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Leeds Society of Architects, Leeds (2026)

23/02/2026

✨ 4x4 Series 2026 – Week 4 | Thurs 26 Feb ✨

We’re excited to share details for the final week, Week 4 of the 4x4 Series, kindly sponsored by 🎉

We’ll once again be heading back to the stunning Leeds School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University – such a brilliant setting last year and the perfect backdrop for four inspiring evenings.

🕔 Doors open: 5:40pm
🎤 Talks start: 6:15pm
⏰ Wrap-up: 8:00–8:15pm
🍸 Stay for drinks & networking until around 10pm

The response so far has been incredible, with every evening sold out within days – Thank you to everyone who booked so quickly!

Missed out? Keep an eye on the Eventbrite waitlist for any released spaces for Week 4 (26 Feb) 👀

Week 4,s Star Chair & Speakers 🤩:

• Prue Chiles – Director CA+CE Studio (Chair) 
• Clifford Stead – Artist (), Urban Explorer and member of .
• Guy Smith – Director at .
• Christian Male – Partner at .
• Karen Stafeckis – Development Director at McLaren Property | McLaren Group

We can’t wait to welcome you for another thought-provoking evening 💬

If you’ve got a ticket, we’ll see you there. If not, keep watching the waitlist!

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27/11/2025

What a way to end the year! 🎉

Our community has grown massively, with more faces, more voices and more built-environment professionals coming together and getting involved. 🙌

From sold-out events to brilliant cross-discipline collaborations, 2025 was BIG… and 2026 is going to be even bigger‼️

Thanks to everyone who joined us last night to celebrate with us. Onwards! ✨

29/10/2025

End of Year Social 2025! 🎉

As we wrap up 2025, the Leeds Society of Architects is coming together for one last celebration - an evening to unwind, connect, and raise a glass to a year full of creativity and collaboration!

📍 White Cloth Hall, Leeds
📅 Wed 26th Nov 2025
🕠 From 5:30pm

✨ Join us for good company, great conversations, and a toast to what’s ahead in 2026!

🎟️ Free entry — just make sure to reserve your spot via the link in bio!

Big thanks to our sponsor for supporting this year’s social 💫

09/10/2025

Last night, we were delighted to take part in the Voices in Design: Girls, Inclusion & the Built Environment event, held in collaboration with Building Female and RIBA YAPF.💡✨

The event brought together a multidisciplinary panel to explore how inclusive design can create safer, more accessible, and inspiring spaces for young people, while supporting lifelong learning. Although we missed Jess Jones, MRTPI, who was unable to join us, the evening was rich in insight and discussion.

🌟 Abigail Gaines shared research showing how parks often overlook teenage girls and how this affects their sense of belonging in public spaces.

Make Space for Girls campaigns for parks and public spaces that reflect the needs of teenage girls. Research shows that girls’ use of parks drops significantly during adolescence, with many facilities often dominated by boys. This imbalance affects how girls experience public spaces and can reinforce the perception that they don’t fully belong in them.

🌟 Leah Stuart highlighted the importance of inclusive street and transport design, encouraging us to consider who benefits from spaces and how active travel can be accessible for all.

🌟 Vicky Casey shared her expertise in healthcare design, emphasising that inclusivity must sit at the heart of every project. She works across multiple sectors and has been a key advocate for inclusive design within the firm, highlighting the power of stakeholder consultation in shaping people-centred spaces.

🌟 Alanis Burgess explored how gendered urban planning reinforces spatial inequalities and encouraged designers to take action to create more equitable environments.

👏 A huge thank you to our incredible speakers and everyone who joined us for a fantastic evening of learning and connection.

We raised £400 for Make Space for Girls - and donations via the Big Give will be doubled for the next 7 days in celebration of International Day of the Girl! If you still would like to donate please use the link below in our bio🔗

👏 Special thanks to RIBA Yorkshire for sponsoring and Arup for hosting us.

