The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Oliver Cooke on visualisations: Why we shunned CGIs for oil painting
Oliver Cooke of emerging practice Cooke Fawcett looks at the dilemmas of architectural visualisations ahead of Open City’s all-new Citymaking Sessions event in Peckham
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition taps into eco zeitgeist
Khaki-coloured models, maquettes – and trees – flag up the green theme of this year’s show, writes Rob Wilson
Clerkenwell Design Week 2019: Top picks
As the annual design event gets under way, the AJ’s Fran Williams selects the best things for architects to visit
London Festival of Architecture announces ‘one of richest programmes yet’ for 2019
The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) returns next month for its annual city-wide celebration, this year on the theme of ‘Boundaries’. Lois Innes picks her top tips
Sculpture in the City goes virtual with Google collaboration
In anticipation of the 2019 programme of installations across the Square Mile, Sculpture in the City has launched on Google Arts & Culture
Exhibition review: Seeing architecture in a different light
Artist Jemma Appleby is the standout star in The Light in the World is Without a Significant Plan, a showcase of three artists working with themes of architecture and light, writes Rupert Bickersteth
Eric Parry: Drawings at the Sir John Soane’s Museum
A new exhibition explores the role of drawing in contemporary architectural practice through the work of one of Britain’s leading architects
David Adjaye: Making Memory at the Design Museum
Architectural models are the stars of a compact show exploring monuments through seven projects by Adjaye Associates, writes Rupert Bickersteth. Photography by Ed Reeve
Exhibition: Datasutra by (ab)Normal at Anise Gallery
A collective of architects from OMA and Herzog & de Meuron explore digital drawing
New book celebrates Thomas Hardy the architect
Rob Bevan traces the history of architecture and the novelist through Kester Rattenbury’s new book, The Wessex Project