Historic Building by William Chambers in England, UK
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Somerset House, central London
1776-86
William Chambers, Architect
photographs © Nick Weall
Location: off The Strand, north bank of the River Thames
10 June 2008
The Architecture Foundation has announced that it is to move to offices in Somerset House on The Strand from the week starting June 23rd. The eighteenth century palace is now a creatively driven organisation: nurturing innovative ideas, generating exciting partnerships, and developing large-scale events, which attract diverse and young audiences.
From this base the AF's core team will continue to programme events, exhibitions, education projects and design competitions to wide audiences, and in a variety of locations, under the guidance of a new, to be appointed, Director. Overseeing the team in the meantime will be the Acting Director, Elias Redstone, who has been at the AF for five years and is currently Curator.
The AF is currently located in Clerkenwell, an area where it has been centred for eight years.
Brian Clarke, Chairman of the AF, said:
"Somerset House is a wonderful place in the heart of London that is accessible to the whole city. The quality and level of activity there is rising all the time, and it will be great for the AF to be part of it."
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Somerset House
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Strand
London WC2R 1LA
photo © Nick Weall
Somerset House architect : William Chambers
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The Architecture Foundation promotes and encourages the best in contemporary architecture and brings it to a wide public. It runs a rich programme comprising exhibitions, talks, events, design initiatives and competitions, research, policy work and films. London based and established in 1991 as Britain's first independent architecture centre, The Architecture Foundation actively bridges the gap between decision-makers, design professionals and the public.
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