Exhibitions

Fanciful Figures

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Free to visit

Exploring the historical significance and contemporary progress of 'staffage', the small human and animal figures seen in architectural drawings.
Exhibitions

The Architecture Drawing Prize

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Free to visit

In its seventh year, the Prize continues to celebrate the art of drawing – hand-drawn, hybrid and digital – sharing works chosen from hundreds of entries from around the world.

Exhibitions

Georgian Illuminations

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Free to visit  | partly closed

Focusing on the spectacular illuminations which were popular in the Georgian period, alongside a newly designed illumination of the Soane's own famous frontage.

Exhibitions

Architects' Houses

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Free to visit

Celebrating five London houses, all of which, like the Soane, have been designed by the architects who lived – and in some cases still live – in them.

Exhibitions

Space Popular: The Portal Galleries

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Free to visit

Multidisciplinary design duo Space Popular invite visitors to experience the magic and mechanics of virtual travel in an exhibition that bridges the technologies of Soane’s time and ours. 

The exhibition

Exhibitions

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

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Free to visit

For centuries, Londoners have been fascinated by royal ceremony, not least Sir John Soane. In September 1831, when King William and Queen Adelaide were crowned, Soane acquired a pair of

Exhibitions

Hidden Masterpieces

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Free to visit

Hidden Masterpieces (9 March – 5 June 2022) is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see some of the finest works amongst the drawings collected by Sir John Soane. These are usually