RIBApix.com reaches a landmark 50,000 photographs

House, Fiscavaig, Isle of Skye (2009)
House, Fiscavaig, Isle of Skye (2009) Architects: Rural Design
(Image credit: Jon-Marc Creaney / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)
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One of our favourite sources for architectural photography, the Royal Institute of British Architect's Photographs Collection, is celebrating a landmark moment. Its online database, RIBApix.com, has this week reached a total of 50,000 images, making it an invaluable virtual resource for research and inspiration.

Well known for its documentations of architecture and the built environment, both in the UK and abroad, the RIBA archive also holds a number of rare drawings, engravings and written material. The full archive holds over 1.5 million images, more of which will soon be available on RIBApix.com, where prints of them are also available to buy.

Green Ash, Chiswick Mall, London (1934)

Green Ash, Chiswick Mall, London (1934)

(Image credit: : Dell & Wainwright / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

National Congress buildings

National Congress buildings, Eixo Monumental, Brasilia (1958)

Architect: Oscar Niemeyer

Photographer: Monica Pidgeon, 1962

(Image credit: Monica Pidgeon / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Competition design for a restaurant, Festival of Britain Exhibition, South Bank, London (1951) Architects: Christian Hamp and M. Barbara Price

Competition design for a restaurant, Festival of Britain Exhibition, South Bank, London (1951)

Architects: Christian Hamp and M. Barbara Price

(Image credit: RIBA Library Drawings Collection)

Musicians’ uniforms for SS Canberra (1960)

Musicians’ uniforms for SS Canberra (1960)

Designers: Casson, Conder & Partners

(Image credit: : RIBA Library Drawings Collection)

Selecting fabrics at Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road

Selecting fabrics at Heal’s, Tottenham Court Road, London

Photographer: John Maltby, 1956

(Image credit: John Maltby / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

T4, Barajas airport, Madrid (2006)

T4, Barajas airport, Madrid (2006)

Architects: Richard Rogers Partnership

(Image credit: Duccio Malagamba / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

de Young Museum, San Francisco, California (2005)

de Young Museum, San Francisco, California (2005)

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron

(Image credit: Paolo Rosselli / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Design for a stand in D.H. Evans department store

Design for a stand in D.H. Evans department store, Oxford Street, London (1949)

Architect: Stefan Buzas

(Image credit: RIBA Library Drawings Collection)

Bere Heath, Dorset

Bere Heath, Dorset

Photographer: Edwin Smith, 1956

(Image credit: Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Pepys Estate, Deptford, London (1966)

Pepys Estate, Deptford, London (1966)

Architects: GLC Department of Architecture & Civic Design

Photographer: Tony Ray-Jones, 1970

(Image credit: Tony Ray-Jones / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

‘Gothic’ orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens, London

‘Gothic’ orchestra at Vauxhall Gardens, London

Artists: Thomas Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin, 1809

(Image credit: RIBA Library Books & Periodicals Collection)

House at Bentley Wood

House at Bentley Wood, Halland, East Sussex (1938)

Architect: Serge Chermayeff

(Image credit: Dell & Wainwright / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Claridge’s Hotel

Claridge’s Hotel, Brook Street, London (1932)

Architect: Oswald P. Milne

(Image credit: Dell & Wainwright / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Frost on a shed window, Saffron Walden

Frost on a shed window, Saffron Walden

Photographer: Edwin Smith, 1966

(Image credit: Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

The banks of the River Cam

The banks of the River Cam, Cambridge

Photographer: Edwin Smith, 1955

(Image credit: Edwin Smith / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Design for a shop

Design for a shop at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris 1925

Designer: Francis Jourdain

(Image credit: RIBA Library Books & Periodicals Collection)

Staircase

Staircase, 176-9 Street / 176-2 Street, Asmara (1944)

Architect: A. Bibolotti

Photographer: Edward Denison, 1990s

(Image credit: Edward Denison / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Penguin Pool

Penguin Pool, London Zoo, Regent’s Park, London (1934)

Architects: Lubetkin, Drake & Tecton

Credit: RIBA Library Photographs Collection

(Image credit: RIBA Library Photographs Collection)

Sun-catch

Sun-catch, Hillfield (House A), Whipsnade Zoo Estate (1936)

Architects: Lubetkin & Tecton

(Image credit: Dell & Wainwright / RIBA Library Photographs Collection)
Ellie Stathaki

Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).

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