THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Further information about this cancellation will be posted in due course. The Council is proposing to enter into an arrangement with Standard Life whereby the Brighton Centre would be demolished to make way for an expansion of the Churchill Square shopping complex and a new 10,000-seater arena would be built at Black Rock. However, few details have been made public. The Society is assembling a panel of interested parties to discuss whether these projects are…

Capability Brown is often hailed as the great master of the 18th C. English landscaping. And yet there are some who regard his work as formulaic and others who consider him to have been a vandal. John Phibbs will discuss this dichotomy. John Phibbs is a landscape historian. He is a respected garden historian who specialises in the restoration of historic landscapes and is the author of two new books on Brown: “Capability Brown – Designing the English Landscape” (Rizzoli,…

Launching our latest website project: historic prints The Regency Society has been working with Steve Myall and the Society of Brighton Print Collectors on a new website of Regency and Victorian Prints of Brighton and Hove. As a result we will soon be able to launch it. We will demonstrate the site this evening at the Keep. The new site contains several hundred prints from the 1780s to the 1890s. Some are well known, others very rare. It will be…

Thity years after the sudden eruption of what came to known as ‘Postmodernism’, this movement is attracting a fresh round of critical interest. Kate Jordan’s reflective talk will serve as an introduction to a major exhibition on Postmodernism which will take place later in 2018 at the John Soane Museum. Kate Jordan is an architectural historian and lecturer in the University of Westminster. She was elected a trustee of the Regency Society in April 2017. Images: top: Pumping station at…

Nicola Westbury is an architect and Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings scholar who specialises on the conservation of historic buildings. She is currently working with the Churches Conservation Trust on the restoration of a number of Downland churches, including the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Warminghurst and St. Botulphs. Nicola will discuss the particular problems that such restoration work involves. Image shows the interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Warminghurst Add this event to…

Nic Hoar gave up law for a career in architecture and, after studying at the University of Brighton and University College London, joined the Brighton practice of RH Partnership in which he is now a partner. Nic will describe the design of three hospices with which he has been closely associated and will discuss the characteristics of a caring environment. Add this event to your electronic diary

...and choosing the five worst! Paul Zara is a partner in the Brighton arm of Conran+Partners and has been involved in such projects as the refurbishment of Saltdean Lido and Embassy Court. As the chair of RIBA Sussex he has promoted the publication of a map of Brighton’s fifty best buildings of the 20th century. The map will serve as a guide to architecture in Brighton and Hove from the past century. Paul will introduce the map. Then, after drinks and canapés,…

Piers Gough was born in Brighton. He is a partner in the successful practice of CZWG and presented the TV series “The Shock of the Old”. He is renowned for his unorthodox views on architecture. After delivering a eulogy to ‘Brighton Style’ he will be joined by Regency Society Vice-President and former Brighton Festival director Gavin Henderson in a discussion with the audience. Drinks will be served. An entrance fee will be charged. Add this event to your electronic diary: