Founded in 1991, The Architecture Foundation is
Britain
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's oldest independent
architecture
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centre. It examines contemporary issues in architectural theory and practice, through a public programme that has involved exhibitions, competitions publications, lectures, films and debates.
The organisation ran the Yard Gallery in
Clerkenwell as a temporary space experimenting in different ways of exhibiting and communicating architecture before moving to Carmody Groarke-designed headquarters in
Southwark. Under the direction of
Sarah Ichioka it gave itself a greater international remit, manifesting itself in 2009 through a series of exchange programmes. The Southwark headquarters also operated a project space, again hosting a variety of exhibitions, installations and talks.
The Architecture Foundation left the Southwark space in 2014 due to financial problems following the withdrawal of Arts Council funding. In 2015 it co-located with the Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University's Central House in Aldwych. In 2015 it appointed its current Director, Ellis Woodman, who was tasked with restructuring the organisation on the basis of a private funding model. In the same year Phineas Harper joined as deputy director. Following London Metropolitan University's sale of Central House in 2016 the Architecture Foundation relocated to
The Royal College of Art in Kensington.
Since December 2019,
Cindy Walters, co-founder and director of Walters & Cohen Architects has served as chair of The Architecture Foundation's board of Trustees.
[Will Hurs]
Cindy Walters appointed chair of Architecture Foundation
architectsjournal.co.uk Walters is the Architecture Foundation's fifth chair, following
Richard Rogers,
Will Alsop
William Allen Alsop (12 December 1947 – 12 May 2018) was a British architect and Professor of Architecture at University for the Creative Arts's Canterbury School of Architecture.
He was responsible for several distinctive and controversia ...
,
Brian Clarke
Brian Clarke (born 2 July 1953) is a British painter, architectural artist and printmaker, known for his large-scale stained glass and mosaic projects, symbolist paintings, set designs, and collaborations with major figures in Modern and conte ...
and most recently
Simon Allford
Simon Allford (born July 1961) is a British architect, co-founder and director of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), chair of the board of trustees of The Architecture Foundation, and current president of the Royal Institute of British Architec ...
, co-founder and director of
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.
References
External links
The Architecture Foundation
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Architecture organisations based in the United Kingdom