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:8527@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240425T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240425T200000 DTSTAMP:20240319T151613Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/riba-north-ribavitra-rethink-bou ndaries-with-kim-herforth-nielsen/ SUMMARY:RIBA North: RIBA North: RIBA+VitrA: Rethink Boundaries with Kim Her forth Nielsen DESCRIPTION:RIBA+VitrA: Rethink Boundaries with Kim Herforth Nielsen\nJoin us for the launch of the 2024 RIBA+VitrA talks\, as Kim Herforth Nielsen o f Danish architectural practice 3XN discusses their revolutionary Quay Qua rter Tower.\n\n\n 25 April 2024\, 6pm to 8pm\n RIBA North\, 21 Mann Isla nd\, Liverpool\, L3 1BP\n talks@riba.org\n RIBA Member/Students/Friend: £3\, General: £5\n\n\n\nBuy tickets\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 2024 RIBA+VitrA ‘Ch allenge: Rethink’ talks series brings together practitioners who are lea ding the way in challenging expectations and rethinking conventional appro aches\, using architecture as a catalyst for positive urban and social cha nge.\n\nOpening the 2024 series\, architect Kim Herforth Nielsen\, founder of Danish architectural practice 3XN\, will discuss their boundary-pushin g Quay Quarter Tower\, known as the world’s first ‘upcycled skyscraper ’ and winner of the World Architecture Festival’s World Building of th e Year. The keynote lecture will outline the research and design processes involved and the ambition behind the most comprehensive transformation pr oject ever completed.\n\nAfter the keynote\, Kim will be joined in convers ation to discuss the impact of this revolutionary milestone project\, an d we invite you to join the conversation in an audience Q&\;A.\n\nKim H erforth Nielsen says: “Quay Quarter Tower is a project about transformat ion: urban\, social\, and environmental. It is now also recognised as the most important transformation project ever completed – one that would no t have been possible without an ambitious client and a great team. Instead of demolishing a building that no longer worked for its users\, we have p rolonged its life and given it new form and character – with its further transformation in mind.”\n\nAbout Kim Herforth Nielsen\n\nSince foundin g the company in 1986\, Kim has been the creative driving force behind 3XN . He functions as the creative director and has overall responsibility for the architectural quality of 3XN's work from the ideas to the final resul t. Working closely with the competition department\, Kim directs the group with a high degree of personal involvement in each project. He has been i nvolved in all of the practice's major projects\, including Quay Quarter T ower\, Sydney Fish Market\, 2 Finsbury Avenue\, Royal Arena\, Denmark's Na tional Aquarium\, the Museum of Liverpool\, Ørestad College\, IOC Headqua rters\, and UN City in Copenhagen.\n\nKim is an Honorary Professor at Aarh us School of Architecture and lectures at universities around the world. F rom 2014-2017 he was appointed chairman of the architecture committee at t he Danish Arts Foundation.\n\nThis RIBA + VitrA event is part of the 'Ch allenge: Rethink' talks series in partnership with VitrA Bathrooms.\n\nTh is partnership reflects a shared commitment to add social\, economic and c ultural value to society\, and VitrA Bathrooms are proud to be supporting such an inspiring programme.\n\nWith innovation at its core\, a global rea ch and a tradition of collaborating with celebrated architects and designe rs\, the VitrA bathroom brand has become a world leader\, synonymous with contemporary sophistication since the mid-1900s.\n\n\n\n\n\nBuy tickets\n\ n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/03/The-Quay-Quarter-Tower-950x700jpg.jpg CATEGORIES:Talks 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:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR