BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3265@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180331 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180617 DTSTAMP:20180314T170833Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/riba-north-it-will-never-work-25 -years-of-urban-splash-1993-2018/ SUMMARY:RIBA North: RIBA North: It Will Never Work: 25 Years of Urban Splas h 1993 – 2018 DESCRIPTION:It Will Never Work: 25 Years of Urban Splash 1993 – 2018\n\nE xhibition: 31 March – 16 June 2018\n\nRIBA North – National Architectu re Centre\, Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\n\nwww.architecture.com/itw illneverwork\n\nAward winning Manchester-based regeneration company Urban Splash\, which was founded in Liverpool in 1993\, is coming home next mont h with the launch of a new exhibition ‘It Will Never Work’. The exhibi tion will celebrate Urban Splash successes\, working with some of the UK ’s most talented architects\, notably the significant haul of awards the y have picked up over the years\, including fourteen separate RIBA Awards as clients.\n\nThe exhibition\, which has been curated collaboratively by RIBA North and Urban Splash\, is being shown at RIBA North\, RIBA’s Nati onal Architecture Centre\, to mark the developer’s 25th anniversary. It will chronicle the accolades awarded to Urban Splash developments\, from s mall projects to the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist as well as the company ’s maverick presence on the development landscape.\n\nUrban Splash profe ss to have started without a plan\, purposefully ignoring advice and routi nely rejecting accepted development processes. At every step 'it will nev er work' has been a call to action rather than a discouragement. This exh ibition considers how significant Urban Splash projects were shaped by the ir contemporary cultural backdrop\; from loft living in Northern cities – like Liverpool in the early nineties – through boom and bust\, to th e reinvented modular House and future neighbourhood projects in progress t oday.\n\nThe exhibition will not only be relevant to those interested in r egeneration\, architecture and design\, but will also shed further light o n those socio economic conditions that led to the decline and the re-emerg ence of great Northern Cities\, and will touch on the emerging ideas that aim to protect their future sustainable growth.\n\nAhead of the launch\, p roud Liverpool resident Jonathan Falkingham MBE\, architect and co-founder of Urban Splash\, said:\n\n“We’ve had such an exciting 25 years using great design to create transformative projects around the country and I ’m thrilled we can now return to our founding city to celebrate the work we’ve done.\n\nIt was in the Ropewalks area that Tom Bloxham and I firs t met and decided to take on the challenge of transforming Liverpool Palac e\; we’ve come a long way since then and this exhibition looks at those early efforts right through to the developments we are working on today. ”\n\nTom Bloxham MBE\, Urban Splash Chairman added:\n\n“It’s been a humbling exercise looking back at the roots of the business\; this is an e xciting opportunity to chronicle the work we have completed and set out ou r plans for transforming even more places in the coming years.”\n\nSuzy Jones\, Director of RIBA North – National Architecture Centre concluded: \n\n“It Will Never Work is an unplanned trip from Madchester to Brexit via Easyjet and driverless cars\, with a quick history of unorthodox think ing and a few buildings along the way.  We are delighted to unveil this e xhibition which will give visitors a chance to explore some key Urban Spla sh projects and ‘peek under the bonnet’ of the company.”\n\nThe exhi bition will run for three months before going on tour in the UK with dates and locations to be confirmed. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2018/03/It-Will-Never-Work-portrait.jpg LOCATION:RIBA North\, 21 Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\, L 3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.403724;-2.99357 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=21 Mann Island\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIU S=100;X-TITLE=RIBA North:geo:53.403724,-2.99357 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR