Sketch model for The Wall café, Nigel Coates, 1988. Museum no. E.307-1994
COLLECTIONS
Architecture
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The V&A has been showing architecture since
its foundation and its collection ranges from
drawings and photographs to whole rooms.
Now the V&A is collaborating with the Royal
Institute of British Architects, to bring the RIBA's
extraordinary collection of drawings, manuscripts
and models to the V&A. This partnership will
create the world's most comprehensive
architectural resource.
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Gargoyles and Shadows: Gothic Architecture and 19th-Century Photography
7 January – 16 May 2010
Drawing on the V&A's rich holdings of 19th-century photographs, this display examines the relationship that developed between photography and architectural practice in the 19th century and explores how photography facilitated the re-discovery of an idealised past.
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Architecture Residency: aberrant architecture
4 January - 30 june 2010
The V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership is delighted to announce that aberrant architecture has taken up the new Architecture Residency at the Museum. aberrant architecture is a design studio and think tank founded in Tokyo in 2007 by David Chambers and Kevin Haley, with a mandate to explore a world full of complication and contradiction.
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V&A / RIBA Online Workshops
The RIBA British Architectural Library and the V&A jointly possess the finest architectural archive in Europe, a free and publicly accessible learning resource for all. Our six online workshops are based on images and material drawn from the archive and can be used to explore our collections and different themes in architecture.
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About the V&A and RIBA Architecture Partnership Collections
The V&A and RIBA Architecture Partnership is the name given to the initiative of the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects to promote the understanding and enjoyment of architecture.
