QUAD celebrates 175 years of Royal Institute of British Architects

QUAD in Derby is hosting a special event which celebrates this year's 175th Anniversary of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).

To mark this milestone, QUAD architects Feilden Clegg Bradley studios will be at QUAD to lead a free tour of the building on Monday 30th November 2009 at 6:00pm. The tour will be followed by a presentation by Feilden Clegg Bradley studios at 7:00pm.

The evening of architectural focus will be completed by a specially selected film screening of Dark City (15) at 8:30pm. Dark City (15) is an ambitious sci-fi noir, with rich production design and a dense, Kafkaesque concept.

John Murdoch awakes in an icy bathtub in a strange room - with a woman's dead body nearby, but can't remember how he got there. Wanted for a series of brutal murders, he has no memories and his beautiful wife has gone. The key to his mystery is the presence of ‘the Strangers’, who are experimenting with the memories of the humans in his city. The film also screens on Tuesday 1st December at 6:20pm.

Cinema tickets are: £6.00 full price (£5.00 concessions) For more information and to book tickets, please contact QUAD Box office on 01332 290606, or see the QUAD website: www.derbyquad.co.uk/whats-on/cinema-listings  

QUAD Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley studios, were winners of The RIBA Stirling prize, an annual architectural competition made in association with the Architects' Journal, in October 2008. QUAD was awarded first prize by Derby Civic Society in the New Build category of the George Larkin Brighter City Of Derby Awards in February 2009.

For more information or to book places for the RIBA events in QUAD, contact QUAD Box office on: 01332 290606 or go to www.derbyquad.co.uk.