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MArch History and Theory Guest Lecture Series: “Dreams + Disillusions” by CJ Lim and Luke Angers | Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 18:00 in M416 (Robin Evans Room)

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WHEN: Thursday, 13th of March 2025 at 6pm

WHERE: M416 (Robin Evans Room), Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS

CJ Lim and Luke Angers lecture will be based on their recent book, Dreams + Disillusions:

“Dreams + Disillusions explores the plethora of ideas and ideologies that have shaped and reshaped architecture and cities. Its research fluctuates between the world of concrete reality and the multiple universes that exist in lucid prose, poetic visions, and the outrageous imaginations of history’s (in)famous minds. The six chapters reveal architectural stories of urban lives, gender equality, spatial and social justice; exploring how dreams, whether shaped by circumstance, manipulation, or planned perfection, dreams can sometimes be left disillusioned. With 18 illustrated speculative case studies and over 150 drawings, the book presents an abundance of curious imaginings, diverse provocations and satirical criticism.”

Copies of the book will be available for purchase after the lecture at a discounted price of £20 each (cash only).

CJ Lim is the Professor of Architecture & Urbanism at the Bartlett, UCL. Continuing his passion for architectural storytelling, Dreams + Disillusions is his 12th authored book, and has claimed the number one spot on Routledge’s 2024 Annual Bestsellers List, making it his 6th book to achieve this distinction.

Luke Angers is an architect and author. He has a long-standing interest in the spatial narratives of urbanism and landscape. 

Architecture History + Theory Guest Lecture: CJ Lim “Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes,” Thursday, February 27, Robin Evans Room (M416), Marylebone Campus, 18:30

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When: Thursday, 27th of February, 18:30

Where: Robin Evans Room (M416), Marylebone Campus

The Thursday evening guest lecture series continues this week with a lecture by Bartlett professor of Architecture and Urbanism, CJ Lim. The lecture will outline his new book, Smartcities, Resilient Landscapes and Eco-warriors.

The book represents a crucial voice in the discourse of climate change and the potential opportunities to improve the ecological function of existing habitats or create new landscapes which are considered beneficial to local ecology and resilience. The notion of the Smartcity is developed through a series of international case studies, some commissioned by government organisations, others speculative and polemic. Following on from the success of the first edition ‘Smartcities + Eco-Warriors’ (2010), this second edition has nine new case studies, and additional ecological sustainability studies covering the romance of trees.  

CJ Lim is the Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bartlett, UCL. His teaching and design research focus are on multi-disciplinary innovative interpretations of social, political, and environmental sustainability programmes in urban planning, architecture and landscape. He is the recipient of the Royal Academy of Arts London ‘Grand Architecture Prize’. His authored books include ‘Smartcities + Eco-warriors’ (2010), ‘Short Stories: London in two-and-a-half Dimensions’ (2011), ‘Food City’ (2014) and ‘Inhabitable Infrastructures: Science fiction or urban future?’ (2017).