Fourth Space invited Zoë to speak at their Negroni talk #9, titled I’m So Bored With the RIBA: Irrelevance Institutionalised?
The talk was based upon the notion that the RIBA, as a touchstone of British architecture, should be listening to valid criticisms from its members and those outside.
Helen Parton, journalist Chaired the discussion, with panel Elsie Owusu OBE, RIBA Council National, Russell Curtis, RCka, Stephanie Edwards, Urban Symbiotics/ RIBA Londo and Zoë Berman Studio Berman/ Part W Collective.
The discussion considered the premise "Everyone loves taking a swipe at the RIBA. Either it's out of date, too bureaucratic, too ineffective, too expensive, too London centric and lacking diversity or all of the above. Yet with 44,000 members, the RIBA falls into the same difficulty as other British institutions such as the BBC and NHS and being so large that it's an impossible task to keep everyone happy... But as a touchstone of British architecture surely it should be listening to valid criticisms from members and those outside?"
The event was hosted at Ombra, London.
Negroni talk #9 at Fourth Space
Elsie Owusu, panellist discussion
