Updates and features from across the RIBA as well as news, stories and opinion from the wider world of architecture and the built environment
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.
An introduction to the six buildings on the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist, now competing to be named the UK’s best new building
Ethel Charles became the first woman architect to join the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), in 1898. However, Ethel’s path to becoming an architect and member of the RIBA was far from straight forward.
Every day, thousands of commuters using Bank station pass George Dance the Elder's grandiose Mansion House – do they know the treasures inside?
Former home to one of the largest banks in the world and now a hotel, this building still retains the feel of luxury and excess.
Before its demolition in 2010, to make way for Walbrook Square designed by Foster + Partners, Bucklersbury House had stood on its plot on Cannon Street for over 50 years.
We are celebrating London History Day with a week-long look at the changing urban environment around Number 1 Poultry, the subject of our current exhibition ‘Circling the Square’.
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.
The design for Giles Gilbert Scott's classic telephone box, drawn on a linen sheet.
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