Subtitled 'The Battleground for Ideas in the 21st-century City', the Architectural Lecture Series Future Frontiers, running throughout 2011/12, focused on five crucial themes shaping the architecture and urbanism of this century. For each talk, two high-profile speakers presented their cutting-edge research into the subject, offering critical thinking for critical times.

These were:

Consumption: Ricky Burdett and Joseph Rykwert (not available online)

Style: Charles Jencks and Patrik Schumacher (2 February 2012)

Theory: Frédéric Migayrou and Anthony Vidler (21 February 2012)

Humanity: Peter Buchanan and Michael Sorkin (19 March 2012)

Technology: Sir Peter Cook and Carlo Ratti (26 April 2012)

See the filmed lectures below.