4 X 4 Series (2025 Edition) – Week 1

The Leeds Society of Architects, in conjunction with Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Civic Trust and RIBA, are excited to announce the return of the popular 4 X 4 talk series following an extremely successful and positive re-launch, 2024, due to be held across four Thursday evenings in February & March 2025.

Each evening will be chaired by four expert hosts, who will lead Q&A sessions with each and everyone of this year's sixteen brilliant speakers. For this year's series attendees will hear about the relationship the Built Environment, Architecture & Development has on People & Place, in the City of Leeds and further afield.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all the chairs and speakers already confirmed (in alphabetical order):

Andrew Edwards, Angela Barnicle (Leeds City Council), Anzir Boodoo (ACAN - Architect's Climate Action Network), Emma Bearman (Playful Anywhere), Grant Prescott (Buttress Architects), Hannah Thompson (Re-Form Landscape), Ian Emmerson (Carey Jones Chapman Tolcher), Jonathan Wilson (Citu), Oliver Wainwright (The Guardian), Peg Alexander, Shanaz Gulzar (Bradford 2025), Richmal Wigglesworth (Sheppard Robson)

Please note, we are working hard to finalise each evening's schedule of speakers, which will be confirmed and each eventbrite updated in due course.

The event is in person and free, everyone is welcome to attend, we’d love to see as many in attendance as possible, please reserve a spot so we can keep track of the number of attendees. Each evening will run for approximately 2 hours, with an opportunity to discuss the themes heard during the evening and network afterwards.

The venue for all four evenings is: Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Way, Leeds, LS1 3PB.

Please arrive promptly at 5:00pm, as the first speaker is due to begin at 5:30pm. The talks will draw to a close between 7:30 / 8pm, with networking to run until 8:45 / 9pm.

Please be aware, the ticket reserved on this page is for Week 1: Thursday 6th February. To attend the other evenings within the series, please follow the Eventbrite links below.

Event program:

• Week 1: Thursday 6th February
• Week 2: Thursday 13th February (Eventbrite Ticket Link)
• Week 3: Thursday 27th February (Eventbrite Ticket Link)
• Week 4: Thursday 6th March (Eventbrite Ticket Link)

Please note due to changes at the venue we unfortunately won't be able to film each evening, as we did with 2024's edition of the series last year. Therefore the only way to enjoy the event is to attend in person!

To avoid disappointment, we encourage everyone to secure their tickets ASAP, as tickets sold out ahead of each evening in 2024.

We look forward to seeing you there,

Luke

LSA President

*Please note in reserving a free ticket you agree to be contacted by the evening’s partners, sponsors and added to the LSA Mailing List.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Leeds School of Arts, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Way, Leeds, United Kingdom