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The Society of Artists in Architecture Exhibition in London
SocAA: Upcoming Architectural Event at The Framers Gallery, Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK
2 Oct 2016
The Society of Artists in Architecture Exhibition in 2016
The Society of Artists in Architecture Inaugural Exhibition, Central London, UK
Inaugural Exhibition ? The Framers Gallery, 36 Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, London
31st October ? 5th November
The Society of Architect Artists was a well-loved and successful Society which exhibited at the RIBA Florence Hall from the mid 1970?s to the 1990?s. It reflected architects? interest in the Fine Arts but was eventually floored by its own success and the fluctuations in sponsorship of the late 1990?s. By the time the decision was taken to wind up the Society in 2000, the RIBA had stopped supporting it, partly because the very large membership had led to a drop in standards in the work exhibited. Also, the Society had lost its way in terms of actively promoting the link between drawing and architecture and was being regarded as just another mixed show or ?Sunday Painters? Society without any particular identity.
At the end of last year, a group of former Committee Members got together informally to see if the Society could be reformed after the prompting of former Chairman David Rock (PPRIBA) who felt the Society could be brought back successfully. A lot has change...