The Architecture Foundation

The Architecture Foundation is a non-profit agency for contemporary architecture, urbanism and culture. They cultivate new talent and new ideas.

> ACTIVITY <

Through their diverse programmes, The Architecture Foundation facilitate international and interdisciplinary exchanges, stimulate critical engagement amongst professionals, policy makers and a broad public, and shape the quality of the built environment. They are independent.

The Architecture Foundation's diverse and cross-disciplinary programme includes:

• events from film screenings to lectures and debates
• exhibitions that experiment with representations of architecture
• competitions for buildings and public spaces
• awards that celebrate excellence in contemporary architecture and urbanism
• Education projects, focussing on young people considering further built environment study
• a wide range of other projects including the London Architecture Diary and the London Festival of Architecture

Their sucessful Urban Pioneers programme was complemented by the Urban Sages programme for over 65's.

 

> IMPACT <

In 2011/12, amongst their vaired programme, The Architecture Foundation

• Involved 49 artists and countless architects
  
• Facilitated 27 new artist’s commissions
  
• Provided 161 policy and advice sessions
  
• Delivered 19 education events for 43 students
  
• Delivered 19 informal education and participatory sessions
• Managed 6 competitions
  
• Organised 8 exhibitions with an audience of 27,501
  
• Produced 2 publications
• Screened 8 films to an audience of 942
  
• Organised 5 tours 
  
• Organised 23 lectures, seminars and debates, with approx 1,920 delegates attending in total
• Delivered over 215 community events for over 4,200 people
  

> RECENT PRESS <

• Feature in Time Out about Gibbon's Rent Community Garden 
• Design competition 'Floating Cinema 2013' included in The AJ's 'Competitions: Editor's Pick' and also featured in Design Week
• Feature in The Architects' Journal about the collaboration with SCIBE
  
• Mentioned in the Telegraph
• Feature in the Architect's Journal about the Peckham Charrette
• Feature in the Brent & Kilburn Times about the New Windows on Willesden project.
  
• Feature in the Guardian about the New Windows on Willesden
  
• Feature in The Upcoming about the New Windows on Willesden
  
• Feature in the Telegraph and Architects Journal about the Inmidtown Habitats design competition
  
• Feature in Art & Architectural Journal Press about the Post Works exhibition
  
• Feature in Building Design online about New Holland Island shortlist proposals revealed to the public
  
• Feature in Building Design online about Practice Architecture completing 'South Kilburn Studios'
• Feature in the Architect's Journal about Practice Architecture completing 'South Kilburn Studios'
• Feature in the Architects' Journal about More Than > A Building? Architecture on Trial
• Feature in The Wire about Musicity
  
• Feature in Design Week about the Bankside Bike Shed competition
• Feature in the Architects' Journal about the Resourceful Architect competition
  
• Feature in Building Design about Practice Architecture winning a Architecture Foundation competition
• Features in the Architects' Journal and in Building Design about an international design competition: Bankside BikeShed
  
• Feature in the Architects' Journal about Faith in the City: "arguably its most important piece of programming this year."
  
• Feature in the Observer about the AF's 'Faith in the City'
• Feature in Building Design Online about the AF Archive and The Big Give Challenge
• Feature in Wallpaper about the premiere of Sarah Morris' new film, Beijing, presented as part of the AF’s 'Architecture on Film at the Barbican.
• The launch of the five shortlisted practices for 2010's Young Architect of the Year Award (YAYA), at The Skyroom, was featured in Building Design – click here to read the article. 
• The Architects' Journal featured the recent Stratford Kiosks competition – click here to read the article.
  
• Click here to read about The Architecture Foundation's Skyroom in Icon and click here to read about it in Wallpaper.

> WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING <

• "We are really interested in this project as a number of my 6th Form students want to continue to architecture at university. We currently teach a programme  called International Baccalaureate which is a highly academic course, very theory based.... this is why the project is so perfect for us, as students will be able to access practical making skills. I just can't believe we are lucky enough to be part of this project."
  Teacher, St. Mary Magdelene Academy, participant in Architecture Foundation's Urban Pioneers

The Architecture Foundation
Ground Floor East
136–148 Tooley St
London SE1 2TU
Telephone: 020 7084 6767

Contact
Sarah Ichioka (Director)
mail@architecturefoundation.org.uk

Website
www.architecturefoundation.org.uk

Links
* London Architecture Diary
* Urban Pioneers
* Article about The Architecture Foundation in BD magazine