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A look back at the opening evening of Common Ground: Curated Connections at Fletcher Priest Architects during the London Festival of Architecture.

The exhibition brings together Polish and UK creative voices through a shared exploration of design, architecture, craftsmanship, and material culture.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for an inspiring evening of discussion, exchange, and new connections. These photographs capture some of the conversations, encounters, and moments that made the opening so memorable.

Common Ground: Curated Connections remains on view throughout June.

Photos : Alka Murat

Presented by The Creative Project Foundation in collaboration with On&On Designs, Fletcher Priest Architects and the Fleet Street Quarter BID, COMMON GROUND: Curated Connections explores how contemporary art, design and craftsmanship can create spaces for dialogue and shared experience within the city. Opening as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, the exhibition brings together Polish artists and designers whose practices engage with materiality, experimentation and human interaction.

As part of the opening evening, Michał Borecki of Pani Jurek will join the panel discussion Making Common Ground, moderated by Ellie Stathaki, Architecture and Environment Director at Wallpaper*.

Pani Jurek is a design studio and ceramics workshop run by Magda Jurek and Michał Borecki, operating at the intersection of design, craftsmanship and art. The studio creates objects that move beyond stereotypical functions, with interactivity and spatial relationships forming an inherent part of each work. Known for its distinctive use of colour, material experimentation and deep engagement with ceramics, Pani Jurek combines artistic imagination with design discipline, functionality and a strong respect for handmade processes and local craftsmanship.

The panel discussion asks:
How can objects, buildings and installations create common ground in a city between strangers?

The conversation will also feature Ed Williams, Oskar Zięta and Agata Zięta.

📍 Fletcher Priest Architects, London
100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

🗓 1–30 June 2026
Preview opening and panel discussion:
1 June, 18:00

🕕 Doors open 6pm
🎙 Panel 6.30–7.30pm
🥂 Drinks & networking until 8.30pm

The installation remains on view until 30 June 2026, open daily 9.30am–6.30pm.

Graphic Design:

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The project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.
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📣 Join us on the 1st June for an inspiring evening of conversation around architecture, design and cross-cultural collaboration and an event that marks the launch of an installation featuring Polish designers Zieta Studio, Pani Jurek and Katrzyna Krej as part of the London Festival of Architecture.

🗣 To mark the unveiling of the installations, Fletcher Priest Architects studio will be hosting an intimate panel discussion on 1 June, asking:

❓ ‘How can objects, buildings and installations create common ground in a city between strangers?’

📍 Moderated by Ellie Stathaki, Architecture and Environment Director at Wallpaper*, the panel brings together Ed Williams, Managing Partner at Fletcher Priest Architects, Oskar Zięta (Zieta Studio) and Michał Borecki (Pani Jurek). The conversation will explore the impact of design in public spaces, Polish craft and making, and the cross-cultural exchanges that have shaped this collaboration.

🎫 Register FREE here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/common-ground-curated-connections-panel-discussion-tickets-1988845398124?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Venue: Fletcher Priest Architects, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

ℹ The installation will be FREE to view between 1st-30th June, 9:30am – 6:30pm at Fletcher Priest Architects, 100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

Common Ground: Curated Connections is presented by the Creative Project Foundation together with On & On Designs, Fletcher Priest Architects and the Fleet Street Quarter BID (Business Improvement District).

Thank you MyPolska.UK Oskar Zieta Zieta Studio Pani Jurek Katarzyna Krej Fleet Street Quarter Polish Cultural Institute

We’re delighted to announce that Ed Williams, Managing Partner at Fletcher Priest Architects, will be joining the opening panel discussion “Making Common Ground” as part of the Curated Connections series, moderated by Ellie Stathaki, Architecture and Environment Director at Wallpaper*.

Ed joined Fletcher Priest in 1995 and now leads the design and planning strategy across the practice. He believes that master planning, architecture, interiors and design research should be fully integrated, having worked on significant projects across a broad range of scales and sectors. These include cinemas, arts and cultural buildings, hotels, housing and workplaces. He believes that all architecture should be democratic, sustainable and future-proofed - environmentally, socially and economically.
In addition to being an architect, Ed is an accomplished painter and pianist and his participation in sport is a passion. All this drives creativity, but it also sharpens his competitive instinct and his belief that architecture is a team activity.
Ed became Partner at Fletcher Priest in 2008 and Managing Partner in 2023.

