Shock of the New Seminar

A seminar held in conjunction with English Heritage to explore best practice of modern contemporary design in the historic setting.

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Learning by Design Open Day

Shape East hosted the Learning by Design Open Day for the East of England, which was held at the newly completed South East Essex College.  Open House coordinated the series of Open Days as part of this programme, which is sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills.

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Delivering High Quality Public Art in Cambridge

A one day seminar. Nearly 50 Local Authority Officers and Members, Arts Organisations and Artists attended. Organised by Shape East on behalf of Cambridgeshire Horizons.

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How Places Work

How Places Work is a CABE initiative in partnership with the Architecture Centre Network. It is a programme of educational visits to contemporary inspirational buildings and public spaces for school children.

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Daniel Libeskind and Cambridge Architecture Punt Tours

This was a one off invitation to the public to join Daniel Libeskind, the world famous architect, in conversation with Peter Carl on Thursday 12 July, as part of the International Conference  'In Evidence-witnessing cities and the case of Berlin ' .

To make this a special day, Shape first invited the public to join some of Cambridge's most knowledgeable design professionals on an insiders' punt tour of the iconic buildings along the riverside. They then enjoyed hearing Daniel Libeskind in the award winning Faculty of Law, Foster's signature building, and admired Cambridge University's 'Architectural Zoo', the Sidgwick site.  A jolly good bit of CPD brought to you by Shape!

Professionals paid for their conference seats, which enabled Shape to offer free places to young people interested in the Built Environment.

Shape's New Ecohouse Debuts at Cambridge
The Ecohouse was shown for the first time at The Grafton Centre Cambridge on 8th and 9th January 2007.

The Shape Built Environment Christmas Lecture
Sarah Wigglesworth spoke to an audience of over one hundred built environment professionals and sixth formers at Shape East’s Annual Christmas Lecture held on 27 November 2006 at The Leys Music School, Cambridge.

Introduction to Urban Design
A Workshop for Local Authority Councillors and Officers, December 7th 2006.

Demystifying Sustainable Construction
Local Authority Members, Registered Social Landlords and Tenant Representatives from Cambridge and the sub regions attended an event at the Building Research Establishment in Watford looking at sustainable construction.

How Places Work
How Places Work is a CABE initiative in partnership with the Architecture Centre Network. It is a programme of educational visits to buildings and public spaces for school children. During November and December 2006 young people from schools in the region visited Great Yarmouth Power Station and Cambridge University. More...

Homes take Shape
As part of Architecture Week 2005, Shape presented Organic Houses workshops for Primary children in Cambridge and the surrounding region..

The Design and Historic Environment Champions Network Inaugural Event
The initial event provided a mix of formal presentations by expert speakers, a networking lunch and afternoon breakout sessions to discuss issues that Champions faced and what training they would find useful in the future.

High Density: High Quality?
Design & Historic Environment Champions Network for Local Authority Officers and Members 18th January 2005.

shapeWALKS
shape's free web-based walking guides to Cambridge were launched in the Tourist Information Centre in Cambridge on 21st October 2004.

Total Design
Professionals from across the East of England region attended shape's seminar exploring aspects of the design process from the perspectives of the architect, commissioning client and occupying end-user.

Environmental living in Cambridge: putting ‘dreams’ of the future into practice
Community group Enlinca collaborate with local architects to realise their vision for a better way of living.

Creative Spaces - Netherhall competes for £50,000
Students from Netherhall School & Sixth Form College, Cambridge worked on a submission for the Construction Industry Training Board’s national ‘Creative Spaces’ design competition for 9-14 year-olds. Jan - March 2004.