Architecture exhibitions
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What to see at the London Festival of Architecture 2025
June is all about the London Festival of Architecture 2025; we browsed the over 450-event rich programme for its highlights, so you won't have to
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Want to be a Venice pavilion commissioner? Bring ideas – and your Rolodex
The impressive showings of the USA's Venice pavilion in the Giardini belie the ambitious fundraising efforts that underpin them. Past and present curators tell us how it works
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2025: the ultimate guide
The Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 is now open to the public, and our ultimate guide for the what, who and where of the biannual festival is here to help you navigate the Italian island city and its rich exhibition offerings
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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How was Carlo Ratti’s ‘Intelligens’? Wallpaper* editors discuss the 19th Venice Biennale
Having visited ‘Intelligens’, the 19th Venice Biennale's main show by curator Carlo Ratti, the Wallpaper* editors discuss what they saw at the world's biggest global architecture festival
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Milan Design Week: Dropcity challenges detention space design with 'Prison Times'
Dropcity's inaugural exhibition 'Prison Times – Spatial Dynamics of Penal Environments', opens a few days before the launch of Milan Design Week and discusses penal environments and their spatial design
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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From a mobile pub to a thatched canopy: Japanese architecture and craft explored at AA show in London
'Distillation of Architecture', a new AA show in London, pairs architects with materials and makers in an exploration of craft through the Japanese lens
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Architectural Association's newest show uncovers the architectural legacies of rural China's lost generation
The Architectural Association’s ‘Ripple Ripple Rippling’ is not your typical architecture show, taking an anthropological look at the flux between rural and urban, and bringing a part of China to Bedford Square in London
By Teshome Douglas-Campbell Published
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Paul Rudolph at The Met: ‘from Christmas lights to megastructures’
‘Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph’ opens at the Met in New York, exploring the modernist master's work through a feast of an exhibition
By Stephanie Murg Published
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Fireworks! Colour! Brutalism! The 2024 London Festival of Architecture is here
The 2024 London Festival of Architecture unfolds, the 20th-anniversary edition signalling a month-long celebration of the capital’s built environment and beyond
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Skateboarding in swimming pools: the case of Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea
A family of shows at Aalto2 Museum Centre explores skateboarding in swimming pools through the case study of Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea in Finland
By Francesca Perry Published
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RIBA’s ‘Raise the Roof’ show is a deep dive into the history of its London HQ
With its ‘Raise the Roof: Building for Change’ exhibition, the RIBA explores themes including gender, ethnicity, race, and imperialism embedded within its own historic headquarters
By Shawn Adams Published
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London Science Museum’s Energy Revolution gallery champions sustainable exhibition design
The Energy Revolution gallery opens at London’s Science Museum, exploring decarbonisation through sustainable exhibition design by Unknown Works
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’ at the V&A is a bold exploration
London’s V&A presents ‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence’, a deep dive into 1940s architectural influences within West Africa and India
By Amah-Rose Abrams Published
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'Emerging Ecologies' at MoMA explores the history of the 'green’ movement
'Emerging Ecologies' opens at MoMA in New York, curated by Ambasz Institute director Carson Chan and seeking the meaning of building 'green'
By Beatrice Galilee Published
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London architecture exhibitions 2023: a guide to the best shows this month
Exciting, beautiful and thought-provoking London architecture exhibitions; here's our pick of the finest in town, to visit and enjoy this month
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Public by Design: Exhibit Columbus 2023 opening weekend launches
Exhibit Columbus 2023 has launched, celebrating public installations of art and architecture in Indiana, USA in its inaugural weekend
By Audrey Henderson Published
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The World Around and Fondation Cartier join forces on series of global events
The World Around and Fondation Cartier have announced their collaboration on a series of three public programs in three different cities
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Royal Academy’s Herzog & de Meuron show in London spotlights architecture for care
The Royal Academy of Arts launches its Herzog & de Meuron exhibition in London; we speak to them about the show, their approach to healthcare architecture and caring, and their rich body of work
By Amah-Rose Mcknight Abrams Published
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Ultimate Norman Foster: into the mind of the architect at Centre Pompidou
Norman Foster exhibition opens at Centre Pompidou in Paris, celebrating the renowned British architect's ground breaking and extensive body of work, while looking into the future
By Shawn Adams Published
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Celebrating supermodels: the oft-unsung heroes of architecture
Piercy & Company’s ‘Supermodels’ exhibition has just launched in London's Kings Cross, celebrating the art of miniature building
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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‘Long Life, Low Energy’ at RIBA celebrates sustainable architecture strategies
RIBA’s ‘Long Life, Low Energy’ exhibition opens, highlighting sustainable architecture strategies at their best
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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’Creation From Catastrophe’: a RIBA show explores building’s disaster response
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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Water world: a mesmerising installation by Bureau de Change unfurls
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Pavilion made of recycled IKEA mattresses wins Chart Architecture prize
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Tosin Oshinowo on Sharjah, adaptable architecture and reuse
Architect Tosin Oshinowo is curating the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial around beauty, impermanence and adaptability; we catch up with her to find out more
By Shawn Adams Last updated
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An OMA/AMO show at Het Hem explores our balance with nature
We tour Het Hem's latest exhibition, ‘Chapter 5IVE’, a collaboration with OMA's Rem Koolhaas and Samir Bantal, director of AMO
By Yoko Choy Last updated
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Glenn Murcutt’s Australian Islamic Centre is explored with a preceding exhibition
By Sara Sturges Last updated