Saturday 1 November 2025 9:30am to Sunday 2 November 2025 5:30pm
Department of Architecture, Scroope Terrace, Trumpington Street, CB2 1PX
About
This symposium celebrates the way in which the Department of Architecture was transformed during the years in which Leslie Martin was Professor and Head of Department. Organised with the blessing of the Department, the event is to be held on 1 and 2 November. There will be two sessions each day,consisting of a series of 20-minute presentations by students and staff during the period, followed by a chaired discussion.
Arrangements for the two days:
There is a charge of £25 a day to cover refreshments, which include coffee and tea between sessions, drinks in the courtyard on Saturday and a light lunch. For those who wish to splash out, on Saturday night we have also arranged a formal dinner in Queens’ College at a cost of £75 per head, including wine. Please respond by midday 22nd October. Payments should be made online at:
Draft Programme:
1 – 2 November 2025 in the Department of Architecture
Saturday 1st: Teaching and life in the Department:
9.30 Coffee and welcome
Chair Natcha Ruamsanitwong
10.00 Nick Bullock
10.30 Peter Carolin
11.00 to be announced
11.30 Coffee
11.45 John Sergeant
12.15 Alex Reid
12.45 Nick Ray
1.15-2.00 Lunch
Chair Flora Samuel
2.00 David Mellor
2.30 John Meunier
3.00 John Ellis
3.30 Oliver Hawkins
4.00 Tea
Chair To be announced
4.15-5.45 Discussion
6.00 Drinks in the courtyard
7.30 Supper in Queens’
Sunday 2nd: The Department’s Research and Links to Practice:
Chair Dean Hawkes
9.30 Coffee and welcome
10.00 to be announced
10.30 Phil Steadman
11.00 Marcial Echenique
11.30 Coffee
11.45 Rob Howard
12.15 Randall Thomas
12.45 Tim Brittain-Catlin
1.15-2.00 Lunch
Chair Holly Smith
2.00 Richard Hill
2.30 James Dunnett
3.00 Steve Greenberg
3.30 Peter Dickens
4.00 Tea
Chair James Campbell
4.15-5.45 Discussion
The symposium organising committee can be contacted at this email address: themartinyears@arct.cam.ac.uk
Nick Bullock, James Campbell, Peter Carolin, David Crowther, Dean Hawkes, Peter Dickens, Marcial Echenique, John Meunier, François Penz, Nick Ray, Natcha Ruamsanitwong, John Sergeant.