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Architecture exhibitions at RIBA

Our exhibitions programme looks closely into architectural movements, styles and ideas throughout history. Exhibitions and displays, including our world-class collections, can be found at 66 Portland Place in London and at RIBA North on the Liverpool waterfront.

Exhibition opening times

The Architecture Gallery - 66 Portland Place, London
Open Monday to Saturday: 10am to 5pm (Tuesday: 10am to 8pm)
Closed Sunday and bank holidays

RIBA North + Tate Liverpool - 21 Mann Island, Liverpool
Open Monday to Sunday (including bank holidays): 10am to 5.50pm

66 Portland Place: Current and upcoming exhibitions

66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD

Raise the Roof: Building for Change

27 April to 21 September 2024: See new creative works that unpack narratives of gender, race and imperialism at RIBA's headquarters - 66 Portland Place in London

Lesley Lokko wearing glasses and smiling

RIBA Royal Gold Medal: Lesley Lokko

2 May to 21 September 2024: The Practice Space showcases recent works by architecture practices around the globe, as well as Royal Gold Medal and RIBA President’s Medal recipients

Surrealism artwork in RIBA Library display cases

An exquisite queer collection

28 June to 16 August 2024: In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Surrealism, this display in the RIBA Library de-constructs and re-imagines photographs from our collection. Read more about Surrealism's influence on architecture and the LGBTQ+ community

RIBA North: Current and upcoming exhibitions

21 Mann Island, Liverpool waterfront, L3 1BP

Group of young adults standing and sitting - RESOLVE Team Vishnu

You Get a Car [Everybody Gets a Car]: Resolve Collective

9 February to 10 July 2024: Explore RESOLVE Collective's interactive installation at RIBA North, made using material from Tate’s original site on the Albert Dock in Liverpool

Sideview of a stack of open-centred grey coloured bricks

Brickworks

31 July 2024 to 12 January 2025: Explore the transformative power of bricks in art. This exhibition highlights how artists can transform everyday materials to convey meaning and messages and play an important role in society

Upcoming events

10 July 2024, 9.30am to 10.15am

RIBA Baby: Raise the Roof - Building for Change curator tour

Book a free place for a baby friendly curator tour of the current exhibition Raise the Roof: Building for Change.

England - London

10 September 2024, 6.30pm to 8pm

RIBA + VitrA Talk: Rethink Regenerate

Join us in Bristol to discuss how the regeneration of community spaces adds to both social sustainability and positive local identity

England - Southwest

17 September 2024, 6pm to 7pm

Raise the Roof curator tour

Join exhibition curator Margaret Cubbage for an exclusive look at Raise the Roof: Building for Change

England - London

Our previous exhibitions at 66 Portland Place

Learn about exhibitions we've displayed in the past at 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD

Exposing the Barriers in Architecture, from a FAME (Female Architects of Minority Ethnic) Perspective

FAME collective’s research and exhibition are explored through an intersectional feminist lens to amplify the underrepresented voices in architecture. This exhibition ran until Monday 20 May 2024.

Black and white photograph of children at the edge of a shallow lake with blocks of flats and cranes in the background

Wide-Angle View

Architecture photography exhibition at 66 Portland Place, London exploring the eight ground-breaking issues of Manplan that sparked a revolution through print. This exhibition ran from 26 February to 6 April 2024.

Japan Stories: an exhibition of photographs

This free exhibition showed modern Japan through the eyes of three very different photographers who have experienced everyday life there. Each photographer's work reflects different aspects of a nuanced and multi-faceted society through images of its architecture. This exhibition ran from 11 October to 18 November 2023.

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023 shortlist display

The RIBA Stirling Prize celebrates excellence in architecture and is awarded annually. This display provides a glimpse of the six schemes shortlisted for this year's Prize, providing an opportunity to better understand the buildings and the practices behind them. This exhibition ran from 14 September to 10 November 2023.

Parents sitting on a low bench in front of a brick wall waiting to pick their children up from school - Kingsland

The Architect has Left the Building

This exhibition presented a dual-screen film installation, weaving together moments of architectural joy and intimacy drawn from the professional archives of renowned photographer and filmmaker Jim Stephenson. This exhibition ran from 3 June 2023 to 12 August 2023

Cities of the Night

RIBA hosted the Royal College of Art for a second year, showcasing three artists Rut Blees Luxemburg, Alisa Oleva, and Chooc Ly Tan in this multi-media exhibition. This exhibition ran from 1 June to 29 July 2023.

Monica Pidgeon 1960-1970: a Magazine Editor and her Camera

This exhibition showcased the photographic work of Monica Pidgeon, revered editor of Architectural Design between 1946 and 1975. This exhibition ran from 3 March to 27 May 2023.

Long Life, Low Energy

Long Life, Low Energy demonstrated how the principles of the circular economy can help create more sustainable, net zero architecture for the future. This exhibition ran from 27 October 2023 to 14 January 2024.

Out of Space

OUT of Space was an exhibition organised by the RIBA LGBTQ+ Community internal group, and the RIBA Library and Collections team to highlight contributions of the LGBTQ+ community within architecture and the built environment. This exhibition ran during February 2023.

RIBA Journal Eye Line 2022 drawing competition - winners' exhibition

The winners' exhibition for Eye Line 2022, the RIBA Journal's annual drawing competition celebrating the best works from the UK and further afield. This exhibition ran from 11 August to 8 October 2022

Blue graphic design with three women wearing costumes from different time periods

Radical Rooms: Power of the plan

Radical Rooms: Power of the plan explored the power relations embedded within the layout of our domestic spaces. It uses stories from architectural history and highlights moments when the architectural plan has challenged or changed the conventions of domestic life. This exhibition ran from 28 April to 24 September 2022

Future Archive at RIBA

As part of London Festival of Architecture, RIBA hosted the Royal College of Art (RCA) Future Archive project. Future Archive was a bespoke exhibition that gathers artworks, texts, and conversations from the Future Archive artistic research laboratory, led by artist Rut Blees Luxemburg. This exhibition ran from 1 June to 16 July 2022.

Becontree centenary

In partnership with Create London and London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, we delivered a year long programme of artistic and architectural commissions, events, learning programmes and an exhibition to celebrate the east London estate. This exhibition ran from October 2021 to February 2022.

Visit us

As well as offering public tours of our larger exhibitions, we also run a programme of cultural events closely matched to themes on display.

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