What’s On?
Engineering Change: Women Shaping the Built Environment
6pm, Wednesday 28 October
Wallacespace Spitalfields, 15 Artillery Ln, London E1 7HA
What does it mean to be a woman in engineering and the wider built environment, and how can we create a sector where everyone has a seat at the table?
Price & Myers and The Engineering Club are bringing together voices from across the industry to explore the experiences, challenges and opportunities shaping women's careers and to open up a wider conversation about inclusion, allyship and the part we all play in driving change.
Through a series of short presentations followed by open discussion, our speakers will reflect on their own paths through architecture and engineering - the milestones, the pivots, the moments that shaped the way forward - while raising the questions they believe deserve to be tackled head-on.
To ensure that everyone who wishes to take part in this important conversation can attend, parents are welcome to bring their children if necessary.
Speakers
· Jane Wernick, engineersHRW
· Hayley Jackson, Coffey
· Elizabeth Smith, Purcell
· Charlotte Garven, Price & Myers
· Petra Rodrigues, Max Fordham
Moderators
· Sarah Baigent, Structural Engineer, Price & Myers
· Floss Willcocks, The Engineering Club / COWI
Nature-Focused Design Workshop
Asking, Looking, Playing, and Making
The nature-focused design process workshop will take place in Tonkin Liu studio, and will be led by Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu.
The workshop will introduce a process that crafts a specific placemaking story for every new project. The staged process links the technical outcome to the unique circumstances of nature people, and the place that makes each project particular.
The interactive workshop will demonstrate how the storytelling tools of riddle, quest, archetype and script deliver technical solutions that resonate with place. The workshop will supply teams of attendees with riddles and quests for an exploratory form-finding exercise. The hands-on process will use paper, scissors, and plasticine, along with pipe cleaners and paper straws, to explore formal structural solutions to specific problems.
Tonkin Liu has utilised the process to develop a unique structural solution for projects such as the Heritage Quad at York Minster, the Shell Lace Tower of Light in Manchester, the Singing Ringing Tree in Burnley, and the Swing Bridge to Dinosaur Island in Dulwich. Each of these projects has a specific relation to the site, translating archetypal ideas into simple technical solutions for complex forms.
The workshop is for practitioners and students of all ages. The Asking, Looking, Playing, and Making book is available with reviews at the link below for those who want to get the most out of the creative learning experience..
18:00 - 20:00, 24th November 2026
Kindly hosted at Tonkin Liu Architects, 5 Wilmington Square, London WC1X 0ES
The cost of this course is £30 per person, which covers materials and refreshments.
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The Drawing Gym
18:00 - 20:00
20th Jan, 27th Jan, 3rd Feb, 10th Feb (2027)
Generously hosted by Conisbee, 1- 5 Offord St, London N1 1DH
We are excited to announce that the Drawing Gym will be returning for a 4-week run in early 2027.
The Drawing Gymnasium is a freehand drawing course designed to improve communication skills and provide a broad set of techniques for effectively expressing ideas in the design process. Run in partnership with DRAWING AT WORK, the course is tailored for practicing engineers but has also benefited architects, students, manufacturers, set designers, and other professionals looking to enhance their sketching and drawing abilities.
Course Approach
The emphasis is on communication rather than virtuoso drawing, with a mix of semi-formal exercises (where line weight is critical) and fast 'conversational sketches' for rapid idea generation. Attendees work from the Dr@w teaching sketchbook to develop skills in:
✔ Axonometric drawings
✔ One and two-point perspective
✔ Section drawing techniques
Costs:
Engineering Club Members £225 + VAT
Non-members £295 + VAT
Students £162.50 + VAT
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The Engineering Club Book Club
We are excited to announce the launch of the Engineering Club Book Club! (...or ECBC for short!)
The book club aims to bring together members who enjoy exploring ideas through books (loosely tied to engineering... in the most fluid sense possible!) sharing their thoughts and interpretations in informal, light-hearted discussions.
We meet roughly every two months to discuss a chosen book and to select the next one together.