It is inevitable to compare the way one perceives the future at different stages of life. What initiates our desire to think about the future? What did the future mean in different eras and in context with past events?

The future has an ever-changing face, based on the experience we acquire along the way. We have to learn from nature and adapt our views with the ever-increasing responsibilities to save our planet, changing our opinions on aesthetics and taking into account the influence of research and innovation. In her inaugural lecture, renowned architect and Visiting Professor Eva Jiricna will go through examples of her practice's work and ponder the meaning of the future.

Biography

Eva Jiricna is a Czech-born architect who has been based in London for over 30 years. Her career in the UK started at the Greater London Council, before moving on to the Louis de Soissons Partnership and then the Richard Rodgers Partnership, where she was responsible for interior design packages for the Lloyd's of London headquarters. With Jan Kaplicky and his practice Future Systems, Eva designed the Way In store at Harrods, an award-winning scheme that influenced a generation of retail interiors, and which enabled her to start her own practice.

Eva Jiricna Architects is a multidisciplinary architectural and design practice with an international portfolio of residential, commercia an retail interiours; furniture, products and exhibitions; and private and public buildings. The practice is at the forefront of innovation in form and technology; clients include the Victoria & Albert Museum, Harrods, Selfridges and Prague Castle.

Over the last decade, Eva's contribution to architecture and design has won her numerous accolades. She has a CBE, was elected as a Royal Academician by the Royal Academy of Arts, is a Royal Designer for Industry and is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Eva lectures internationally, holds honorary doctorates and professorships at several universities and sits on international juries.

Programme:
6pm         Drinks and canapes
6.30pm    Lecture followed by buffet supper

Please RSVP if you would like to attend this event by Tuesday 2nd March. Please contact Hilary Sutherland on hilary.sutherland@ntu.ac.uk or 0115 848 8278