James Binning

Durham Wharf is a live / work space for artists nearing completion in Hammersmith, London. @assembleofficial worked closely with @granbyworkshop and @localworkstudio developing the various facades of the building. The white encaustic tiles are made from approximately 70% recycled clay, and the various lime-based renders include crushed demolition waste gathered during the first few months of the project. The site itself was established 150 years ago as a coal wharf, and remains one of the few examples of the unique industrial past of this particular stretch of the River Thames. The development, formally a large rendered shed, hints toward this legacy as it turns the page on a new chapter for the wharf.

We're coming to the Oxford Real Farming Conference. Join our workshop on 'Homes for Landworkers: A Hidden Crisis' at the Oxford Real Farming Conference on Friday 9 January at 11am in the Story Museum. Or come and say hello at our stand!

A lot of people ask us why we don’t record our talks. Talks at the Lane is very much a live experience. We want to be your hosts when we hold a talk - we know who is coming, we move amongst the audience We want to welcome you into a warm and cosy space – low ceilings, informal seating, atmospheric lighting We want to share some great food with you - pass some bread, turn to the person beside you, eye contact leads to a conversation. We want you to be relaxed, be engaged, feel comfortable enough to ask questions and be curious. We want you to be present.  It’s the connections that make us. Some photos of the second talk of our third season - exploring how a sensitive, community-first approach to land management and ownership can shape sustainable and democratic food systems. Thank you all who came and contributed to our discussion. Our guests: @evielovesnature from @earth_in_common @ellamushen from @thefreecompanysco @jamesassembles of @commontreasures__ TATL Team: Jess, Emily, Laura, Natasha, Paula and Zoe. Photography by Andrew Harvey

Assemble and Ascend! Join us at the Bloomsbury Jamboree for an inspiring talk by James Binning, co-founder of the Turner Prize-winning architectural collective Assemble. Dive into their innovative projects that transform communities and uplift local economies. 🗓️ Date: 16 November 🕒 Time: 12:15 - 13:00 📍 Location: Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1N 3AT 🎟️ Purchase Tickets: Link in bio James will share insights on Assemble’s journey from a single self-built project to impactful initiatives like Atelier Luma and the renewal of Durham Wharf studios. Plus, learn about his new venture, Common Treasures, aimed at promoting sustainable, rural design. ✨ Don’t miss the chance to buy copies of Building Collective, and Common Treasures Volumes 1 & 2! @assembleofficial @commontreasures_ @jamesassembles #bloomsburyjamboree

UPDATE: VENUE CHANGE Due to wet weather, our Bandstand Thoughts: Relationship to Land series (formerly at Myatt's Field Park) has been relocated. NEW LOCATION: San Mei Gallery, 39a Loughborough Rd, London SW9 7TB We have an incredible line up of the following events - shelter from the rain this weekend and secure free tickets for the perfect day of talks and activities. PARTICIPATE: ESEA Life Drawing A relaxing life drawing workshop with @esealifedrawing , a monthly gathering centred on featuring models of East and South East Asian heritage. TALK: Babylon, Albion @shahedezaydi in discussion with @dalia.aldu about her latest book. A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common as well as a compelling re-imagining of what it means to be native. TALK: Rural Hours @harrietrjbaker talks to Jo Hamya about her book, which tells the stories of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann and how their respective moves to the English country shaped their writing, and who they became. TALK: Common Treasures: What is the Future of Rural Communities? @jamesassembles and Emma Bell @eco_land_coop discuss themes from Common Treasures, a new series of books about the challenges faced by rural communities. Including essays about climate adaptation, food production and land use. TALK: Uprooting Writer, psychotherapist and amateur gardener, @afroliage , in conversation with @edwardadonteng , about her award-winning book, Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Garden. A memoir about finding what ‘home’ means in the context of colonialism and the healing nature of outdoor spaces. Check out our website for further details. All tickets are free and available to purchase now via the Festival of ENCOUNTERS website (link in the bio). Brought to you by @vangoghlondon , supported by @lambeth_council . Photos: © @myattsfieldspark , @zeroshub @ellakemphotography @raajadharshini @@sophieedavidson @pennywincer @dee_ramadan #VanGoghHouse #FestivalOfEncounters #FestivalOfEncounters2025 #FestivalOfEncountersBrixton #VanGoghHouseFestivalOfEncounters #Festival #Brixton #BrixtonLife #Lambeth

