Architects’ sketchbooks: resource guide
This guide explains where to find architects' sketchbooks across the collections of the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partn…
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Architects and their sketchbooks
Drawing in a sketchbook, said Le Corbusier, teaches 'first to look, and then to observe and finally perhaps to disc…
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Design for an entrance hall by David Connor, 1985
This design by David Connor for the entrance hall of a Marylebone flat is part of a larger body of early work based…
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Archigram: The Walking City, Living Pod and the Instant City
This panel was created by the radical collective, Archigram (from ARCHItecture and teleGRAM) and uses collage to sh…
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Designs for prefabricated house fronts, by Berthold Lubetkin, 1949
Modernist architect Berthold Lubetkin created these theoretical designs for the 100 Houses Scheme, Thorntree Gill H…
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Designs by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1726–31
These lavish and imposing designs by Meissonnier for the Palace and Church of the Order of the Holy Spirit in Paris…
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Designs for the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, by Mies van der Rohe, 1968
These recent acquisitions are the first examples of architectural work by Mies van der Rohe to enter the V&A's coll…
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Design for a vaulted ceiling, by Vincenzo Brenna, about 1775
This highly finished and elegantly drawn design was executed by the Italian architect, interior decorator and decor…
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Archives of Sir Hugh Casson and Margaret Macdonald Casson
The archives of Sir Hugh Casson (1910–1999) and Margaret Macdonald Casson (1913–1999) are important additions to th…
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Study Room resource: Architects’ drawings and ideas
This resources contains a selection of some of the different types of drawings architects produce at different stag…
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Room 128: Architecture
The Architecture gallery features highlights from the world-class collections of drawings, models, photographs and architectural fragments of the V&A and the RIBA. It explores buildings from across the globe and what lies behind their design.
Islamic architecture themes
The Collecting Islam talks by Abraham Thomas were part of the Alternating Currents season (June - November 2006). The talks, now archived below, explore Islamic projects featured in the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership’s collections. Drawings and other artefacts have been selected to introduce key themes.
The RIBA Stirling Prize: A Celebration of British Architecture
The RIBA Stirling Prize has captured the public imagination. It shows what good contemporary architecture can offer and highlights the very best of British architectural talent
Review: Not quite Vegemite: An architectural resistance to the icon
‘Is there an architecture of resistance that stands in the face of commercial globalisation: that rejects the iconic image; that celebrates the spirit of individual place?’
Architectural history of the V&A 1863–1873
Francis Fowke was a consummate forward-planner. Even before the North and South Courts had been roofed in, he had worked out the details of an ambitious master plan for the Brompton Park House site. Going against the contemporary fashion for Gothic architecture, he proposed to continue the North Italian Renaissance style chosen for the Sheepshanks Gallery across all the new buildings.
Donate to the Stained Glass Appeal
We are currently working on an exciting project to conserve and re-install the original stained glass on the landings of the Manfred and Lydia Gorvy Lecture Theatre. We need your help to raise £75,000 to bring these historical features back to their former glory for us all to enjoy.
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Aubrey Beardsley A3 Sketchbook
Design adapted from a drawing by Aubrey Beardsley (1872—98)
Buy nowEvent - Designing Extravagance: decorating the Italian Renaissance Palace
Thu 07 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: During the Renaissance, Italians built some of the most extravagant buildings in Europe. Learn how these places were created and study the the V&A's collection of Engraved Ornament and master drawings.
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