Join us for the Global Architecture Exchanges, an online series of talks brought to you by the RIBA and other professional institutes of architects from across the world*.

Through an online series of fast paced presentations, we will be exploring three topics, delivered through four sessions between October and December. Find out how challenges are dealt with in different parts of the world.

Topic 1: Circular Architecture (retrofit): how do other countries respond?

How do architects in other parts of the world respond to the challenge of retrofitting? How to make it work long term and make it fit for purpose, especially in the current efforts to tackle climate change?

Join us on Tuesday 27 October 7:00 GMT and listen from speakers from the UK; Ireland; China; Japan; South Korea; Australia; New Zealand. The session will be followed by a Q&A.

*These events are brought to you by the Royal Institute of British Architects; the American Institute of Architects; the Australian Institute of Architects; the Architectural Society of China; the Council of Architecture and Urbanism in Brazil; the Japan Institute of Architects; the Korean Institute of Architects; the New Zealand Institute of Architects; and the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

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Circular architecture (retrofit): how do other countries respond?-Session 1