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Recurring Themes

20 Jun 2008

Installation photograph of the Architecture Room,
Installation photograph of the Architecture Room, Summer Exhibition 2008

Gordon Benson RA, chief selector of the Architecture Room, reflects upon the works in this year’s Summer Exhibition and how they might be representative of a cross-section of the architectural profession. He considers what the works and ideas represent of the internal nature of architecture, and how these relate to the broader world in which they operate. The works are used as a catalyst for a discussion on themes ranging from the nature of the architectural profession, its relevance and educational system, to the authenticity of materiality.

Part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008

Reynolds Room; 6.30–7.30pm; £10/£5* (including exhibition entry & a drink)

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Show photo credits

Joan Miró, The Birth of Day 1 (Naissance du jour 1), 1964. Oil on canvas, 146 x 113.5 cm. Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght, Saint-Paul. Photo © Galerie Maeght.
© Succession Miró/ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2008.

 

The Antioch Chalice, Byzantine, from Syria, possibly Kaper Koraon or Antioch, first half of the sixth century. Silver cup set in footed silver-gilt shell, Height 19. 7 cm. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cloisters Collection, 1950 (50.4). Photo © The Metropolitan Museum of Art