DANIEL ELSEA

Daniel Elsea is a Partner at Allies and Morrison, an urbanist, and a design journalist. Previously co-chair of the Council of the Van Alen Institute in New York, he sits on the Sustainable Urban Development Advisory Committee at The University of Oxford and is the co-author of Complex City: London's Changing Character, published by RIBA in partnership with Historic England. His writings on architecture and visual culture have been published in Art Review, Dezeen, The Wall Street Journal, and The World of Interiors. He is co-leading Allies and Morrison's Barbican Renewal project for the City of London, and the redesign of Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street, and Haymarket for The Crown Estate and City of Westminster.

LEARNING FROM THE BARBICAN

The Barbican, designed by Chamberlin Powell and Bon and built between 1965-82, is the original mixed-use development with residential, recreational, and cultural facilities alongside a lake and landscaping, conservatory, and high-rise housing, a Brutalist island in the ancient Square Mile of London. In his talk, 'Learning from the Barbican', Daniel, former assistant to Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, will discuss how A&M’s Barbican Renewal project is grounded in the process of 'learning from' to uncover and celebrate the original architectural vision to provide new opportunities for a diverse community of partners, artists, and audiences.  

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