Fourth Door at OmVed
OmVed Gardens – photo OmVed Gardens
Fourth Door at OmVed
Barn Conversation: Transformational Timber – the return of wood as a key 21st Century architectural and building material.
Thu 17 Sep 20266:30 PM – 8:30 PM OmVed Gardens, N6 5JF map
A Barn Conversation hosted by Fourth Door
With Oliver Lowenstein, from Fourth Door, in conversation with Liam Dewar, Eurban, and Steve Johnson, The Architectural Ensemble, exploring this contemporary turn to timber across the sustainable building world.
Come and be part of the conversation.
About the speakers
Liam Dewar, Founding Director, Eurban
Elephant Place, phase 1, Elephant & Castle – specialist timber engineering and construction Eurban – photo Eurban
Liam Dewar is a specialist in mass timber construction.
In more detail
Born in Edinburgh, he studied at the University of Bath and worked in the offices of German architect Karljosef Schattner, Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, and Swiss engineer Jürg Conzett prior to co-founding Eurban in 2003.
Steve Johnson, the Architectural Ensemble
Flimwell Park Focal Building – photo Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson is an American architect who has made London his home since studying at the Architectural Association in 1985.
In more detail
Johnson worked at Edward Cullinan Architects, where he was project architect for the Downland Gridshell building at the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex. Johnson opened The Architecture Ensemble in 2002 to specialise in timber design and construction and has been involved in several private and community projects including a series of industrial timber projects at the Woodland Enterprise Centre in Flimwell, East Sussex and most recently the mixed-use Flimwell Park woodland development (image above). These projects have helped nurture networks re-building communications between timber suppliers, processors, fabricators, designers and builders to help advance the use of local timber within the construction industry. He has taught at various architecture schools, including at present, The Bartlett, London.
Oliver Lowenstein, Fourth Door
Oliver Lowenstein is a writer and the editor of the award-winning cultural review magazine, Fourth Door Review. He also runs Annular, Fourth Door’s wood and timber culture site.
In more detail
Lowenstein is founder of Fourth Door, the green cultural platform, including Fourth Door Books, the research network, Fourth Door Research, (including Cycle Stations Project and Roots Architecture) and Fourth Door’s Unstructured website. He has worked as a curator, researcher and consultant, written for the architecture, design and environmental press and taught in design and architectural departments including at Falmouth School of Art, and Southbank and Brighton Universities.
Vennesla library, Norway by Helen & Hard Arkitektur – photo Helen & Hard