PUBLIC LECTURES & EXHIBITIONS

As part of our mission to operate as a centre for international architectural discourse, education, and research in Paris, and in addition to its pedagogical programmes, the Institute offers a vibrant series of public events, lecture series, and exhibitions.

Details of past and future events can be found below.

The summer programme of lectures and events is open to all those interested in Architecture, Art, and Design. Lectures start at 7pm, and exhibitions are open from 10am - 6pm, except where otherwise indicated.

SUMMER EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Exhibition - Architectural Institute Show 2025
Thursday 19th June, 6pm - 1am - Opening Night
Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd June, 10am - 7pm

SHOW 2025 is the Institute’s annual end of year exhibition, showcasing work from each student at the school. The Show is both an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the academic year, as well as to provoke and promote discourse with the wider public. The projects presented practice research by design. They explore the complex and contradictory world around us, analysing key shifts in thinking, the cultural context in which architecture operates, the role of science and technology, studies of human behaviour, demographic identities, environmental shifts. They serve to provoke wider debate within the profession and with the public through critical speculation, making their authors active in shaping the future.
@Architectural Institute Show, 61 Rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris

Exhibition - Linas Katinas / Deima Katinaitė
23rd June - 6th September 2025

Linas Katinas was a Lithuanian painter whose works are held posthumously in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Centre in Paris.  Daime Katinaitė is still practicing in Vilnius where she also teaches painting.  Their works span the period from Soviet occupation of the Baltic States until the present day.
@Architectural Institute, 117 rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris

Past Events

Public Lecture - Moreau Kusunoki
Thursday 5th June 2025, 7pm

The architecture of Moreau Kusunoki is rooted in the cultural duality of their origins. This creative reconciliation is expressed in the constant interplay of scales in space and time, in a gentle oscillation between reason and intuition. They design in the belief that architecture is best conceived in reserve and introspection, allowing for the emergence of poetic visions towards an architectural ‘in-between’: undefined spaces creating the potential for new meaning and personal experiences through user appropriation.
@Architectural Institute, 117 rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris

The Architectural Institute School of Architecture Autumn 2024 public lecture series was entitled Between Domains.

The staff, students, and all those interested in Architecture and Design are invited to join us for our public lecture series, the Institute’s bar opens at 6:30pm and lectures start at 7pm.

THE ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES - AUTUMN 2024 - “BETWEEN DOMAINS”

Lecture 1 - Thursday 3rd October 2024, 6pm
Mariabruna Fabrizi — Socks Studio / Paris Est
“The Form of Information"
@AI-SOAP Pop-Up, 30 rue des Envierges, 75020 Paris

Lecture 2 - Thursday 10th October 2024, 7pm
André Patrão — ETH Zurich
"Wittgenstein, according to Engelmann: how an architect made his friend’s philosophy understood"
@Architectural Institute School of Architecture, 117 rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris

Lecture 3 - Thursday 24th October 2024, 7pm
Maria Fedorchenko — Architectural Association
"The Expanded Project: Between Urban and Disciplinary Contexts"
@Architectural Institute School of Architecture, 117 rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris

Lecture 4 - Thursday 7th November 2024, 7pm
Amy Thomas — TU Delft
"The City in the City: Architecture and Change in London’s Financial District"
@Architectural Institute School of Architecture, 117 rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris

Lecture 5 / Book Launch - Thursday 5th December 2024, 7pm
José Aragüez, in conversation with Cecil Barnes — José Aragüez Architects / Architectural Institute / Yale University "Dispositional Intelligence"
@Architectural Institute School of Architecture, 117 rue Lamarck, 75018 Paris

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