02/10/2025

This year’s Leeds Architecture Awards 2025 showcases an extraordinary calibre of design. From visionary transformations to top-class new builds, 14 outstanding projects made the shortlist across four headline categories: Adapted Building, Public Realm & Landscape, and New Buildings (Above & Below £10 Million) 🏆🏆🏆🏆

Huge congratulations to every team shortlisted – your work is shaping the future of Leeds! And to those that narrowly missed out on being shortlisted, your projects continue to inspire and raise the bar across the region! 💫

All shortlisted projects in alphabetical order:

⭐ Calverley Old Hall –

⭐ Carr Manor School Community Hub – Stack Architects

⭐ Hibiscus Rising by –

⭐ Hyatt Place – .architecture

⭐ Hyde Park Picture House –

⭐ Leeds Library –

⭐ Leonora House –

⭐ Live Oasis –

⭐ Ribbons by – University

⭐ Scape Merrion Street –

⭐ Stall, Kirkstall –

⭐ The Junction –

⭐ The Junction Landscaping by – Entered by

⭐ Wagon Hoist Museum –

Alongside the overall Project of the Year, selected schemes will also be considered for special awards recognising sustainability and accessibility. ♻️⬆️

This year’s ceremony also marking the launch of the Mark Finch Award in collaboration with - celebrating individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to architecture and the built environment in Leeds. 🤩

And in a very special addition for 2025, the announcement of the Leeds Civic Trust’s ‘People’s Choice’ award as part of their 60th year celebration. 🎉

The awards ceremony promises to be a brilliant evening of celebration, join us on 6th November 2025, at the Howard’ Assembly Rooms by ordering your tickets via the link in our bio. 🎟️

15/09/2025

Awards 2025 Exhibition Launch 🚀

Thank you to everyone who joined us last Thursday for the opening of the week long exhibition which looks to shine a light on the very best architectural projects completed over the last two years. 🤩

We along with our partners for the Leeds Architecture Awards: , and , were thrilled to see so many in attendance!

The exhibition will run for a week until Friday 19th September at , our gratitude goes to for allowing us to hold it in such a beautiful setting!🎉

The fun doesn’t stop there though, the awards night is fast approaching, returning once again to the wonderful Howard Assembly Rooms on the evening of Thursday 6th November. 🏆

The ticket link will go live this week, so keep your eyes peeled! 👀🎟️

Thank you once again to this year’s brilliant sponsors, in alphabetical order: , | , OBEX UK & .

02/09/2025

We’re excited to announce that, as part of this year’s programme we will be celebrating the very best of architecture over the last two years, at an exhibition held at the Corn Exchange. 🤩

Where we will be announcing all the well deserved shortlisted projects of this year’s awards, while exhibiting all this year’s brilliant entries! 🎉

Aside from the showcasing all the entries from this year’s awards, all visitors will be invited to take part in the People’s Choice Award by nominating their favourite building constructed in Leeds between 1965 and 2025. 🙌

Enjoy a drinks reception, with the chance to meet fellow entrants, and celebrate the people behind the projects.

Event information:

• Venue: Leeds Corn Exchange, Lower Ground Floor
• Date: 11 September 2025
• Time: 17:30-19:00

The exhibition will run until Friday 19th September, so make sure you don’t miss out!

For full opening times and visitor information, please visit the Leeds Corn Exchange website.

Tickets are free, reserve yours now via the link 🔗👇:

https://data.leedscivictrust.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=143

Information and tickets for the Leeds Architecture Awards 2025, Awards Celebration on 6th November 2025 will be released in due course!

A huge thank you to this year’s awards sponsors, in alphabetical order: , OBEX, | and 🙏

#2025

29/08/2025

🌟 What a fantastic evening we had yesterday! 🌟

Our visit + Summer Social was a huge success and a complete sellout, we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out. 🎉

Over 75 attendees came together for an inspiring presentation from Citu’s Jonathan Wilson & Hannah Limming followed by a tour of their award winning Climate Innovation District, demonstrating what makes this part of Leeds so innovative, sustainable and special. 💡♻️✨

The buzz carried over to the Summer Social afterwards! With over 100 people joining us at | to round off a great evening on the banks of the River Aire - with great conversation, new connections made and plenty of laughs. 🗣️🙌

We even managed to dodge most of the rain and catch some sunshine along the way 🌤️🌅

A big thank you to Citu for hosting us and for showing us around, our brilliant sponsors & and of course everyone who joined us, your energy is what makes these events so special.

We can’t wait to see you all at the next one, and with a busy Autumn planned, hopefully
It won’t be too long until we see you again!

31/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us this evening on our ‘Sketch the Skyline’ event ontop of Broadgate, organised by LSA committee member .iuliaaa! 🏙️

Stunning views across Leeds and amazing drawings by everyone involved ✍️🎨

A huge thank you to our evening host, who not only showed us the sights, but wowed us with little known facts about Broadgate whilst we sketched away!

• It had the first escalators in the city. ⬆️⬇️
• The first place to sell Ice creams in Leeds. 🍦🍨
• It was the location of a historic Santa Clause turf war - we’ll let explain that one! 🎅🧑‍🎄

We look forward to arranging another ‘Sketch the Skyline’ event again soon!

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