Photographs

Highlights and past exhibitions

High Society exhibition, British Architectural Library, 2012

High Society exhibition, British Architectural Library, RIBA, 2012 

 

As world's biggest holding of architectural photographs, the RIBA Library Photographs Collection has many highlights and they have formed the basis of major exhibitions across Europe. With new acquisitions|, the collection continues to grow and its material has been used in exhibitions at the RIBA and other institutions and galleries.

Past exhibitions| have made extensive use of the material in the Photographs Collection, including these displays:

 

Park Hill Estate, Sheffield|

2012: High Society

Image: Park Hill Estate|, Sheffield   

George Thomson Building, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|

2012: Cambridge in Concrete
Image: George Thomson Building|, Cambridge

Alton East Estate, Roehampton, London|

2011: A Place To Call Home
Image: Alton East Estate|, Roehampton

Esplanade des Invalides|

2011: Art Deco Triumphant
Image: Esplanade des Invalides|, Paris

Odeon cinema, Leicester Square, London|

2011: Puttin' on the Glitz
 
Image: Odeon cinema|, Leicester Square, London

American Bar, Karntner Passage, Vienna|

2011: Adolf Loos
  
Image: American Bar|, Karntner Passage, Vienna

Artist's house and studio, V Triennale, Milan|

2011: Framing Modernism
Image: Artist's house and studio|, V Triennale, Milan

Farm at Deptford, Wiltshire|

2011: Edwin Smith
Image: Farm at Deptford|, Wiltshire

Quayside, Albert Dock, Liverpool|

2011: Eric de Maré
Image: Quayside, Albert Dock|, Liverpool

Penguin Pool under construction, London Zoo|

2010: Over Here
Image: Penguin Pool|, London Zoo  

Woburn Abbey: the sculpture gallery|

2010: Edwin Smith
Image: The sculpture gallery|, Woburn Abbey

Buoy store, Wharf Road, Penzance|

2010: John Piper
Image: Buoy store|, Wharf Road, Penzance

'Skyscraper' fishermen's sheds, the Stade, Hastings|

2010: Eric de Maré
Image: Fishermen's sheds|, the Stade, Hastings

Clubhouse for AMILA, Tremezzo, Lake Como|

2009: Framing Modernism
Image: Clubhouse for AMILA|, Lake Como

Battersea 'A' Power Station, London, by night|

2009: Cathedral of Power
Image: Battersea 'A' Power Station|, London

Secretariats, New Delhi|

2009: Building the Raj
Image: Secretariats|, New Delhi

Esso petrol station and garage, London, at night|

2009: John Maltby
Image: Esso petrol station|, London

 

 

More images can be seen on RIBApix|. 

New acquisitions: Can you help?

The collection pursues an active policy of acquiring material to provide as complete a record as possible of our built environment for the benefit of future generations. Since its inception it has benefited enormously from the generosity of RIBA members and the general public. If you know of any material that you think might be of interest and that you would be willing to see housed in the collection, the team at the Photographs Collection would be delighted to hear| from you.

 

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