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Art & Architecture

For twenty-five years, Art & Architecture has been debating and influencing the role of art, design and building, ever since its inception at a landmark ICA conference in 1982. Rallying and empowering practitioners, it has been advocating joined-up thinking, from a time when architectural debate was exclusively for architects, and art was much less accessible than it is today. To date A&A has presented 200 open talks and sixty journals, a considerable achievement for groundbreaking volunteers.

The Pentagram connection. A significant factor in the ability of A&A to gain recognition for its activities is the support from international design agency Pentagram. It was Theo Crosby and John Rushworth in particular who designed the identity of the network, in addition to producing lecture publicity, brochures and other ephemera. This display of posters highlights the fruits of the partnership. The Royal College of Art Library now holds the complete Art & Architecture archive available for viewing by appointment.