The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Radical rooms exhibition at the RIBA: power relations in architectural plans
Charles Holland Architects and artist Di Mainstone have created an immersive audio-visual exhibition at the RIBA. Marianna Janowicz pays a visit
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Eva Rothschild’s colourful pyramid playground for Becontree Centenary
Artist Eva Rothschild has created two sculptural pyramid play structures on east London’s Becontree Estate, inspired by the Memphis Group of designers
Hayatsu Architects’ Modernist Glade in Milton Keynes
An art and architectural installation by Hayatsu Architects and artist Tue Greenfort celebrates the symbiotic relationship between trees and fungus, writes Rupert Bickersteth
The Third Man: The Provoked Wife
Continuing our series of conversations between historical figures from their own words, Patrick Massey constructs a dialogue between John Vanburgh and Sarah Churchill, facilitated by the anonymous ‘Third Man’
Will Alsop’s colourful legacy
The Marco Goldschmied Foundation has auctioned six paintings by the late architect to fund a new bursary and the Stephen Lawrence Prize
Rashid Ali Architects one year on from 2021 AJ Small Projects win
Last year’s winner of the AJ Small Projects Award was Rashid Ali Architects’ Common Room, a town hall waiting room in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Founder Rashid Ali describes his practice’s work since then
Marshall & Kendon on lido restoration and retrofit
Marshall & Kendon co-founder Sam Kendon talks to Rupert Bickersteth about the practice’s lido restorations and the sustainability challenges of heated outdoor pools
Architectural photography collective’s Ukraine fundraiser goes live
With the launch of ‘A Print for Ukraine’, Mass Collective has joined a growing number of art and photography organisations raising funds through special sales
JA Projects designs Fashioning Masculinities exhibition at the V&A
The practice says the exhibition, which celebrates masculine style, is designed to elicit both ‘sensory enjoyment and uneasiness’ in the visitor
Shape-shifting exhibition provides a rich overview of Tom dePaor’s work
The Irish architect’s show, which has opened at VISUAL Carlow near Dublin, successfully mixes installation with film and references from Willow pattern china to early space travel, writes Rob Wilson