Architecture at the V&A
Discover the extensive collections of the V&A
Architecture
Plan a visitAs the home of the national collection of architecture, the V&A holds monumental plaster casts, large-scale architectural fragments and entire historic rooms, as well as models, drawings and sketchbooks by major British and international architects from the 15th century to the present day.
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Architectural drawings and fragments of buildings were collected by the Museum from its earliest days, but it was only in 2014 that a department responsible for architecture was established. In the Architecture Gallery, co-curated with the Royal Institute of British Architects as part of the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership, you can explore the history of architecture, styles, materials and building types. Next door, in the Architecture Display Gallery, you can visit changing displays of historic and contemporary drawings chosen from the rich collections of the V&A and the RIBA on a variety of topical themes.
Collection Highlights
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La Biennale di Venezia 2021
2021's display explored contemporary multiculturalism through three adapted mosque spaces in London
A curious trail of architecture at the V&A in 10 objects
Building the Museum
The V&A's buildings are works of art in themselves. Each represents a chapter of the V&A's story and a moment in British design history
Robin Hood Gardens
Discover the history of Robin Hood Gardens – a defining example of Brutalist architecture and social housing, as a three-storey section is acquired by the V&A
Architects and their sketchbooks
Architects sketchbooks provide freedom. They are a personal record of thoughts, observations, problems and memories
Recreating Palmyra's Arch of Triumph using photogrammetry
Skateboarding and the city: a global phenomenon
Drop in on the history of skateboarding
V&A trail: Architectural wonders
Discover the story of the V&A's eclectic buildings in this self-guided trail
