Lecture Series
BALT
2025 Webinar Lecture Series
The Architecture of Transport in Britain
January – April 2025
Following three successful webinar series on Palladianism in Britain (2022), Interwar Architecture in Britain (2023), and the Development of Social Housing in the United Kingdom, BALT’s 2025 webinar series will focus on the Architecture of Transport in Britain.
The series launches with discussions of the development of English infrastructure during the Georgian Period 1750-1830, followed by British Bridges of the 19th Century, and elaborates further by covering St Pancras and the Elizabeth Line. With presentations by Steven Brindle, Dan Cruickshank, Simon Bradley and Hugh Pearman, this series promises to be enriching and insightful.
All webinars will take place via Zoom. A link will be emailed to all those who register a week before and the day of the event.
The British Architectural Library Trust (BALT) is an independent American non-profit organization founded in 2013 in support of the Library and Collections of the Royal Institute of British Architects (the RIBA), the foremost architectural library in the world.
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025
9 AM PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMT
Part 1 – The Development of English Infrastructure during the Georgian Period 1750-1830
Speaker: Steven Brindle
Interlocutor: Mosette Broderick
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
9 AM PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMT
Part 2 – British Bridges of the 19th Century
Speaker: Daniel Cruickshank, Architectural Historian and Television Presenter
Interlocutor: Hugh Pearman
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
9 AM PST/12 PM EST/4 PM GMT
Part 3 – St Pancras Transformed: The Story of Britain’s Greatest Railway Building
Speaker: Simon Bradley, Editor and Author
Interlocutor: Hugh Pearman
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
9 AM PST/12 PM EST/5 PM GMT
Part 4 – Upscale Express: How the Elizabeth Line Transformed Public Transport in London
Speaker: Hugh Pearman, Writer and Editor
Interlocutor: Dr. Otto Saumarez-Smith