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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

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  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has transformed one of its spaces at RIBA Venues into a ‘Brutalist Playground’ as part of a unique installation exploring the abstract concrete playgrounds that were designed as part of post-war housing estates in the mid-20th century. All visitors and delegates at RIBA Venues are invited to explore it.

The exhibition is part sculpture and part architectural installation and designed for people of all ages to go and play, the Brutalist way. Occupying the entire Architecture Gallery, the immersive landscape is a new commission by Turner Prize nominated design and architecture collective Assemble and the artist Simon Terrill. It explores the abstract concrete playgrounds that were designed as part of post-war housing estates in the mid-twentieth century, but which no longer exist. They became playgrounds unsuitable for play.

The Brutalist Playground is accompanied by a public programme of talks, debates and film screenings as well as workshops and events. It runs until 16 August 2015. Details

RIBA headquarters are located at 66 Portland Place in the centre of London. Facilities for hire include a number of event spaces for conferences, meetings, dinners and receptions. RIBA has a 400 delegate tiered theatre as well as well as three open-air terraces with views across London.

Details: www.ribavenues.com