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In the Architecture Gallery, co-curated with the Royal Institute of British Architects as part of the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership, you can explore the history of architecture, styles, materials and building types. Next door, in the Architecture Display Gallery, you can visit changing displays of historic and contemporary drawings chosen from the rich collections of the V&A and the RIBA on a variety of topical themes.<br><br> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="introblock__content introblock__content--supporting"> <div class="b-icon-list"> <ul class="b-icon-list__list"> <li class="b-icon-list__item b-icon-list__icon b-icon-list__icon--search" title="Search"> <div class="b-icon-list__content"> <p class="b-icon-list__item-text b-icon-list__item-text--accent"> <a class="u-link u-link--arrowed" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/category/architecture/THES48993/">Explore the Collections</a> </p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="main__content"> <section class="objects"> <div class="objects__main b-block-grid"> <a id="objects" name="objects"></a> <div class="b-block-grid__header b-block-grid__header--black"> <h2 class="b-block-grid__title"> Collection highlights </h2> </div> <ul class="g-object-grid js-grid-reveal-more" data-reveal-more-theme="light" data-reveal-more-counter="15" data-icon-url="/assets/vam-sprite-40622a49a68c393ede0fec0bd1d6063401a040a363c7b1e21cf7deb295bbc38c.svg" data-reveal-more-tracking="objects"> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"W.43:1 to 5-1936","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"British Galleries, Room 118; The Wolfson Gallery","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/29/cc3236d7-80c4-4b1c-90c3-b385f5fd4d60/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79029" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/29/425aa8dd-ce41-4f13-8beb-0ecdb3be5a90/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/29/c8153141-d4ef-4226-91ca-9868d7236a07/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/29/cc3236d7-80c4-4b1c-90c3-b385f5fd4d60/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/29/30cfe4dc-7ee6-4a29-b930-9da543ef7e4d/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/30/f9c275ec-46aa-4b1e-a105-664cd39a2735/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/30/cd175141-50d7-4ad7-ad8e-d23c99d0d6a7/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="ceiling" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/43/29/425aa8dd-ce41-4f13-8beb-0ecdb3be5a90/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Adelphi ceiling, designed by Robert Adam, made by David Adamson, about 1771, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"D.741-1908","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level D","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/04/d675b6ed-0ffa-4c78-945b-13c41407209f/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023404" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/04/4727ca9b-aa7c-445d-a6c7-f417df0b2405/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/04/97d920a1-9b0b-4119-85a8-45cb01032c7b/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/04/d675b6ed-0ffa-4c78-945b-13c41407209f/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/04/0ca11c82-5d98-4fb0-a869-0f78c56e6872/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/05/887ffcf7-41cb-4bbb-9956-526ac6117e91/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/05/14d2f3ba-bcf3-4e02-a6f8-7ef72c158336/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="design" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/44/04/4727ca9b-aa7c-445d-a6c7-f417df0b2405/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Wallpaper and tile design for Houses of Parliament, designed by A. W. Pugin, 1908, London, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":null,"copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":null,"displayOverride":null,"storageOverride":null,"locationSite":"","locationRoom":"","visitUrl":null}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/01/0c6cb75f-2699-407a-9d87-1f4464d3e3d2/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="#" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/00/51c58760-b791-4122-b996-ef5acfe824ef/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/01/a4c10f4f-54d4-45c1-ba03-3a4c9435057d/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/01/0c6cb75f-2699-407a-9d87-1f4464d3e3d2/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/01/eb04595a-df57-46ce-b549-5f129d4ca872/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/01/cbdc5227-b2d0-4a15-a687-2fdcce10f2ab/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/01/cf418851-de1c-4d1d-a00b-fc9a96a73f09/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="drawing" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/00/51c58760-b791-4122-b996-ef5acfe824ef/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> The Apotheosis of Henry VIII, drawing, probably designed and drawn by Robert Pyte, about 1546, London, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.4944-1908","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level F","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/319031a3-9e4f-4503-a452-336d3b91ec0b/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O791494" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/4ef6e879-b875-406e-803b-c9bcac2f940c/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/7b915a09-f4be-4478-9f4c-8a35d4374391/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/319031a3-9e4f-4503-a452-336d3b91ec0b/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/75c7cfb5-0e82-46e9-98d3-03ac1e6a3c26/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/55419c96-ae75-43d5-b2f5-93c217ffc101/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/6e6042d6-558a-48a7-a965-971095960b39/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="print" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/45/47/4ef6e879-b875-406e-803b-c9bcac2f940c/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Print from 'Diverse maniere d'adornare i cammini…’ depicting a design for an Egyptian chimneypiece by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, published 