Study Room resource: architecture & exploring skylines
This resource contains a selection of architects' drawings from the V&A's and RIBA's Architecture collections that …
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Teachers' resource: Drawing in museums
This resource offers teachers advice, ideas and information for the effective use of drawing in a museum.…
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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.
Architecture in the Archive of Art & Design
The architecture collection in the Archive of Art and Design demonstrates a broad spectrum of styles, influences and interests amongst the architects it represents. For example, architect and president of the Royal Academy of Arts 1954, Alfred Edward Richardson, held a deep interest in the 18th century. This is represented in his archive which consists of many glass lantern slides depicting furniture, interiors and exteriors of buildings which mainly concentrate on the 18th century.
Architecture videos
Watch six videos in relation to architectural design, featuring Crystal Palace and Trafalger Square as some of the subjects.
Room 128a: Architecture Exhibition Space
This space is used for temporary displays related to architecture.
Room 127: Architecture Entrance
Dominated by a frieze by sculptor Gilbert Bayes from Doulton House, this room serves as the entrance to the recently redeveloped Architecture Gallery
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Exploring Architecture: Buildings, Meaning and Making (HB)
Covering ancient and modern architecture from across the world, this book examines its very essence by opening buildings up, to reveal what lies behind their design.
Buy nowEvent - Closer Look: Architecture Talks - Station to Station: the design & architecture of railway stations
Tue 19 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: Take a journey through the 19th and 20th century architecture of railways stations and railway-related designs, featured in both the RIBA and V&A collections.
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