Open Charter Agency: The Image of the Architect

26 Feb 13 - 26 Mar 13

After investigating the image of the architect and global perceptions of what they do for Venice Takeaway, the Open Charter Agency (OCA) introduces a new platform for members of the public to explore with them how architects might act as agents of change in future.

Transatlantic Journeys: How America Bought into Palladio's Big Thinking

26 Mar 13 - 26 Mar 13

Charles Hind, the RIBA's chief curator looks at how Palladio's work was brought to England by Inigo Jones in 1614 and then travelled across to America a century later.

From La Ville Radieuse to London Wall: Visions of Cities in the Sky

26 Mar 13 - 26 Mar 13

Le Corbusier's la Ville Radieuse was a grandiose plan for the future city. Created in 1924, it brought high rise buildings, open spaces and motorways into one harmonious, traffic-jam free blueprint for idealized living and automotive efficiency.Find out how its principles travelled to the UK and came to life in the twisted streets of the capital.