On Tuesday 03 March we delivered our 2nd Urban Lecture in collaboration with GO Southampton – ‘City as Urban Room’ at the Barclays Eagle LAB with the expert input of Rupert Cook Director of Architecture PLB and Piers Taylor of Invisible Studio. Rupert delivered a deeply rich insight into his family ties to Southampton and an insight into the design process for the recent Sports building for Solent University, which draws on the rich Urban grain of previous City layouts. Piers gave a wonderfully inspiring talk reviewing city life and what constitutes a truly sustainable city, way of life and home, whilst drawing on and using examples of his own social architecture and Urban rooms.

I would like to thank Barclays Eagle Lab, for throwing open their doors and organising the evening and to Rupert + Piers for their hugely inspiring talks.