’The Architecture Drawing Prize, 5 Year Retrospective’
The Vault of Contemporary Art (VCA)
In partnership with Sir John Soane’s Museum and World Architecture Festival
(Open until 14 March 2022)
Text by Sir John Soane’s Museum
’This exhibition revisits some of the most impressive and innovative submissions to The Architecture Drawing Prize since it was launched in 2017.
Established by Make Architects in partnership with Sir John Soane’s Museum and the World Architecture Festival, the Prize celebrates the importance of drawing in capturing and communicating architectural ideas. Each year, it inspires vivid reflection on the role of drawing in architecture today, both as an art form and a practical skill, with hundreds of entries received to date from students, designers and artists across several dozen countries. The exhibition features more than 30 drawings across 12 rooms, including the individual category winners of the 2021 Prize. Between them are real-life proposals and utopian fantasies, ideas that explore, imagine and reinvent the futures of our buildings and cities. Harnessing a variety of themes and subjects, they embrace the creative use of digital tools and renderings while also demonstrating the enduring importance of hand drawing.
Enter the virtual gallery by clicking the green button on the right. Visitors can navigate the rooms one by one, exploring the artwork up close and in depth, until 14 March, 2022.’
Photography: Screenshots from the Online Gallery