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We are thrilled to announce a new event in London in October 2025!
On Thursday, October 2, at 6:30 pm at St James Church in Clerkenwell, London, we will bring together three prominent architects who will talk about their personal experiences and the influences that impacted them as architects in the most important creative periods in their lives:
– Alex de Rijke, dRMM, London, drmmstudio.com
– Eva Jiřičná, AI Design, Prague, www.aidesign.cz
– Tosin Oshinowo, Oshinowo Studio, Lagos, www.oshinowostudio.com
This event is kindly supported by Equitone, JUNG, and Fisher & Paykel.
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Program live
18:00
“Doors open” & Get-Together
19:00 – 19:10
Welcome
19:10-21:00
Speakers (20-minute talk & 10-minute interview)
21:00 – 21:20
Round table discussion & Q&A
21:20 – 23:00
Get-Together & Fingerfood
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The event venue
Silent Green Kulturquartier is an event venue and independent project that has found a unique home in Berlin in the historic premises of the former crematorium in Wedding. The heart of silent green is the Kuppelhalle, with its 17 meter tall dome. The architectural layout, pyramid-shaped mansard roof, and the historical terrazzo floor of the hall make it a distinctive venue that instantly turns every event into an extraordinary experience.
About the Speakers
Alex de Rijke is a founding Director of dRMM, having established the practice in 1995 with Philip Marsh and Sadie Morgan. He is a design champion at dRMM, responsible for the concept, construction and delivery of our timber projects. Alex conducts ongoing research into contemporary materials, technologies and methods of construction. Having introduced softwood CLT (cross laminated timber), to the UK with groundbreaking work at Kingsdale School, London and Naked House, Oslo in 2006, Alex invented, in collaboration with AHEC and ARUP, the world’s first cross laminated hardwood timber for Endless Stair in 2013, dRMM’s London Design Festival installation at Tate Modern. De Rijke is an outspoken critic of the global problem of embodied carbon-heavy materials and building methods that are the default of the construction industry. He was appointed as the first ever Professor of Timber Architecture at TU Delft in 2023. De Rijke was Dean of Architecture at the Royal College of Art and Professor of the Masters programme from 2011-2015, instigating a new culture of making and prototyping. He has served on the Major of London’s design advisory panel, and continues to contribute to design discussions at universities and institutions such as RIBA, ARCAM (Architecture Centre Amsterdam), the Milan Salone del Mobile and The Plan ‘Perspective’ conferences.
Eva Jiřičná is one of the most prominent figures in both Czech and international architecture. Her work is defined by a refined aesthetic, technical precision, and a profound understanding of space. She was born on March 3, 1939, in Zlín and moved to Prague with her parents at the age of four. She studied architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague and later continued her education at the Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Jaroslav Fragner. She began her professional career in 1967 at the Institute for Housing and Clothing Culture. Since 1999, Eva Jiřičná has also been active in the Czech Republic, where she co-founded the architectural studio AI DESIGN with architect Petr Vágner. Under this name, the practice has delivered a number of important projects—including Hotel Josef in the centre of Prague, the Orangery in the Royal Gardens of Prague Castle, and an extensive educational and cultural campus in Zlín, comprising the Tomas Bata University Library, a cultural and congress centre, and the Faculty of Humanities. For many years, Eva Jiřičná was also dedicated to teaching and she is a recipient of the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, a Royal Designer for Industry, an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from both the Czech Ministry of Culture and the London Design Festival. In 2024, she was awarded the Order of the White Lion, the highest state honour of the Czech Republic.
Tosin Oshinowo is a Lagos-based Nigerian architect and the principal and founder of Oshinowo Studio, established in 2013. She has worked on several civic, commercial, and residential projects throughout Nigeria and is renowned for her socially responsive approach to architecture, design, and urbanism. Oshinowo’s key designs include a project with the United Nations Development Programme to build a new community in northern Nigeria for a village displaced by Boko Haram, the Maryland Mall in Lagos, and Adidas’ flagship store in West Africa. Her work demonstrates a strong interest in architectural history while embodying a contemporary perspective on African design and innovation. Her curatorial work focuses primarily on concerns of culture and identity, embodying a contemporary perspective of urbanism in the global South. She co-curated the second Lagos Biennial in 2019 and curated the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial in 2023. Her research project, Alternative Urbanism: Self-organising Lagos Markets, received a special mention award at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale. Oshinowo is a registered architect in the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Before founding Oshinowo Studio, she worked in the offices of Skidmore Owings & Merrill in London, the Office of Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam, and James Cubitt Architects in Lagos. She is a 2025 Loeb Fellow at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.