Infrastructure discussion at the V&A Museum in London

The V&A Museum in UK capital London will be the venue for an important lecture by Martin Knight of Knight Architects. The event will be called Beyond the Bridge and will be held on Thursday 14th July, from 18.00–22.00 at the Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre in the V&A Museum.
July 12, 2016 Read time: 1 min

The V&A Museum in UK capital London will be the venue for an important lecture by Martin Knight of Knight Architects. The event will be called Beyond the Bridge and will be held on Thursday 14th July, from 18.00–22.00 at the Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre in the V&A Museum. The forms part of the V&A Engineering Season and is supported by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The event brings together world leaders in the fields of architecture, engineering and economics to debate the role of infrastructure as a catalyst for urban regeneration. The event will look at case studies from around the world, with a focus on the Hassan II Bridge, a winner of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. The experts talking at the event include Knight of Knight Architecture, with discussions covering best practices and future challenges of infrastructure development.

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