Serious Fun at the University of Surrey

Date: 15 May 2008

Venue Name: School of Management Lecture Theatre

Location: GU2 7XH View Map

Email: p.la@surrey.ac.uk

Telephone: 01483 689167

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The University of Surrey and The Guildford Society cordially invite members of the media to the Annual Architecture Lecture to be held at 7.30 p.m. on Thursday, 15 May at the School of Management Lecture Theatre. 

The lecture will be given by Professor Chris Wise, Co-Founder of Expedition Engineering, who will give a talk entitled 'Serious Fun'.

Chris is one of a new generation of built environment designers. Through his personal leadership he has helped develop ground-breaking projects with some of the best international architects and environmental engineers.  In 1998 he co-founded Expedition Engineering, which has become a deliberate and ongoing experiment into the role of the 21st century engineer.  Technically advanced and innovative projects have included: the pioneering Commerzbank in Frankfurt, the Communication Tower for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Stirling Prize-winning American Air Museum at Duxford, the Millennium Bridge and Italy's tallest building, the 220m Sanpaolo Bank HQ (with Renzo Piano).

An exhibition with supporting material from Expedition Engineering will be shown in the atrium of the School of Management on the evening of the lecture and will then transfer to the Lewis Elton Gallery until Thursday
05 June.