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Exhibition

The Garden of Privatised Delights

The 2021 British Pavilion exhibition travels from Venice to London

Until 15 Oct 2022

Exhibition

Otrivin Air Lab by ecoLogicStudio

Pioneering nature based circular economies and carbon neutrality in consumer healthcare

Until 17 Sep 2022

Event

The Garden Gala with Negroni talk

The Garden Gala is the last chance to celebrate the 2021 British Pavilion 'The Garden of Privatised Delights'

Wed 28 Sep 2022, 17:00 - 22:00

Event video

Going Global with the Curators Collective

A discussion with the Curators Collective exploring international responses to the question ‘How will we live together?’

Drawing course

Build drawing skills: Urban Sketching

Learn to draw on location in London

Tue 06 Sep 2022, 6pm - 8pm

Celebrating 90 years

90for90

We have invited leading figures in Britain to select what to them represents the best examples of our nation’s built environment.

This iconic sculpture needs a firm footing to support its wingspan.

Film

Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed: Why are models made?

In this film co-curator Simona Valeriani of the V&A’s Research Institute (VARI) considers why models are made.

Event

The Garden Gala with Negroni talk

The Garden Gala is the last chance to celebrate the 2021 British Pavilion 'The Garden of Privatised Delights'

Wed 28 Sep 2022, 17:00 - 22:00

Event video

Going Global with the Curators Collective

A discussion with the Curators Collective exploring international responses to the question ‘How will we live together?’

Drawing course

Build drawing skills: Urban Sketching

Learn to draw on location in London

Tue 06 Sep 2022, 6pm - 8pm

Celebrating 90 years

90for90

We have invited leading figures in Britain to select what to them represents the best examples of our nation’s built environment.

This iconic sculpture needs a firm footing to support its wingspan.

Film

Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed: Why are models made?

In this film co-curator Simona Valeriani of the V&A’s Research Institute (VARI) considers why models are made.

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Roz Barr of Roz Barr Architects on designing the Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed show

Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed: Who are models made for?

Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed: Why are models made?

Shaping Space - Architectural Models Revealed: How are models made?

Shaping Space Open Call online gallery

Style Upgrades Space Flexibility at Coventry’s Indoor Arena

The New Dining Hall, Homerton College Cambridge – a triumph of materiality

Forensic Architecture and Alison Killing on Digital Modelling and Human Rights investigations

A tribute to Chris Wilkinson, OBE RA

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