Join architecture and design historians Martin Segger, Allan Collier and Ben Clinton-Baker for a discussion about the colourful and wide-ranging career of Victoria architect, furniture designer and heritage restorationist Peter Cotton (1918-78).

The speakers will focus on different aspects of Cotton's career, from his early days as a modernist furniture designer in Vancouver and Victoria to his pioneering work in restoring and preserving iconic buildings such as Craigflower Manor, Emily Carr House, and many others in Victoria.

For more on Peter Cotton, please check out the three-day exhibition, The Furniture of Peter Neve Cotton, open Friday 1 May - Sunday 3 May from 11am-4pm at Open Space Gallery, 510 Fort St.