Bandstand Thoughts: Relationships to Land Date: Sunday 14 September Time: 11am–6pm Location: Myatt’s Field Park, 12 Calais St, London SE5 9LP Join the Festival of ENCOUNTERS for a series of talks and participatory events hosted by authors, growers, psychotherapists, activists and architects as they examine varied relationships to land from their different perspectives. Events include the following: ESEA Life Drawing - a relaxing outdoor life drawing workshop with @esealifedrawing , a monthly gathering centred on featuring models of East and South East Asian heritage. Babylon, Albion - @shahedezaydi in discussion with @dalia.aldu about her latest book. A love song to Britain, Iraq and the body of earth we hold in common as well as a compelling re-imagining of what it means to be native. Rural Hours - @harrietrjbaker talks to Jo Hamya about her book, which tells the stories of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann and how their respective moves to the English country shaped their writing, and who they became. Common Treasures: What is the Future of Rural Communities? - @jamesassembles and Emma Bell @eco_land_coop discuss themes from Common Treasures, a new series of books about the challenges faced by rural communities. Including essays about climate adaptation, food production and land use. Uprooting - Writer, psychotherapist and amateur gardener, @afroliage , in conversation with @edwardadonteng , about her award-winning book, Uprooting: From the Caribbean to the Countryside – Finding Home in an English Garden. A memoir about finding what ‘home’ means in the context of colonialism and the healing nature of outdoor spaces. Check out our website for further details. All tickets are free and available to purchase now via the Festival of ENCOUNTERS website (link in the bio). Brought to you by @vangoghlondon , supported by @lambeth_council . Photos: © @myattsfieldspark , @zeroshub @ellakemphotography @raajadharshini @@sophieedavidson @pennywincer @dee_ramadan #VanGoghHouse #FestivalOfEncounters #FestivalOfEncounters2025 #FestivalOfEncountersBrixton #VanGoghHouseFestivalOfEncounters #Festival #Brixton #BrixtonLife #Lambeth

What is the role of creativity: thinking solutions. Key to this development is a fresh consideration of materials combined with the power of creativity and imagination. Introducing one of our guest speakers to discuss this topic at ‘Living in a Material World – Art, Making and the Environment’ James Binning, co-founder of architecture and art collective Assemble. James will introduce his work at Assemble as well as a new project, Common Treasures, an organisation dedicated to creating and implementing practical tools and processes that enable and empower communities to realise better shared outcomes for rural places and the people that live and work in them. ‘Living in a Material World – Art, Making and the Environment’ is on Saturday 14 June at Messums West, Tisbury, Wiltshire. Link in bio to find out more about our guest speakers and to book tickets. @jamesassembles @assembleofficial #materials #creativity #messumswest #discussions #sustainability @commontreasures_

♻️ The Circularity issue is here! In Mallorca, H Arquitectes have turned sandstone from an existing building into nougat-like blocks while in the south of France, rice straw and sunflower stems make new building materials at @luma_arles . Whole components are integrated into fantastical concoctions in the work of Marcel Raymackers and transplanted across borders to relieve housing shortages in Ukraine. In Copenhagen and Hangzhou, entire buildings are transformed and reused. But circular design principles fit awkwardly into linear capitalist production processes. As Michaël Ghyoot and Tom Schoonjans of @rotor_brussels write in the keynote, ‘The current capitalist configuration simply does not tolerate curbing exploitation.’  AR May 2025 features projects by @pihlmann , @harquitectes , @urko_sanchez_architects , @bcarchitectsandstudies , @assembleofficial , Atelier Luma, Laurie Baker, @bovenbouw.architectuur , @bauburoinsitu , @jiakunarchitects and TLS Landscape Architecture, with writing by, @manon.mollard , Christophe Van Gerrewey, @eabeaumont , @mortenbirk_architecture , @kristinarapacki , Adam Przywara and more.  Pick up your copy by tapping the shop icon in this post, and read the full editorial and keynote essays at the link in our bio

We’re excited to announce our super lineup of speakers joining us for RURALE, each of them representing innovative and important ideas, approaches and expertise in architecture and design research and practice today in the UK and Italy. Bianca Eizenbaumer @bravenewalps Charles Holland @charleshollandarchitects Cristina Monteiro @dk_cm James Binning @eco_land_coop Maria Lisogorskaya @assembleofficial Stefano Tornieri @groundaction Join us at @Giardin Venezia gallery at the Venice Architecture Biennale for our #Multistory RURALE salon to hear talks and discussion on the relevance of the rural in contemporary architecture and design. Register via Eventbrite: link in bio RURALE A #Multistory salon Supported by the Canterbury School of Architecture and Design at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Convened by @charlesjholland and @_cat_rossi Visual Identity by @benmooredesign @uca_architecture @uca_designprogramme @unicreativearts #CanterburySchoolofArchitectureandDesign #CSAD”

July…

A weekend of sheer love for amazing and beautiful friends, James and Summer celebrating their wedding in Somerset. Congratulations, legends ❤️

France —> Tunis no. 4 (the Danielle Casanova)