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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 video

Going Global with the Curators Collective

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

Workshop

Playtime Family Workshop

A children's workshop to design your own playground!

Sat 02 Jul 2022, 2pm - 4pm

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.

Vacancies

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Do you have a passion for the built environment? We are currently recruiting

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 video

Going Global with the Curators Collective

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

Workshop

Playtime Family Workshop

A children's workshop to design your own playground!

Sat 02 Jul 2022, 2pm - 4pm

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.

Vacancies

Join our team

Do you have a passion for the built environment? We are currently recruiting

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

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Shaping Space Open Call online gallery

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

Advocating the role of timber for global sustainability - Two Timber Manifestos

To Build or Not to Build? Model making in practice with Feilden Fowles and Stanton Williams

Ellie Sampson on model making and the methods behind the magic of miniatures

Tirana - the European Youth Capital of 2022

Building Blocks for a Fun Palace

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