At first glance, architectural practice doesn't lend itself to non-comformism and rule-breaking. More science than art, it demands proportion, stability, forward-planning, client specification, function. Buildings are not artworks; they're big, expensive undertakings that must be practical and fit-for-purpose.
This Royal Academy exhibition, Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture, will explore the works of architects who tread the line between invention and functionality. We're not talking sky-scraping glass towers in the shape of vegetables, either. Whether its Robert Smythson and his Elizabethan manors, the much-loved Neo-Classicist John Soane, Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Art Nouveau masterpieces or Grayson Perry's whimsical House for Essex: these are all designs that challenged contemporary notions of architecture.
You'll never look at your Victorian terrace in the same way again.
| What | Mavericks: Breaking the Mould of British Architecture |
| Where | Royal Academy, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Green Park (underground) |
| When |
29 Jan 16 – 20 Apr 16, Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm |
| Price | £ Free |
| Website | Please click here for more information |
