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Ken Worpole: writer and environmentalist
Ken Worpole is one of Britain’s most influential writers on architecture, landscape and public policy issues. He has an Honorary Doctorate from Middlesex University, and is a Senior Professor at The Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University.
He has served on the UK government Urban Green Spaces Task Force, and has been an adviser to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
His principal concerns are with the planning and design of new urban landscapes, the renewal of public institutions – including parks, libraries, cemeteries and green space networks – as well as the pleasures and democracy of life in the open air.
For lecturing purposes you can contact him at worpole@blueyonder.co.uk.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
London: The Soul of the Streets, Thursday 23 May 2013, 7pm. Ken Worpole will chair an event, with writer Iain Sinclair and film-maker Andrea Zimmerman to discuss the work of Austrian photographer and film-maker, Hubert Blanz, whose exhibition, Homeseekers, is currently on display. Includes a screening of an extract from Andrea Zimmerman's film, Estate: a reverie.
Austrian Cultural Foundation, 28 Rutland Gate, London SW7 1PQ. Admission free, but booking is advised.
www.acflondon.org
From Limehouse to Stepney, London Fiction from the East End, Thursday 30th May, 7pm. Speakers: Andrew Whitehead, Ken Worpole and Anne Witchard - editor and contributors to London Fictions, from Victorian times to modern times. Tickets £5, redeemable against any book purchase on the night. Includes refreshments. Brick Lane Bookshop,166 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU. Limited spaces, book early! www.bricklanebookshop.org
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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION
Contemporary Library Architecture: a planning and design guide Ken Worpole 
This new book - based on case studies of nearly thirty new public and academic libraries built since 2000 - will be published by Routledge on 25 April 2013.
It describes the transformation of the library in the digital age from one of 'collection to connection'. While book-lending and book reference remain the heart of the library identity, public access to online information and resources, along with the provision of meeting rooms, lounge areas, and programmes of cultural events, are turning the city centre and university library into new kind of urban salon and meeting place.
Because the library is trusted, and free for all to use, its role in the commercialised environment of many towns and cities is becoming even more important as a beacon of civic values. Public library users are getting younger, more cosmopolitan, and architects are having to design places that meet a variety of social and intellectual needs in a dynamic and attractive environment.
The author looks at some of the best new libraries in the UK and beyond, and will be illustrated with more than 150 photographs. |
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