Architecture Programme
The RA is where architecture intersects with the visual arts – a connection we explore through talks, performances, exhibitions and debates.
Royal Academy Architecture Prize Programme 2024
The Royal Academy Dorfman Prize seeks the best architectural talent internationally. We depend on a network of nominators from around the world to tell us which individuals, collectives and practices are looking to the future of architecture and making work that influences their communities.
Is there a practice that inspires you? Put them forward for the 2024 RA Dorfman Prize.
Architecture events
- Talk
An evening with JA Projects and Friends
21 March 2024
- Talk
Is there such a thing as "boring" architecture?
24 April 2024
- Film
Architecture on the RA blog
Crunch: inside the first Architecture Window display
14 February 2024
RA Architecture Prize Winner 2023: Shane de Blacam
1 September 2023
Introducing Bêka & Lemoine
9 August 2023
About the Architecture Programme
The Architecture Programme encompasses a variety of events, new commissions and curated displays. From lectures by leading international architects and multidisciplinary panel events, to poetry readings and immersive musical experiences, the Programme consistently pushes boundaries and inspires fresh thinking.
Dating originally from the 1660s, Burlington House has been our home since 1867, and has seen impressive additions over the years by a roster of celebrated architects. Continuing that rich history, Burlington Gardens, originally built in the 1860s, is was the focus of a major redevelopment of the RA’s site by David Chipperfield Architects, which opened in 2018.
In 2018 the RA launched two new international architecture prizes. Shane de Blacam was awarded the 2023 Royal Academy Architecture Prize, and Taller Gabriela Carrillo was awarded the 2023 Royal Academy Dorfman Prize.
Past projects
In 2019 the Architecture Programme opened an exhibition examining humankind's impact on the planet and presented innovative approaches that reframed our relationship with nature.
In 2021 the Architecture Programme staged an exhibition of Hélène Binet’s photographic work, encouraging visitors to rediscover the power and presence of architectural wonders by Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid RA and others, through Binet's lens.
In 2022 the Ronald and Rita McAulay Gallery housed an ambitious installation of John Hejduk's Widow's House, one of 68 “objects” in his seminal Lancaster / Hanover Masque. Hejduk believed that ideas were as important as buildings and that architecture had the power to evoke alternative worlds.
Find out how you can support architecture at the RA. The Architecture Programme is made possible through the Drue Heinz Endowment for Architecture.