The panel discussion asks:
How can objects, buildings and installations create common ground in a city between strangers?

The conversation will also feature Oskar Zięta and Michał Borecki.

📍 Fletcher Priest Architects
100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

🗓️ Monday 1 June 2026
🕕 Doors open 6pm
🎙️ Panel 6.30–7.30pm
🥂 Drinks & networking until 8.30pm

The installation remains on view until 30 June 2026, open daily 9.30am–6.30pm.

REGISTER (link in our profile)

The project is co-financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.

Graphic Design:

We’re delighted to announce that Making Common Ground, the opening panel discussion for Common Ground: Curated Connections, will be moderated by
Ellie Stathaki
Architecture and Environment Director at Wallpaper*.

An internationally recognised architecture editor, writer and curator, Ellie Stathaki is one of the leading voices shaping conversations around contemporary architecture, design and the future of cities. Trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and in architectural history at the Bartlett in London, she has been part of the Wallpaper* team since 2006. Through her work, she has visited and written about buildings across the globe, interviewing leading architects including Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Alongside journalism, she has curated exhibitions, moderated international events, participated in judging panels and authored numerous publications including The Contemporary House (2018), House London (2022) and Future Homes (2026).

Presented by Creative Project Foundation together with On&On Designs, Fletcher Priest Architects and Fleet Street Quarter BID, the exhibition brings together works by leading Polish studios: Zieta Studio, Pani Jurek and Katarzyna Krej.
The panel discussion asks:
How can objects, buildings and installations create common ground in a city between strangers?

The conversation will feature Oskar Zięta, Michał Borecki and Ed Williams.

📍 Fletcher Priest Architects
100 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1ES

🗓 Monday 1 June 2026
🕕 Doors open 6pm
🎙 Panel 6.30–7.30pm
🥂 Drinks & networking until 8.30pm

The installation remains on view until 30 June 2026, open daily 9.30am–6.30pm.

REGISTER (link in our profile)

The project is co-financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.

Graphic Design:

The Creative Project Foundation, together with On&On Designs, Fletcher Priest Architects and the Fleet Street Quarter BID, invites you to Common Ground: Curated Connections — the fourth edition of the Curated Connections series, opening on 1 June 2026 as part of the London Festival of Architecture.

Hosted by Fletcher Priest Architects, the installation brings together architecture, craft and cross-cultural collaboration through works by:

• Zieta Studio
• Pani Jurek
• Katarzyna Krej

Throughout June, the Fletcher Priest studio and garden will host the installation, spanning both the gallery and outdoor spaces and visible from the street through the studio’s glass façade.

Curated by On&On Designs and designed by MM-L Studio.

Opening Evening & Panel Discussion
📅 Monday 1 June 2026
🕕 6.00 pm
📍 Fletcher Priest Architects
100 Fetter Ln, London EC4A 1ES

Panel discussion with Oskar Zięta, Michał Borecki and Ed Williams, moderated by Ellie Stathaki.

Please register via Eventbrite (link in our profile) 

The project is co-financed by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.

Material experimentation, technological innovation and sculptural form come together in the work of Zieta Studio, the acclaimed practice founded by architect and process designer Oskar Zięta.

Known internationally for its pioneering FiDU technology, the studio transforms flat steel sheets into lightweight volumetric forms through controlled air inflation, redefining the relationship between engineering, craftsmanship and contemporary design.

As part of COMMON GROUND: Curated Connections, Zieta Studio will present a bench element from the public sculpture Whispers, originally unveiled during London Festival of Architecture 2025 and later exhibited at Maison&Objet Paris 2026, Impact ’26 Poznań and ICFF NYC ’26.

Installed within the garden of Fletcher Priest Architects, the sculptural intervention invites moments of pause, interaction and reflection, blurring the boundaries between object, architecture and atmosphere.

COMMON GROUND brings together Polish artists and designers in a collective exploration of materiality, dialogue and contemporary culture.

1–30 June 2026
Fletcher Priest Architects, London
Preview opening and panel discussion
1 June, 18:00

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The project is co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage under the Creative Industries Institute’s Development of Creative Sectors programme.

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