Explore Architecture

From Victorian train turntable to RIBA Award-winning revamped arts venue: discover the architectural history of the iconic Roundhouse, where this year's RIBA Stirling Prize party will take place, through photographs and drawings from the RIBA Collections.

Explore Pablo Bronstein's intricate drawings and compare them to the buildings themselves using our interactive Google map.

James Stirling was renowned for his clashing palette of primary colours which feature strikingly in his work. While mostly celebrated, his embrace and use of loud colours has sometimes put him at odds with those looking for a more muted palette, but has always left a bold impression on the people he met.

Brutalism is a style with an emphasis on materials, textures and construction, producing highly expressive forms

This summer RIBA is exhibiting responses to an open-call for architectural ideas that go Beyond Borders. Find out how one of the three selected installations, Merrett Houmøller's mobile Befriending Kitchen for The British Red Cross has been put to use on the Fourth Floor Terrace of 66 Portland Place.

The artist Pablo Bronstein is perhaps best known for his pen and ink drawings of buildings which incorporate styles from the Baroque to Postmodernism. Ahead of a new commission, which will be on display in September 2017, we explore Pablo's ongoing interest in architecture.