Join Webb Yates for an in-person Christmas lecture exploring ideas in design, engineering and architecture.

Join the Wolverhampton & District Society of Architects (WDSA) and the University of Wolverhampton for our annual Christmas Lecture, welcoming Rob Neild from Webb Yates for an evening exploring how innovative structural engineering can help shape a more sustainable and imaginative built environment.

What if we challenged everything we thought we knew about the way buildings are designed, engineered and constructed?

Known for their inventive approach to structural engineering, Webb Yates are exploring new possibilities in the use of materials, structural efficiency and low-carbon construction, challenging conventional approaches to the built environment.

This special lecture will explore how efficient structures can be inherently elegant, and how close collaboration between engineers and architects can turn ambitious architectural ideas into reality.

Rob will share insights into Webb Yates' work to reduce the embodied carbon of buildings, with a particular focus on innovative applications of low-carbon materials such as timber and stone, including post-tensioned stone structures.

Through a selection of striking projects, Rob will explore the research, experimentation and engineering innovation behind these approaches, demonstrating how material choice, structural expression and careful attention to detail can become central to architectural design.

The lecture will also touch on Webb Yates' involvement in the new automotive building at the University of Wolverhampton's Springfield Campus, where the glulam structural frame will provide a particularly relevant local example of innovative timber construction.

Whether you're an architect, engineer, student or built environment professional, this promises to be an inspiring evening offering fresh perspectives on sustainable construction, material innovation and the possibilities that emerge when architecture and engineering work hand in hand.

And, of course, no WDSA Christmas Lecture would be complete without a little festive cheer!

Join us afterwards for refreshments, networking and the opportunity to catch up with colleagues and friends from across the architectural community.

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