The National Theatre, London SE1 11 January - 16 February 2008

This ideas competition set by RIBA London and Arts Council England asked London architects and students to consider the shape and form of future arts spaces. With changes in technology and rapidly altering notions of what culture actually is, including ideas about making the arts a less elitist affair, architects were encouraged to ask fundamental questions: what kind of arts space will be relevant to future generations? How can spaces better reflect the nature of the arts being produced within them? Do art spaces need to be transformed into something quite new?

The judges for the Art Spaces for the Future Exhibition included: Sarah Weir, Executive Director, Arts Council England, London; Tricia Austin, Central St Martins; Sarah Featherstone, Featherstone Associates; Dr Ben Todd, Engineer and Executive Director of Arcola Theatre; and Steve Tompkins, Haworth Tompkins Architects and Edwin Heathcote, Architecture Critic, Financial Times.