We Live in the Office : A commission by Giles Round

22 Sep 2016-5 Feb 2017

Overview

This autumn something out of the ordinary is happening at RIBA. Come and explore the repurposed Architecture Gallery as the multi-disciplinary artist Giles Round focuses our attention on one of the most familiar and unavoidable architectural features of the city: the façade. By turning the gallery into a production studio and shop, this exhibition questions the ways in which we collect, preserve and purchase façades today. Inspired by the work of a wide-range of architects in the RIBA’s Collections, it explores the increasing tension between the changing interior and static exterior of the architecture around us and our subsequently unreliable understanding of cities and spaces. Exhibition sponsored by Wedge Group Galvanizing. With additional support from Cockayne - Grants for the Arts and The London Community Foundation.