{"id":1151,"date":"2026-08-25T10:12:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthdoor.org\/ongoing\/?p=1151"},"modified":"2026-08-25T19:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:25:23","slug":"fourth-door-at-omved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthdoor.org\/ongoing\/?p=1151","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Door at OmVed"},"content":{"rendered":"

OmVed Gardens \u2013 photo OmVed Gardens<\/sup><\/p>\n

Fourth Door at OmVed<\/h3>\n

Barn Conversation: Transformational Timber<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>– <\/strong>the return of wood as a key 21st Century architectural and building material.<\/p>\n

Thu 17<\/em> Sep 2026<\/em>6:30 PM<\/em> – 8:30 PM<\/em> OmVed Gardens, N6 5JF map<\/a><\/p>\n

A\u00a0Barn Conversation hosted by Fourth Door<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With Oliver Lowenstein<\/strong>, from Fourth Door, in conversation with\u00a0Liam Dewar<\/strong>, Eurban, and Steve Johnson<\/strong>, The Architectural Ensemble,\u00a0exploring this contemporary turn to timber across the sustainable building world.<\/p>\n

Come and be part of the conversation.<\/p>\n

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About the speakers<\/h3>\n

Liam Dewar, Founding Director, Eurban <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Elephant Place, phase 1, Elephant & Castle \u2013 specialist timber engineering and construction Eurban \u2013 photo Eurban<\/sup><\/p>\n

Liam Dewar is a specialist in mass timber construction.<\/p>\n

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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 J\u00fcrg Conzett prior to co-founding Eurban<\/a> in 2003.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n

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Steve Johnson, the Architectural Ensemble<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Flimwell Park Focal Building \u2013 photo Steve Johnson<\/sup><\/p>\n

Steve Johnson<\/a> is an American architect who has made London his home since studying at the Architectural Association in 1985.<\/p>\n

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Johnson worked at Edward Cullinan Architects, where he was project architect for the Downland Gridshell<\/a> 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<\/a> in Flimwell, East Sussex and most recently the mixed-use Flimwell Park<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n

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Oliver Lowenstein, <\/strong>Fourth Door<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Oliver Lowenstein is a writer and the editor of the award-winning cultural review magazine, Fourth Door Review<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>He also runs Annular<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> Fourth Door\u2019s wood and timber culture site.<\/p>\n

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Lowenstein is founder of Fourth Door, the green cultural platform, including Fourth Door Books<\/a>, the research network, Fourth Door Research<\/a>, (including Cycle Stations Project <\/em>and Roots Architecture) <\/em>and Fourth Door\u2019s Unstructured<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n

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Vennesla library, Norway by Helen & Hard Arkitektur \u2013 photo Helen & Hard<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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