Exhibition - Architects Build Small Spaces – V&A, London

Beetle's House by Terunobu Fujimori: an elevated teahouse accessed by a ladder, it will be built in the Medieval & Renaissance galleries at the V&A.

Architecture exhibitions have a tendency to emphasise drawings, models and photographs which can leave all but the most enthusiastic of audiences feeling a little disengaged. In recognition of this, London’s V&A museum invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of “refuge and retreat”, selecting seven of these submissions for construction at full scale in the museum.

“Small spaces such as these can push the boundaries and possibilities of creative practice. A shift in scale towards smaller, bespoke structures encourages a heightened sensitivity to materials, texture and proportion.”

For more information and to view a series of short films about the seven concepts click through to the V&A website here http://cli.gs/Y5dh3Q

The exhibition runs until 30th August 2010.