Eros to the Ritz

22 September 2012—27 January 2013

In the Architecture Space

Photographs by Nigel Green Photo © Royal Academy of Arts/Nigel Green
(left: Eros) (right: The Ritz)

Passing along Piccadilly, every visitor to the RA is met with a visual treat of street architecture. Classical revival styles compete and intermingle with different types of modernism to produce one of London’s greatest architectural anthologies. This exhibition takes Piccadilly as its focus to explore how architects manipulate proportion, shadow, composition, ornament and representation to create memorable and compelling street architecture.

Opening times
10am–6pm every day except Friday
10am–10pm Friday

Associated Lecture

‘As We Stroll Down Piccadilly’

25 September 2012

Professor Alan Powers, curator of Eros to the Ritz, examines the ways Piccadilly’s architecture reflects its role as a meeting place of different social worlds, and uses the street and its diverse architecture to explore questions of architectural criticism and judgement in the twenty-first century. Read more and book

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