Things to do in London on Thursday 16th May 2019

Photography display exploring past and present Thamesmead through archival images from the RIBA Collections and contemporary photographs by artist Nina Manandhar.

The exhibition features twenty-four critically acclaimed projects that have pushed design boundaries through their exploration of the opportunities and challenges of timber structures.

Rembrandt’s legendary painting will be the centerpiece of an exhibition of self-portraits that will also include works by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud, and Pablo Picasso

The first major exhibition on Tudor and Jacobean portrait miniatures in the UK for over 35 years.

This display presents six innovative projects from the collections of the RIBA and the V&A, each demonstrating a unique experiment in social housing design.

This exhibition displays a selection of Cultural Revolution propaganda posters, revolutionary landscapes, images of the leader and intricate papercuts all of which were collected in China during the 1970s.

A major exhibition exploring the role of drawing in contemporary architectural practice through the work of one of Britain’s leading architects and architectural draughtsmen​.

Spanning thousands of years, this takes a closer look at five objects that explore the relationship between food, power and control.

A major exhibition of works by Martin Parr, one of Britain’s best-known and most widely celebrated photographers.

The exhibition highlights selected maps illustrating the topographical history of Islington from 16th-century rural village to an urban Victorian district.