Britain’s most desirable house is firmly Georgian in style – according to successive polls, fevered property prices and enduring stylistic influences over time. Indeed, ‘Georgian’ architecture has been in fashion almost continually over the last 300 years. But just what is it that makes yesterday’s architecture so different, so appealing? RIBA’s third commission, Pablo Bronstein:…

Since March this year, RIBA has been exploring Mies van der Rohe’s unrealised Mansion House Square project, alongside its built successor James Stirling Michael Wilford & Associates’ Number One Poultry. Mies van der Rohe and James Stirling: Circling the Square exhibition has seen the projects presented together for the first time, offering a unique opportunity…

Ahead of the new RIBA exhibition on Pablo Bronstein in September 2017, join American Friends and Patrons for a tour of his house and meet the artist at work on Wednesday 5th July between 3pm and 5pm. Known for his architectural drawings and sculptures, Pablo creates both real and imagined buildings using drawings, sculptures and…

This June, American Friends and Patrons are invited to our Summer Party in Walmer Yard, Notting Hill. Set around an open courtyard, the site includes four interlocking houses, totalling over 9,000 square feet. This unique project is a collaboration between developer and founder of Baylight Properties, Crispin Kelly, and architect and RIBA Honorary Fellow, Peter…

American Friends are invited to join us for a drinks reception in a stunning Denys Lasdun building overlooking Green Park and Spencer House on Wednesday 17th May 2017. The block, built on the site of two Georgian houses destroyed during the war, is considered to be Lasdun’s first mature work and it won a RIBA London…

American Friends are invited to join us for a exploration of London’s De Beauvoir Town on the afternoon of Wednesday 26th April 2017. Between Islington and Dalston, in the south-west corner of Hackney, De Beauvoir Town is something of a haven for artists and designers.  You are invited to join us for an afternoon exploring this…

We are very pleased to announce the dates and locations for the US lecture tour, ‘Make thy castles high and fair’:  Medieval Castles to Modern Fantasies, which Dr Jonathan Foyle will be giving on behalf of AFBAL for the New England Historic Genealogical Society and the Royal Oak Foundation this April. Please see below for the dates and…