HRI Invites 2025: Architecture+Film

HRI Munro is delighted to announce the return of HRI Invites, our annual prizegiving and lecture series, with an exciting new format for 2025.

On Friday 14 November, join us at the La Scala Cinema, Eden Court Theatre, Inverness for a full-day celebration of the relationship between architecture and film; a theme that promises rich and diverse insights.

This year, HRI Invites expands into a mini film festival, running from 1.30 pm until 9.30 pm. The programme will feature a number of screenings, including a UK premiere, with introductions from distinguished voices in film and architecture: directors Murray Grigor and Don Coutts; former Regional Screen Scotland Director Robert Livingston; and Eden Court’s Head of Film Paul MacDonald-Taylor.

The event will be chaired by RIAS President Karen Anderson and will also include the presentation of the Mark Williams Prize, delivered in partnership with the University of the Highlands and Islands.

This unique convergence of film and architecture offers an unmissable experience for professionals, students, and enthusiasts alike. Attendance is free, but places are limited. Keep the date in your diary and watch for programme and booking details coming later this month.

Programme of the Day

1:30pm Welcome / Introduction

Andrew Bruce, HRIM / Karen Anderson PRIAS, Event Chair

Session 1: Lost Vision - 1:40-2:50pm

Explore the bold vision and utopian energy of 1960s architecture, when megastructures promised a brighter, interconnected future.

Introduced by Robert Livingston, former Director, RSS

Showing the films:

• Cumbernauld, a town for tomorrow
• Glasgow 1980
• Space and Light

2:50 – 3:00pm Break

Session 2: Built Vision - 3:00 - 4:30pm

Experience the UK premiere of a stunning new film honouring Arthur Erickson, whose poetic modernism reshaped architecture across continents.

Introduced by Vicky Hazell, Director, HRI Munro Architects

• Arthur Erickson; Beauty Between the Lines

4.30 – 4.45 Break

Session 3: Future Vision - 4:45 - 6:15pm

Delve into how materials, form, and craft intertwine to shape the environments we live in — and the deeper meanings they hold.

Introduced by Gavin Fraser, HRI Munro Architects

• Architecton

6:15 - 7pm Buffet / Refreshments at Bishops Palace

7:00pm Presentation: the presentation of this year's HRI Munro Architecture Mark Williams Prize, in conjunction with UHI.

In Conversation - 7:15 - 9:00pm

Join acclaimed directors Murray Grigor and Don Coutts for a special conversation and restored screening of Grigor’s definitive film on Frank Lloyd Wright — narrated by Wright’s granddaughter, Anne Baxter.

• Portrait of an Artist: the Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright