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Embassies Project map & Cityscapers Exhibition
23 June - 20 July, The British Council
An map with details of the Embassies Project events and locations, alongside 'Cityscapers', an exhibition of new proposals to transform the connections between Edinburgh and Glasgow. |
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Fresh Flower
20 June - 20 July, various locations across all five hubs
Tonkin Liu's 'Fresh Flower' has been commissioned by Corus for the LFA2008. This signature structure will provide a platform for discussion and debate.
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London Festival of Architecture Headquarters
20 June - 20 July, 8am - 6pm, LFA HQ
The New London Architecture centre, located at
26 Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT, will be the
headquarters for the London Festival of Architecture. |
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NLA Sky Walk
4 July - 6 July
Main hub weekend event for the Kings Cross, Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia & Covent Garden hub focusing on the closure of Montague Place. |
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Street Gallery
20 June - 20 July, various locations across all five hubs
A live exhibition of information on the built environment that surrounds us, enhancing the pedestrians’ experience of London’s architecture. |
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Vistas Street Furniture
20 June - 20 July, various locations across all five hubs
Plywood cut-out versions of domestic furniture can be found across London distributing LFA information and highlighting specific 'vistas' of interest. |
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China Design Now
20 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum
As part of the China Now festival, this exhibition explores contemporary design in China. |
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Elephant and Castle Regeneration Drawings
19 June - 31 July, The Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre
Reuben Powell is Artist in Residence in The Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre exhibiting large scale drawings of local regeneration. |
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Enter the Centre Exhibition
24 June - 20 July, Alan Baxter Associates Gallery
What does an architecture centre do? What does it look like? How many are there? Come on a fact-finding mission! |
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Poly&Chai
20 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum
Leading Chinese architect, Yung Ho Chang, transforms the John Madejski
Garden in the latest in the V&A's annual garden commission series.
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Psycho Buildings: Artists and Architecture
19 June - 31 July, The Hayward
Exhibition marking The Hayward’s 40th anniversary featuring atmospheric constructions and installations. Artists include Rachel Whiteread, Los Carpinteros and Atelier Bow-Wow.
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Richard Rogers
20 June - 20 July, Design Museum
Exhibition on Architect Richard Rogers at the Design Museum. |
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Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture
20 June - 31 July, Embankment Galleries, Somerset House
50 of the world’s leading architects and fashion designers, in the new riverside Embankment Galleries at Somerset House. |
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Storefront London
21 June - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, Pop-up Storefront London
Pop-up Storefront London presents CPH Experiments, an exhibition of recent works by Danish architecture firm BIG/Bjarke Ingels Group |
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The Continuous Picnic
5 July, 10am - 6pm, Montague Place
The picnic with a difference: Fresh food market installation followed by giant public picnic on Montague Place and Russell Square. |
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The House that Herman Built
19 June - 5 July, 11am - 6pm, 29 Thurloe Place
What kind of house does a man who has lived in a 6' x 9' prison cell for 35 years dream of?
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Your LFA Photo competition
20 June - 20 July, LFA HQ
BD and the LFA is showcasing the festival through your eyes and photographs. |
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A Building Should Be to a City as a Brick is to a Brick Wall
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Royal Institute of British Architects
Exhibition at the RIBA exploring models for contextual 21st century housing. |
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Anything But Grey
20 June - 20 July, 9:30am - 6:30pm, Benjamin Street Gardens
Installation by Wilkinson Eyre Architects in Benjamin Street Gardens.
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Architectural Jewellery
19 June - 5 July
Vicki Ambery-Smith exhibits her intricate jewellery which is inspired by Architecture, such as The Guggenheim Museum and The Humber Bridge. |
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Argentina Embassy Project
20 June - 18 July, 10:30am - 4:30am, Embassy of Argentina
Exhibition curated by architects Daniel Silberfaden and Ricardo Blanco, focused on the links between architecture and design. |
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Armchair Theatre
20 June - 20 July, National Theatre
An installation by astroturf artists The Grass Bandits brings domestic comfort and outdoor relaxation together on a queen-size three piece suite. |
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Art on the Underground: Mark Wallinger: Going Underground
20 June - 31 July, Multiple Locations across London Underground stations
Pocket Tube Map. Free from all LU stations |
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Benelon
20 June - 20 July, St. Olave's School
A clever and provocative installation at LFA by Agents, a group of young Czech architects with contributions from many international architectural practices and masters. |
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Bettina Buck
27 June - 31 July, ROKEBY
New exhibition by artist Bettina Buck with related events. |
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Bloomsbury Village Fete
5 July - 6 July, 10am - 5pm, Bloomsbury Village
Showcasing the historic seven and a half acres of Bloomsbury Village, its architecture, history and occupants. |
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British Library Tours
20 June - 20 July, British Library
Tour of the St Pancras building |
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Brunei Gallery Art and Photographic Exhibitions
5 July - 20 July, SOAS
Two exhibitons: "Photographs from the Alkazi Foundations for the Arts" (India) and the permanent display "Treasures of SOAS" |
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C J Lim Installation
20 June - 31 July, Victoria and Albert Museum
Seasons Through The Looking Glass, is a subterranean garden installation in the V&A tunnel entrance, by CJ Lim and Studio 8 Architects. |
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Cantilever
3 July - 31 July, Collyer Bristow Gallery
Collyer Bristow Gallery presents an exhibition of contemporary art that considers the crossovers between fine art practice and architectural concerns. Curated by Day+Gluckman. |
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CO-EVOLUTION
20 June - 20 July, 9am - 5pm, St. Olave's School
Winner of the Golden Lion Venice 2006, CO-EVOLUTION presents creative cross disciplinary visions for sustainable urban development in China. |
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Container Cruise Project
5 July - 12 July, 10am - 6pm, Gillet Square
Exhibition displaying the 'Container Cruise' built environment concept in photo-collages in a storyline. |
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Dan Dare Comics
20 June - 20 July, Science Museum
Cartoon adventurer Dan Dare leads into a compelling special exhibition on post-war Britain, and takes us back to a surprising ‘lost world’ of British design and invention. |
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Dark Waters
27 June - 20 July, 6am - 12:30am, Multiple London Piers
An RIBA London exhibition exploring the life and history of the Thames through sound installations on six riverboat piers. |
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Denmark Embassy Project
20 June - 12 July, 3pm - 7pm, The Royal Danish Embassy
Sust-DANE-able points to the future of architecture. Designed by Wayne Hemingway, the exhibition presents sustainable projects by leading Danish architects.
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Detour
25 June - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, 33 Portland Place
Architecture and design along 18 national tourist routes in Norway |
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Exhaust 19-06-08
19 June - 19 July, 12am, Goethe-Institut
Exhaust is a 24hour performance and resulting installation during which all of the exhaled air of one person is collected within large silver balloons to form a cluster of consumed space. |
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Fast Forward
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Rabih Hage Gallery & Design Studio
The Rabih Hage Gallery will showcase an exhibition pavilion designed by Rabih Hage and built using E-Manufacturing.
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Finland Embassy Project: 'LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS'
25 June - 20 July, 11am - 6pm, 33 Portland Place
Exhibition curated by architect Matti Karjanoja, focusing on cosiness and humaneness in education and learning environments. |
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Flooded London
20 June - 20 July, Medcalf
Squint Opera depicts living in ‘Flooded London’ in 2090 |
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Fresh Eyes City Exhibition
20 June - 20 July, Multiple Locations
Located in key areas of interest within the City Streets, a series of information pods will offer an insight into the rich history and exciting future of the square mile to its visitors and workers. |
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Fresh Forms
19 June - 19 July, 10am - 5:30pm, Lesley Craze Gallery
An exhibition of British silverware and silver jewellery at the cutting edge of contemporary applied art practice.
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Georgia Embassy Project
20 June - 20 July, 11am - 8pm, Embassy of Georgia, main hall
Installations and exhibition curated by "imma" group adopts an implementation of immateriality in architecture. |
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Golden Lane Record
2 July - 20 July, 11am - 7pm, EXHIBIT at Golden Lane Estate
A community group called Golden Lane Record formed in celebration of 50 years of the Golden Lane Estate
19th-26th July (open Sunday)
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Greener than Thou? Sweden Goes Sustainable
20 June - 20 July, Kinnarps Showroom
The exhibition is a showcase of new Swedish architecture commissioned by the Embassy of Sweden and curated by Johan Berglund and Dean Pike of 42architects |
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Grow Bags: Urban Allotments
20 June - 20 July
GROW BAG installations and green spaces by What if: projects explore ideas for growing food within the inner city. |
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H- Box
3 July - 31 July, Tate Modern
H-Box is an innovative, roaming screening hall designed by the architect and artist Didier Fiuza Faustino. |
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Hairywood Tower
20 June - 31 July, Covent Garden Piazza
Hairywood Tower is in Covent Garden to celebrate Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture at Somerset House. |
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Intimate Geometry
20 June - 20 July, Jerwood Cafe Space
Installation by artist Colin Booth that combines the surface intimacy of painting and the physical space of architecture.
Meet the artist: Saturday 12 July 12-3pm |
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Japan Embassy Project
20 June - 20 July, The Embassy of Japan
Craft In Context - Exhibition & lecture series addressing the important questions arising from the consequences of globalization in architecture |
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Jonathan Farr Drawings
3 July - 20 July, Centre Point
Jonathan spent 2 months creating works from the 13th floor of Centre Point in 2007, this show features works he created during his residency.
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King's Cross Station redevelopment plans
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 3:30pm, The Gymnasium
An exhibition of the designs for the new King's Cross Station. |
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Legible Cities
20 June - 20 July, 9am - 6pm, LFA HQ
Puts the spotlight on an exciting pedestrian wayfinding system that has the potential to transform London into a truly ‘walkable’ city. |
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Lift Structure 2
26 June - 6 July, The Lift
Four storeys high and groundbreaking in design, The Lift is a beautiful, new mobile venue and hub of Lift Festival 2008. Designed by AOC. |
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Light Installation Millbank
20 June - 20 July, Light Installation Millbank
Exhibition curated by Nikoloz Japaridze & Christopher Smith taking place in Westminster, focused on the tensegrity of space through tessellating line geometries. |
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London Park Hotel Anagram Competition
20 June - 20 July, The Elephant and Castle
The Neon Letters from the now demolished London Park Hotel are rearranged to add humour to the Elephant and Castle! |
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mAxico - Architectures from Mexico
20 June - 19 July, Royal Institute of British Architects
Mexico presents, at the RIBA, commissioned work by a group of up-and-coming architects challenging ideas on architecture and its representation, and a talk by Miquel Adria, a leading architect and critic from Mexico City, who will give an overview of the Mexican contemporary architecture scene at Instituto Cervantes. |
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Minnie Weisz Open Studio
3 July - 20 July, 12pm - 7am, MINNIE WEISZ STUDIO
Minnie Weisz Open Studio
Artists showing their work in studio in conjunction with the event ' Diary of a derelict Dairy' and other
stories. |
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Model For A Monument (The Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall)
20 June - 20 July, Russel Square - south corner
‘Model for a Monument (Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall)’ is a scale model and temporary installation describing a proposed anarchist’s discussion space. |
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Model For A Monument (The Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall) Debate
5 July, 9pm - 10pm, Russel Square - south corner
Performance of Model for a Monument (Anarcho-Sydicalist Town Hall), a scale model and temporary installation with a revolving roof. |
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Modernism in China
3 July - 20 July, The Royal Institute of British Architects
The exhibition ‘Modernism in China’ addresses China’s absence in written histories of Modernism. |
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New Street Square : Public Space - Accident and Design
20 June - 20 July, New Street Square
An exhibition examining the process behind place-making and the importance of destinations of interaction within our cities. |
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Outside the BOX: Images of contemporary Japanese architecture by Edmund Sumner
20 June - 25 July, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Photographic exhibition of contemporary Japanese architecture by the British architectural photographer, Edmund Sumner. |
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Papier-mâché Dragon
20 June - 20 July, 8am, Ada Street Gallery
Sculpture (of recycling) created by Nikoloz Japaridze & Christopher Smith within Broadway Market Ada Street Gallery. |
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Peru Embassy Project
20 June - 18 July, Peruvian Embassy
Exhibition organised by the Peruvian Embassy focusing on the cohabitation and mutual neglect of formal and informal urban developments in the city of Lima. |
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Pimms O'Clock
20 June - 20 July, 6pm - 7pm, The Zetter Restaurant
Throughout the London Festival of Architecture the Zetter Hotel will be offering half price Pimms between 6-7pm Monday to Friday. |
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Portavilion: Annika Eriksson Pavilion
21 June - 20 July, Regents Park
Swedish artist Annika Eriksson presents "The Smallest Cinema in the World - For the Wealthy and the Good", a temporary public art work in Regents Park as part of the Portavilion project. A tiny mobile cinema designed by Hopkins Architects will move around the park and screen films made by Eriksson in Regents Park during the summer. |
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Portavilion: Dan Graham Pavilion
20 June - 20 July, Holland Park
Portavilion, an UP PROJECTS production for London's parks presents Triangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-out by highly acclaimed American artist Dan Graham. |
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Portavilion: Dance performance at Dan Graham pavilion
5 July, 4pm, The Dutch Garden, Holland Park
A newly commissioned site specific dance performance around Dan Graham's Triangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-Out Variation H as part of Portavilion, an UP PROJECTS production for London's parks |
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Portavilion: Toby Paterson Pavilion
4 July - 20 July, Potters Fields Park
British artist Toby Paterson presents 'Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion' in Potters Fields Park, Southwark as part of Portavilion. Responding to the adjacent, iconic architecture of Tower Bridge, the GLA building and HMS Belfast, Paterson inserts another strongly graphic form – a wooden, modular structure - into the “town-scape” of the Southbank. |
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Power House
20 June - 20 July, "POWER HOUSE" 54 UNION STREET
An installation by Angela Wright relating to the five blind windows of an ex- Electricity Sub Station in Union Street.
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Process Exposé
20 June - 20 July, Helen Yardley Gallery
The exhibition looks at Helen Yardley's unique design process from commission through to the final product in an architectural context. |
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RAW - New Brazilian Architecture
21 June - 18 July, Embassy of Brazil in London
A programme celebrating contemporary Brazilian architecture, which will consist of an exhibition of recent works and a series of talks by participating architects and invited guests, including celebrated urban planner Jaime Lerner. |
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Regent's Canal: A Fresh Perspective: British Waterways – Carlo Gatti & Jena
3 July - 6 July, 10am - 6pm, Regent's Canal
Meet ‘Carlo Gatti’ the entrepreneurial 19th century Swiss ice merchant and come on board ‘Jena’ to learn about the waterways. |
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River by Janelle Lynch
27 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Photofusion
Janelle Lynch's first UK exhibition with River, a series of photographic waterscapes taken along the bank of the Hudson River. |
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Road Trip to the Moon
20 June - 20 July, 9:30am - 6pm, Metropolitan Workshop
Collaborative installation by Metropolitan Workshop and Charlie Whinney Associates using steam bent timber to explore themes relating to the environment. |
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Romanian Cultural Institute Project: New Bucharest Market
20 June - 20 July, Romanian Cultural Institute
Exhibition, screening and debates on the urban regeneration of Bucharest, curated by Mihnea Mircan. |
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Royal Festival Hive
20 June - 31 July, Royal Festival Hall
A working beehive built as a scale replica of the Royal Festival Hall and installed on the Hall's roof. |
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Scott King: Temporary Eyesore
20 June - 20 July, Hopton Street
Site-specific art installation on construction hoardings on Hopton Street. Curated by Elias Redstone, The Architecture Foundation, and organised in consultation with Tate Modern, Native Land and Grosvenor. |
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SOAS open spaces - Japanese roof garden, Library reading room and terraces
20 June - 20 July, SOAS
SOAS's Japanese roof garden, Library reading room and terraces will be open to the public. |
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Sonic Garden
22 June - 16 July, Outside Chelsea Theatre
Enjoy the scents and sounds of the Sonic Garden, an aural and visual oasis in the urban landscape of World’s End Place.
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Soundings from the Estuary
20 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre
Soundings from the Estuary: an exhibition of photographs, sound and word pieces that examine the threats to the Thames Estuary |
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Student Festival: Architectural Association - Riverside Walk
27 June - 30 July, Riverside Walk -- More London
ecoMachines – collection LFA08.03
“the riverside walk experiment”
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Student Festival: Central Saint Martin's-Whitfield Gardens
3 July - 7 July, Whitfield Gardens
The site at Whitfield Gardens explores how we are all mirrors to each other's behaviour pattern, through projected images of people. |
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Student Festival: Centre for Alternative Technology - Arnold Circus
20 June - 20 July, Arnold Circus
Installation and event involving the local community and MSc students from CAT focusing on local food; growing, producing and consuming. |
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Student Festival: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne-Tower Bridge Plaza
20 June - 20 July, Riverside Walk, Tate Modern
Installation created by second year students from the EPFL in Lausanne investigating a changing structure conditioned by the tides on the river Thames.
On the 3rd of July, in the LFA Student Festival Final Review, the EPFL project was honored with the prize for the 'Signpost' theme and awarded with the prize for the best overall project.
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Student Festival: Ravensbourne College -The British Museum
5 July - 6 July, 11am - 4pm, The British Museum
IDEAs students from Ravensbourne collaborate with visitors to the Museum, creating an installation, inspired by emergent architecture and indigenous artefacts. |
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Sustainab.Italy Exhibition
25 June - 20 July, 10am - 6pm, Viabizzuno showroom
Exhibition of new Italian architecture focusing on sustainability, reuse of architectural heritage and landscape protection. |
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The Crystal Palace reappears... Interventions of Memory
20 June - 6 July, Multiple Locations in Hyde Park & Exhibition Road
The original footprint of the Great Exhibition will be recreated in Hyde Park together with events that explore the site’s history, memory and identity. |
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The Diary of a Derelict Dairy
3 July - 13 July, 10am - 7am, The Dairy
The Diary of a Derelict Dairy.
A Collaborative cross disciplinary Art and Architecture Event
curated by Minnie Weisz
Minnie Weisz. |
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The Neues Museum, Berlin - Restoration, Repair and Intervention
20 June - 20 July, Sir John Soane's Museum
An exhibition displaying the original working drawings of David Chipperfield Architects’ Neues Museum project on Berlin’s Museum Island |
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The Singing house
28 June - 29 July, Trinity Buoy Wharf
Exhibition, installation, sound piece and performance exploring chimneys and their evolved role in the city skyline and this East London Hub. |
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Thermal Cities : London
20 June - 20 July, www.thermalcities.com
An alternative (FRESH!) view of London's life and built environment, using a start of the art thermal imaging camera |
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This is Tomorrow Too
3 July - 5 July, 9am - 5pm, Montague Place
This is Tomorrow Too is an architectural installaion by The Mobile Studio (Max Dewdney + Chee Kit Lai) located between Montague Place (British Museum) and the British Library focused on Bloomsbury's lost urban history. |
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Tours of the Architectural Association's Projects Review summer exhibition
5 July, 3pm - 5pm, Architectural Association
Tours of the Architectural Association's Bedford Square Pavilions (Sat 5 July, 3pm-4pm)
and the Architectural Association's Projects Review summer exhibition (Sat 5 July, 4pm-5pm) |
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Traceurs: to trace, to draw, to go fast
20 June - 20 July, Chelsea Futurespace
Futurecity presents Traceurs, a film installation by artist, Layla Curtis. Heat-seeking cameras trace the navigation of the urban landscape by parkour experts revealing an unconventional view of the city.
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U-Design City_Seoul: World Design Capital Seoul 2010
20 June - 20 July, Korean Cultural Centre
Exhibition of WDC (World Design Capital) Seoul 2010 - along with Seoul's architecture |
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Unseen Hands - 100 years of Structural Engineering
19 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum
Unseen Hands: 100 years of Structural Engineering, celebrates the contribution structural engineers have made to the built environment. |
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Upshot
19 June - 20 July, National Theatre
Set on the terraces of the National Theatre, this photographic exhibition provides a unique glimpse into London’s best kept secret spaces. |
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Vancouverism: Westcoast Architecture + City-Building
24 June - 20 July, 6:30pm - 8pm, Canada House
High-rise, high-amenity, and high-design urban living are the watch-words in the summer-long “Vancouverism” exhibition at Canada House, curated by Trevor Boddy and Dennis Sharp. |
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Wooden Churches of the Russian North - Photographs by Richard Davies
3 July - 27 July, Pushkin House
' Wooden Churches of the Russian North' an exhibition of photographs by Richard Davies |
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YouCanPlan Challenge
20 June - 20 July, North Cloisters, UCL
YouCanPlan Challenge is an online participatory architectural design event illustrating how new communities can be co-designed by their future residents. |
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Zaha Hadid Chandelier
20 June - 20 July, Victoria and Albert Museum
The Swarm chandelier by Zaha Hadid is composed of 16,000 black crystals that make up a complex pattern of forms. |
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‘If I could design London I would....’
20 June - 20 July, Somerset House
A Design for London exhibition showcasing hundreds of ideas out for London put forward by architects and members of the public and offering a chance to view Design for London’s blueprint for a better public realm. ‘If I could...’ follows – and includes responses to - Design for London’s Open City exhibition.
Admission free of charge. |