1769, Rome, Italy </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"E.424-1951","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level E","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/15/3d9ae4b1-80a9-48d6-8061-07bd90542558/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195756" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/15/088a1b9d-875e-41b9-a128-65547584a666/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/15/bc3f1a1e-34da-4e8c-8348-e7f3d8b549b4/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/15/3d9ae4b1-80a9-48d6-8061-07bd90542558/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/16/dc6d6e0a-c250-42e1-8346-50718922dce0/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/16/fdf434ff-356a-447f-b2ec-31e0f360c8d8/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/16/742670aa-c1ff-47e1-b90e-4b5e67f62e6d/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="architectural design" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/15/088a1b9d-875e-41b9-a128-65547584a666/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Architectural drawing for the north or entrance front of Castle Howard, by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor, about 1699, England </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"CD.20-2015","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"In Store","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/e7d6b8c5-9fe8-4847-8d08-0bc8999cb81d/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1320975" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/80869ce6-02f2-442e-ad08-7afe1a5a9a9b/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/7d43162a-164d-4f02-9361-7f9f765bd06a/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/e7d6b8c5-9fe8-4847-8d08-0bc8999cb81d/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/a6f50acc-5bbb-4445-b50d-e86c50b83418/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/7cac58cd-b476-4482-a26f-908ba3dd6b93/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/38bf2c0c-49a8-4dc2-bf7f-87336e12f5b1/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="wall tile" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/46/43/80869ce6-02f2-442e-ad08-7afe1a5a9a9b/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Julie Tile for A House for Essex, designed by Grayson Perry and FAT Architecture, manufactured by Shaws of Darwen, 2015, UK </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"CD.93-2016","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":false,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"N/A","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/7ca8fd5d-c341-4639-b0b8-4dcedb1fa9ab/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1387796" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/9d4adc03-5633-426a-9647-0d2e4897811b/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/d4d74c5c-e478-475c-83da-177a7e1e23f0/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/7ca8fd5d-c341-4639-b0b8-4dcedb1fa9ab/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/517e8336-ee8f-42f9-b2e0-c735ca41cfc8/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/8411fcc7-cdc4-4ed5-8bf2-99509a8c3d2e/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/e298e2ee-a0b2-4418-87b3-12bcbf983b2d/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="architectural print" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/16/9d4adc03-5633-426a-9647-0d2e4897811b/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur: ochre towers with blue sky, architectural print, by César Pelli, printed by Nash Editions, 1998 </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"23187","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"Prints \u0026 Drawings Study Room, level D","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/47/d8568058-b869-4eda-beac-fc9832625871/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O641102" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/46/5b882854-4ea4-45a7-8538-0c085ece4963/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/47/793fcf7e-477f-42ad-be1f-05f9f6746b5b/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/47/d8568058-b869-4eda-beac-fc9832625871/960.jpg 960w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/47/6934bb42-c789-4d64-b4b0-7095e1376d68/1280.jpg 1280w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/47/7c58fe70-9421-4f5e-865d-045c75a06840/1920.jpg 1920w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/47/360c3510-515c-40f4-9adf-89ed7377ff46/2560.jpg 2560w" sizes="(min-width: 1200px) 304px, (min-width: 992px) calc((100vw - 290px) / 3), (min-width: 768px) calc((100vw - 190px) / 2), calc((100vw - 54px) / 2)" class="b-object-card__img" alt="print" itemprop="contentUrl" loading="lazy" src="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/47/46/5b882854-4ea4-45a7-8538-0c085ece4963/320.jpg" /> </div> <figcaption> <div class="b-object-card__caption"> Contract drawings for the Metropolitan Board of Works depicting the Thames Embankment - Middlesex side, print, by Joseph Bazalgette, printed by Waterlow & Sons, 1868, Britain </div> </figcaption> </a> </figure> </li> <li class="g-object-grid__item"> <figure class="b-object-card js-object-image-overlay-item" data-object-image-overlay="{"museumNumber":"CD.12-2018","copyright":"© Victoria and Albert Museum, London","onDisplay":true,"displayOverride":"","storageOverride":"","locationSite":"South Kensington","locationRoom":"Design 1900 to Now, Room 74","visitUrl":""}" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <link itemprop="url" href="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/48/15/449ee8fa-bc2b-42c4-930f-0acb3126f9c7/960.jpg"> <a class="b-object-card__anchor" href="https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1425263" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-controls="object-image-overlay"> <div class="b-object-card__img-pane"> <img srcset="https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/48/15/185a9da3-333d-445d-92bc-032359010e31/320.jpg 320w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/48/15/dbe2231a-3daa-4ab1-a3d6-208f955af639/640.jpg 640w, https://assets-cdn.vam.ac.uk/2019/04/24/10/48/15/449ee8fa-bc2b-42c4-930f-0acb3126f9c7/960.jpg 960w, 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