The Agora

The atrium in the FAB Building, known as the Agora, is bookable for events and exhibitions. During term time, this can be booked via the Faculty of Arts Office.

You can check availability via the booking calendar: Booking CalendarLink opens in a new window. If you wish to book an event or exhibition, please fill out Booking Request FormLink opens in a new window.

Please be aware that the FAB Building is used for teaching during term time, so any event held during the day would need to respect noise restrictions.

What is the Agora used for?

The Agora can be used for a wide range of events such as performances, conferences, module fairs, and more. If you wish to exhibit art works or hold displays in the Agora, this is possible too.

What can the Mezzanine be used for?

The Mezzanine can be used for smaller gatherings such as after-lecture refreshments, banners or small pop-ups. This space, for larger events in the Agora, can be booked alongside for additional space.

The Mezzanine

Just up the Elephant Steps from the Agora is the Mezzanine Space. This is a smaller area, located near the top entrances to Lecture Halls 0.03 and 0.08. During term time, this can be booked via the Faculty of Arts Office.

If you wish to book an event or exhibition, please fill out Booking Request FormLink opens in a new window.

Please be aware that the FAB Building is used for teaching during term time, so any event held during the day would need to respect noise restrictions.

During the Easter and Summer breaks, the Agora is bookable through Warwick Conferences hello-conferences@warwick.ac.uk Please see the 2023/2024/2025 timetable below, detailing when the Agora will be under each management.

The Fifth Floor Rooms and Terrace

The Fifth floor terrace is located close to three large centrally timetabled spaces: FAB5.01/FAB5.02/FAB5.03. It is a no smoking facility.

During termtime core teaching hours, the centrally timetabled rooms will be set up as three teaching spaces, the partitions will be closed and locked and the terrace will not be available for general usage. These rooms can be booked through the Central Timetabling Team.

It is possible to book the teaching spaces and the terrace for events in within termtime (see also Faculty of Arts Wednesday and Thursday access*), however the Centrally Timetabled Rooms (5.01/5.02/5.03) have to be booked through Timetabling (termtime) and then the whole event using the combined spaces has to be booked and managed by Conferences. This ensures that the management of the partitions, movement of furniture, event management on the terrace, and any catering are all managed effectively, leaving the space usable as teaching rooms the morning after the event. Conferences will also oversee the management of the Health and Safety when using the Terrace. Event holders will need to work with Conferences on an event specific risk assessment. FAB booking process during term time (warwick.ac.uk)

*The Faculty of Arts has been given special access to 5.01/5.02/5.03 for two evenings (Wednesdays and Thursdays) during termtime from 17.00 to 22.00. The availability of the Faculty-Managed timeslots can be viewed on the Booking CalendarLink opens in a new window, and if you would like to enquire on using the space within these times, please contact FABenquiries@warwick.ac.uk. Please note that any usage of the centrally timetabled rooms booked alongside the terrace will need to be booked with Conferences as usual, and there is a minimum charge as described in the link above.

At Easter and during the summer – between the end of the summer term and Welcome Week – the three teaching rooms and the terrace will be managed by Conferences and queries about bookings should go direct to Conferences. 

If not booking the terrace, then bookings in the centrally timetabled rooms will be subject to a slimmed down version of the above arrangements. If it is just one room being booked for a simple event, then the arrangements are not overly complex. If, however, two or three of the rooms are booked and the requirements is for the partitions to be removed, furniture shifted and AV changes (plus catering - which would have to be outside the teaching rooms), then this would require a booking arrangement with Conferences to ensure that the furniture and partitions are put back in place at the end of the evening.

Request for the removal of the partition walls between 5.01/5.02/5.03 during Term Time:

When booking the spaces with CTTR, the booker must consider the time required to open the walls pre-event as well as time post-event (estimated time of 2 hours both before and after your event)

At least two weeks’ notice is required for the Estates Team to plan the resource and the requests can only be facilitated during normal working hours (8am to 4pm Monday to Thursday and 8am to 3pm on a Friday)

All requests should be added to the Estates Service Desk Q2 system as a service request: https://warwick.ac.uk/services/estates/service_centre. Details to be specified:

- Date of the requirement

- Times the rooms are booked with CTTR from and to

- Timing of the event, including the end time.

- Estates Porters will confirm the request once received, noting that at certain times of the year the resource may not be available, therefore booking the space on Q2 does not guarantee the rooms can be opened (those periods are Winter Graduations, summer exam season, Welcome Week, start of the academic year and Black Friday week)