 trail highlighting the most important public spaces and vistas in the city.”

Local architects David Hickman and Adam Smith of Hickman & Smith will take the lead of this tour, focusing on areas, buildings and views at the established LRSA Trail stations around the Cathedral Quarter.
Join our architects and see this part of the city in a whole new light!

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.

“We started building our on city maps two weeks previous. Come and join our team to continue to build your very own paper model to place on our city map. Previous attendance is not essential. Our team of professionals will be on hand with help and advice. Drop in for 5 minutes, or stay for the whole session, it’s completely up to you – and how intricate your design is! This event was a great success in previous years and we do hope you will come and join us. There’s no need to book your tickets if you just fancy popping along between 12pm and 3pm on the day, but we’d love to know in advance if you’re thinking of joining us. There’s no age limit on playing and exploring so all are welcome to come along and get creative. Teams are also welcome, but remember to bring your own adult – no unaccompanied children, please.”

A Leicestershire & Rutland Society of Architects Love Architecture event.