The London Architecture Diary

A Visual Journey Through the Indian Subcontinent

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Tue 14 May '13 - Wed 4 Sep '13.
Location: 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD
Organised by: RIBA.

The great traditions and charateristics of Indian architecture across the centuries are the focus of this display drawn from the unique RIBA collections. Through 19th and 20th Century photographs and drawings, it features some of the great buildings of India, as well as lesser known structures and...

Charles Correa - India's Greatest Architect

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Tue 14 May '13 - Wed 4 Sep '13.
Location: 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD
Organised by: RIBA.

Enjoy the first major exhibition in the UK of the work of Charles Correa, India�s greatest living architect, whose work has defined an architecture for modern India. Using images, drawings, photographs and models the exhibition celebrates the unique career of one of the world�s most important...

Chromazone: Colour in Contemporary Architecture

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Sat 17 Nov '12 - Sun 21 Jul '13.
Location: Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Organised by: Victoria and Albert Museum.

Architecture, Room 128a Free admission The innovative use of colour is a major trend in contemporary architecture. This display features key projects by major UK and international architects, who use colour to create identity, define space and heighten our experience of a building. The...

Falke Pisano: The Body in Crisis

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 1 May '13 - Sat 15 Jun '13.
Location: 63 Penfold Street, NW8 8PQ
Organised by: The Showroom.

The Showroom presents a new exhibition by Dutch artist Falke Pisano. Sculpture, video, print, drawing and installation work are brought together in the latest iteration of Pisano�s The Body in Crisis series (2011- ), an ongoing investigation into the human body at historical moments of crisis. It...

London Bridge on Camera: 1865 - Present

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Fri 24 May '13 - Wed 5 Jun '13.
Location: Arch 6, SE1 3JW
Organised by: Team London Bridge.

Team London Bridge have partnered with local favourite the Underdog Gallery to deliver a two week photo exhibition from 23rd May to 6th June called London Bridge on Camera. The exhibition will feature archived historical photographs of the area juxtaposed with contemporary photos chosen through a...

London Heritage Markets Walk

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 11 Apr '13 - Sat 26 Jul '14.
Location: London, WC1B 3BA
Organised by: Sandra Shevey.

Sandra Shevey has researched biographies of 15 heritage London street markets. She runs daily walks around the markets for 3 hours 11am and again at 6pm. The night walks are especially good. 3 different markets are profiled on each walk from a rota of 15 ancient markets across 33 London...

Planes, Trains and Drains: London's Booming Infrastructure Business

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 28 Mar '13 - Sat 25 May '13.
Location: 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT
Organised by: NLA - London's Centre for the Built Environment.

Despite recessionary pressures, London is experiencing a level of investment in infrastructure unseen since the 19th century. This NLA exhibition examines the far-reaching changes to London�s infrastructure that are taking place, how they will be paid for, how the UK will benefit in the long term...

Sacred Spaces: Synagogue, Church and Mosque

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Mon 13 May '13 - Mon 8 Jul '13.
Location: Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Organised by: Victoria and Albert Museum.

Discover the powerful expression of the Abrahamic faiths � Judaism, Christianity and Islam � through architecture and art. Religious identity and difference, tradition and innovation, conflict and pragmatism are themes explored as the material culture of the synagogue, church and mosque from...

Same old, same old

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Sat 2 Feb '13 - Sun 26 May '13.
Location: Royal Academy of Arts, W1J 0BD
Organised by: Royal Academy of Arts.

For four months this year, the artist, Blue Firth, is transforming the Architecture Space in an exploration of the ways architecture informs and distorts our understanding of space, myth and history. Through the manipulation of materials and textures, the interaction of digital distortions and a...

Sightlines: mapping scarcity & creativity in Bromley by Bow

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 23 May '13 - Mon 3 Jun '13.
Location: 1st Floor, E3 2SE
Organised by: SCIBE.

Given that "sustainable development" is becoming recognised as an increasingly problematic concept in the built environment, what other alternative tools exist to help us rethink our dependence on finite materials and resources? SCIBE (Scarcity and Creativity in the Built Environment)...

The Secret Society - A Sculptural Banquet

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Fri 19 Apr '13 - Sun 9 Jun '13.
Location: Walpole Park, W5 5EQ
Organised by: Kathy Dalwood.

Renowned London artist and designer Kathy Dalwood creates a highly unusual banquet in the glorious surroundings of one of Sir John Soane�s great architectural treasures, Pitzhanger Manor in Ealing, west London. Sitting in Walpole Park, central Ealing, Pitzhanger Manor is the �dream house� designed...

Triumph Pavilion - Peace Pavilion

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 16 May '13 - Sun 16 Jun '13.
Location: Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA
Organised by: ArchTriumph.

The Triumph Pavilion is a showcase summer structure to spotlight the work of an architect or design team selected from an international competition entry call. This year�s winners and showcase Pavilion designers are an innovative, creative and talented architectural practice based in Paris called...

United Micro Kingdoms

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 1 May '13 - Mon 26 Aug '13.
Location: Shad Thames, SE1 2YD
Organised by: Design Museum.

UmK presents perspectives on a fictional future for the United Kingdom, as imagined by designers and educators Dunne & Raby. The exhibition sees England devolved into four self-contained counties, each free to experiment with governance, economy and lifestyle. These 'live laboratories'...

Open-City Architecture Tours - Photography: From Wren to Rogers

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:00:00 +0100 GMT

Sat 25 May '13, 10:00am.
Location: St Paul's Churchyard, EC4M 8BX
Organised by: Open-City.

Explore the architecture of the City of London from Wren to Rogers with this photographic walking tour looking at how to effectively photograph the City, a hugely impressive mix of history and modernity, where new vistas are continually opening of this ever-changing cityscape. On this tour, led...