V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery

The V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery (Room 128) is a permanent exhibition encompassing over 2,500 years of architecture from across the world. It features highlights from the world-class architectural collections of the V&A + RIBA Architecture Partnership|. Visitors can see 160 models, photographs, drawings, designs, material samples and building fragments, and listen to audio commentaries, watch videos and touch objects.

The gallery opened in November 2004 as the the UK’s first permanent architecture gallery and was designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects. Alongside the gallery is an exhibition space (Room 128a) devoted to temporary architecture displays.

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum|, London
Admission: Free
Opening times: 10am - 5.45pm daily, 10am - 10pm on Fridays

Explore the Architecture Gallery online:

The art of architecture|

Explore the history and ideas behind architectural styles.

The function of buildings|

How is design informed by its function and climate?

Architects & architecture|

Sir Christopher Wren's design for the dome, Greenwich

The architectural process from an idea to the finished design.

Structures|

Discover how architects and builders span wide spaces.

Buildings in context|

Find out about the history of Trafalgar Square, London.

Chromazone|

Temporary display: 19 November 2012 - 19 May 2013 at the V&A.

Temporary displays: Room 128a

Temporary exhibitions on architecture from the Partnership have taken place since 2004. Past displays have explored King's Cross, Gothic architecture, the work of architect Charles Holden and the design of Maggie's Centres.

The exhibition from 19 November 2012 - 19 May 2013 is 'Chromazone: Colour in Contemporary Architecture'|. This display explores the long history of the use of colour in architecture, with its strong symbolic and cultural meanings. Entry is free.