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Architectural style guides

Learn about different architectural styles and explore images on RIBApix

Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London: view from Waterloo Bridge looking east towards St Paul

Brutalism

A guide to brutalist architecture, including the main features, architects and significant projects

High Tech

A guide to High Tech, which was a development in British Modernist architecture from the late 1960s

De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea, RIBA Collections.This photograph comes from the archive of Sir Anthony Wakefield Cox

Modernism

A guide to modernist architecture, including the main features, architects and significant projects

John Outram, Pumping Station, Isel of Dogs, 1988. Reid & Pack/RIBA Collections

Postmodernism

Postmodernism describes a style or styles of architecture and the decorative arts that were a reaction to Modernism and the Modern Movement

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Beyond Bauhaus - Modernism in Britain 1933–66

This exhibition takes a fresh look at the development of British modernist architecture through the reciprocal influence of the Bauhaus movement.

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Curator Takeovers

Ever wondered what it's like to have the history of architecture at your fingertips? Our curators work with one of the largest and most diverse architectural collections in the world, and they're here to tell you about it.

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[C] Space - DRL 10 Pavilion, Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London Christopher Hope-Fitch / RIBA Collections

Search and discover over 100,000 images from the RIBA Collections

Search and discover over 100,000 images from the RIBA Collections on our image library. Images are available to download, purchase or license

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The morality tale of Norwich’s social housing

Mikhail Riches’ Goldsmith Street is everything social housing should be, but Right to Buy could scupper its fine intentions

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Featured events

4 September 2019, 6pm to 9pm

RIBAJ Eye Line 2019 celebration

Held at RIBA, this evening will be a celebration of the art of architectural drawing. This event is a chance to see the winning entries of the 2019 Eye Line drawing competition on display, as well as discussions, a winners’ presentation and more.

England - London

10 September 2019, 6.30pm to 9.00pm

Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture 2019: Connecting People and Places

RIBA are honoured to once again host the annual Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture, helping to raise vital funds for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust.

England - London

1 October 2019, 10am to 5pm

Smart Practice Conference 2019: New Ways of Working

Explore how digital design and fabrication shape architectural practice, examine if Integrated Project Insurance offers a panacea for procurement, and hear how collaboration creates business opportunities for small practices.

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