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Installation shot of Relics of old London Photo: Royal Academy of Arts
31 July—27 October 2009
In the Architecture Space
Adjacent to the Royal Academy Restaurant
Laurie Chetwood's Paper City
Paper City: Urban Utopias showcases a selection of extraordinary drawings, collages and photomontages that have been produced for Blueprint as part of their back-page ‘Paper City’ commissions over the past three years.
Architects, designers, artists and illustrators including James Wines, Steven Appleby and Ian Ritchie RA articulate their ideas about the city, suggesting imaginative possibilities for the future.
The exhibition also includes new commissions from Peter Cook RA, Chris Orr RA, Marc Atkins, Javier Mariscal and RA Schools students Inez de Coo and Rachael Champion.
Visitors are invited to create their own exhibition catalogue by tearing off their favourite images from the wall.
The exhibition is supported by Stephens & George Print Group
In association with Blueprint
Minimum.... or Maximum Cities? - The Conference
The exhibition will be on show at The Gallery, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge as part of 'Minimum.... or Maximum Cities? - The Conference' on 26 November 2009. Read more
Competition
We are launching a competition alongside the exhibition which invites you to submit your own ‘Paper City’. The competition will be judged at the end of the exhibition by architect Peter Cook RA, illustrator Sara Fenelli, Blueprint editor Vicky Richardson and the RA’s Architecture Programme Curator Kate Goodwin. Prizes for the competition include a Crevasse vase designed by Zaha Hadid RA for Alessi and art materials by Daler Rowney.
Read more and find out how to enter
Workshop
An accompanying workshop was held as part of ‘The Big Draw’ on Sunday 11 October at the Royal Academy of Arts. A selection of illustrators, architects and designers
whose work is on show talk about their response to the brief and lead groups to create your own ‘Paper City’, which illustrate ideas about the city and suggest imaginative possibilities for the future.
