How to See - A Focused WalkSun 17 Aug | 1pmMeet at •nook• gallery, 25c Institute Road, Kings Heath B14 7EGA forensic exploration of Kings Heath’s side streets with high design intrigue, detective work and getting the best of your surroundings. Hostile ArchitectureSat 23 Aug | 11am Meet: King Alfred's Place, Centenary Square B1 2DRInvestigating the public realm for the subtle elements that are designed to restrict civic behaviour. What Was Lost Sun 24 Aug | 1pmMeet: Stone Galleon, 234 Bradford Street, Deritend B12 0NFExpect to encounter remnants of signs, design details, decorative features, pubs, shops, manufactured goods and, of course, Duran Duran. Boj JobSat 30 Aug | 11amMeet: King Edward’s Place, Birmingham B1 2DYAn architect friend called it 'The Birmingham Effect'; the cut corners and quick fixes that are at the expense of a harmonious and integrated city. The Arc in ArchitectureSat 6 Sept | 1pmMeet: Chinese Pagoda, Holloway Circus, Birmingham B1 1EG ‘…rotund and curvaceous forms have appeared in Birmingham architecture through the centuries.’ Type UpSun 7 Sept | 11am SOLD OUTMeet: King Edward’s Place, Birmingham B1 2DY‘Think of fonts as clothes for words.’ Grand RoundFri 12 Sept | Sun 21 SeptMeet: Hospital Street, Birmingham B19 3SADr James Burgess’ guided tour of key places in the development of medicine and medical education in the city. The Game’s AfootSat 13 Sept | 11amMeet: Children’s Hospital, Steelhouse Lane B4 6NHThe clues that reveal Sherlock Holmes’ presence in Birmingham. Beacons of the FutureSun 14 Sept Postponed to Sun 28 SeptMeet: Byron Road, Small Heath B10 0EWThere is a beguiling beauty to these bizarre-looking towers: ‘Birmingham Gothic’. Relics of New StreetMon 15 + Tue 16 Sept | 11amMeet: Waterstones, 24-26 High Street B4 7SLOld meets New, on this short but packed survey of the lesser-noticed design artefacts of the city’s most familiar street. What Was Lost Wed 17 Sept | postponed Sun 5 Oct | 1pmMeet: Stone Galleon, 234 Bradford Street B12 0NFA meditation on the surviving slivers of archaeological evidence that tell an intriguing, if invisible, Birmingham story—a city noted for its losses. Centring On Civic Thu 18 Sept | 2 30 + 5 30pmMeet: The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square B1 2DRAn exploration of Civic Gospel as it represented in 19th- and 21st-century ideals. Being John Baskerville Fri 19 Sept | 12 30pm SOLD OUT waiting listMeet: Entrance to St Martin-in-the-Bullring B5 5BB‘John Baskerville is Birmingham’s great lost hero’. ‘Anchors Aweigh!’Sun 21 Sept | 3pm SOLD OUT! waiting listSat 27 Sept | 1pm Meet: Hall of Memory, Centenary Square B1 2HF‘Anchors Aweigh!’ charts a meandering course round Birmingham-on-Sea, sifting through the flotsam and jetsam of the city’s unexpected nautical heritage.
