Title of the Event: The Lighthouse
Venue: Scotland's Centre for Architecture, Design and The City, 11 Mitchell Lane
Glasgow, G1 3NU.
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Web: www.thelighthouse.co.uk
Spanning six floors, The Lighthouse provides an unrivalled opportunity to experience Architecture and Design through a changing programme of exhibitions, education and life long learning, networking, events and initiatives.  The Lighthouse also contains the Mackintosh Centre and Mackintosh Tower with stunning city views, Vitra Conference Suite, The Lighthouse Shop and the doocot, our stylish rooftop café/bar.

Thanks to the support of The Scottish Government every Saturday entrance is free. This means even more of you can now see the wide-ranging exhibitions and enjoy the programme of weekend events. Everyone is welcome and there's lots to do and see:

Building tours - discover the features of The Lighthouse building and its Mackintosh heritage, £5 at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Walking tours - find out more about the extraordinary buildings in city centre Glasgow, £7 at 11am and 3pm.

Top: CFA Voysey’s oak arm chair designed in 1883-5 and made before 1898

Above: Design by Ernest Gimson for a candle sconce 1908.

Title of the Event: Arts and Crafts Museum
Venue: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, GL50 3JT
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Web: www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk 
The website www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk  has been developed to provide access to the nationally-important Arts & Crafts Movement collections.  The subject of the site is the Arts and Crafts Movement, one of Britain’s most inspiring and influential art movements, spanning the 1880s to about 1940. The Arts & Crafts collections at Cheltenham attract visitors from Britain and abroad. Furniture, silver, metalwork, plasterwork, leatherwork, textiles by William Morris and the next generation of designers such as C R Ashbee, C F A Voysey, M H Baillie Scott and Ernest Gimson give a national overview. The breadth of the collections and the needs of our international audience ranging from historical specialists to complete beginners make a website a particularly effective tool for access.  The site is a visual treat and has been planned to be as interactive as possible with real opportunities for users to follow their personal interests through the pages. There are sections on techniques, style, and the Arts & Crafts today as well as a taster of the extensive archives, drawings and designs not normally on view. Artyfacts is geared towards schools and students and includes images that can be downloaded. The site provides a reading list, details of events and exhibitions, places to visit, and listings of contemporary makers and dealers. It can also function as an information exchange point.  This project has been supported by the Designation Challenge Fund funded by MLA, the Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives.

Title of the Event: Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA)
Venue: Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts, EN4 8HT
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Finishing Date: Ongoing
Web: www.moda.mdx.ac.uk
The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) houses one of the most important and comprehensive collections of late nineteenth century and twentieth century decorative design for the home. The collections include wallpaper and textile samples, journals and magazines, trade catalogues, advice manuals and original hand-drawn designs. Collectively they throw light on what homes were like and how people lived in them, and are fascinating resource for the general public, students, academics and design professionals.

Top: Geffrye Museum  Small Mid Century Room

Above: Geffrye Museum Small 1990s room

Title of the Event: The Geffrye Museum
Venue: Kingsland Road,  London,  E2 8EA
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Web: www.geffrye-museum.org.uk
The Geffrye Museum's main displays are comprised of a chronological sequence of period rooms which show English urban middle-class interiors from 1600-2000. This contextual presentation enables the museum to interpret its collections of decorative and fine arts within a social historical framework, exploring home life and style – and the way urbanites lived – over four centuries.   The museum is set in Grade 1 listed 18th century almshouse buildings with a contemporary extension and is surrounded by attractive gardens, including an award-winning walled herb garden and a series of period gardens. 

Title of the Event: Richard Rogers +
Architects - From the House to the City ,
The Design Museum
Venue: Kingsland The Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
Starting Date: 25th April
Finishing Date: 25th August
Web: www.designmuseum.org
The Design Museum, Shad Thames, London SE1 2YD
One of the most influential British architects of our time, Richard Rogers has established himself and his practice at the forefront of today’s architectural culture through such high-profile projects as the Pompidou Centre, the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, the Millennium Dome and the National Assembly for Wales. Richard Rogers – From the House to the City presents a detailed survey of Rogers’ work, from the early years with Norman and Wendy Foster and Su Rogers at Team 4 in the 1960s, designing the Pompidou Centre with Renzo Piano in the 1970s, to the establishment of the Richard Rogers Partnership – now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners – and numerous projects designed by the practice and built throughout the world over the past three decades.

