The Architecture Foundation
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The Architecture Foundation was Britain
's first independent architecture centre. Established in 1991, it aims to promote contemporary architecture
.
The Architecture Foundation has organised public exhibitions, design
initiatives, competitions and debates.
Before moving to its current Carmody Groarke-designed headquarters in Southwark
, the organisation ran the Yard Gallery in Clerkenwell
as a temporary space experimenting in different ways of exhibiting and communicating architecture. The Southwark headquarters also operates a project space under the same auspices, again hosting a variety of exhibitions, installations and talks.
The current director of the Architecture Foundation is Sarah Ichioka and it is under her leadership that the organization has given itself a greater international remit, manifesting itself in 2009 through a series of exchange programmes.
United Kingdom
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's first independent architecture centre. Established in 1991, it aims to promote contemporary architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
.
The Architecture Foundation has organised public exhibitions, design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
initiatives, competitions and debates.
Before moving to its current Carmody Groarke-designed headquarters in Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
, the organisation ran the Yard Gallery in Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...
as a temporary space experimenting in different ways of exhibiting and communicating architecture. The Southwark headquarters also operates a project space under the same auspices, again hosting a variety of exhibitions, installations and talks.
The current director of the Architecture Foundation is Sarah Ichioka and it is under her leadership that the organization has given itself a greater international remit, manifesting itself in 2009 through a series of exchange programmes.