Title of the Event: British Museum
Venue: Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG.
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Web: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Title of the Event: Victoria and Albert Museum
Venue: V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
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Finishing Date: Ongoing
Web: www.vam.ac.uk
Furiture: The collenction at the Victoria and Albert Museum consists of more than 14,000 pieces from Britain, Europe and America, dating from the Middle Ages to the present
day. It is predominantly of furniture but also includes related objects such as architectural
and decorative woodwork, musical instruments, leatherwork, treen and clocks. The collection
also includes complete rooms, some of which are on display in the British Galleries.
Architecture: The V&A has been showing architecture since its foundation and its collection ranges from drawings and photographs to whole rooms. Now the V&A is collaborating with the Royal Institute of British Architects, to bring the RIBA's extraordinary collection of drawings, manuscripts and models to the V&A.
Textiles: The national collection of Textiles covers a period of more than 2000 years. It has a broad geographic range with a particular emphasis on Europe. Most techniques are represented, including woven, printed and embroidered textiles, lace, tapestries and carpets. These are classified by technique, countries of origin and dates of production. Particularly rich areas of the collections are the early silks from the Near East, lace, European tapestries and English medieval church embroidery.

Title of the Event: China Design Now,
Victoria and Albert Museum
Venue: V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Starting Date: 15th March
Finishing Date: 6th July
Web: www.vam.ac.uk
The V&A’s spring exhibition, China Design Now, will be the first in the UK to explore the recent explosion of new design in China and the first to attempt to understand the impact of rapid economic development on architecture and design in China’s major cities. From the 2008 Olympic stadium, and other significant architectural projects, to the latest in fashion and graphics, China Design Now captures a dynamic phase as China opens up to global influences and responds to the hopes and dreams of its new urban middle class.  The exhibition will focus on three rapidly expanding cities – Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. It will display the work of Chinese and international designers, focusing on architecture, fashion and graphic design as well as film, photography, product and furniture design, youth culture and digital media. Around 100 designers are featured, more than ninety five per cent of whom are Chinese.

Title of the Event: ThomasHope, Regency Patron: A Passion for the Antique, Victoria and Albert Museum
Venue: V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Starting Date: 21st March
Finishing Date: 6th July
Web: www.vam.ac.uk
Thomas Hope's important role as an arbiter of design taste in the early 19th century will be explored in this display. Regency furniture designer and collector of art and antiquities, Hope pioneered the Neo-Classical Style in England. His Household Furniture and Decoration (1807) was the style Bible par excellence.  The scope of Hope's influence is shown through sculpture, painting, furniture, interior design, costume, metalwork and silver. The display will include recreations of the interiors from his Duchess Street townhouse - a temple of taste during the Regency period - and will examine Deepdene, his country house and estate in Surrey.

Title of the Event:  Unseen Hands – 100 Years of Structural Engineering
Venue: V&A Museum, London
Starting Date: 17 Mar
Finishing Date: 7 Sep
Web: www.vam.ac.uk
Marking the centenary of the founding of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), this display celebrates the importance of engineering in creating some of the most iconic buildings of the past 100 years. The ambition and ingenuity of these structures is revealed through a variety of media - models, drawings, CAD imagery, video and photographs sourced from all over the world. The display is curated by architectural writer David Littlefield with the support of the IstructE.

Title of the Event: Furniture and Wood
Venue: Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB
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An Irish collection of period furniture during the 18th century with the addition of Neo-Classical pieces.

Title of the Event: Vitra Design Museum
Venue: Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Str. 1, D-79576 Weil am Rhein
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Web:  www.vitra.com

Title of the Event: Architecture and Technology for Intelligent Living
Venue: Norskform DogA, Oslo (Travelling Vitra Design Museum)
Starting Date: 19 Jun
Finishing Date: 24 Aug
Web:  www.vitra.com
The mostly site-specific architectural designs respond to the particular features of the urban or rural environments for which they were conceived yet also simultaneously address demographic and socioeconomic developments with international relevance. These developments are documented in the empirical part of the exhibition with internationally compiled data on the subject of living environments in a graphically attractive presentation. They include the pluralisation and individualisation of lifestyles and the increasing aging of society as well as issues of energy consumption and sustainability. In OPEN HOUSE, architecture does not avail itself of technology for its own sake, but as a means to an end to fulfil the needs and requirements of home occupants.

Title of the Event: Danish Museum of Decorative Art
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Web:  www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk/en
The permanent exhibition at the Danish Museum of Art and Design of 20th century craft and industrial design shows examples of the most striking and innovative works by designers from Denmark and abroad. In addition to the permanent collections, the museum hosts exhibitions of works by contemporary designers, both famous and upcoming, as well exhibitions focusing on specific themes.

Title of the Event: Eileen Gray
Venue: National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History
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Web:  www.museum.ie/decorative
Collins Barracks, Second Floor, South Block, Benburb St, Dublin 7
A permanent exhibition of Eileen Gray, the infamous and influential architect and designer.  This collection spans her work from her experiments with lacquer to her chairs and interiors.  A great source of inspiration for modernism. 

Title of the Event: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Venue: 2 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10128
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Finishing Date: Ongoing
Web:  www.cooperhewitt.org
In the heart of New York city this museum displays a broad range of arts; architecture, textiles, product design, industrial design, wall treatments, graphic design, environmental design and urban design.