Top 10 Favourite Gingerbread City Buildings as Voted by You

Over 10,000 Gingerbread City visitors voted at Somerset House in December 2019 and January 2020. ​

The Top Three:

First Place
"Gingernut Cracker Ballet" by Charcoalblue
Second Place
​"Fruitcake Club" by Allies and Morrison
Third Place
​"Oxford Circus" by Arup Architects
Congratulations to these three practices, recipients of MoA research funding awards.
To find out more visit our Exhibition page.

​The Gingerbread City 2019 &
Gingerbread House Making Workshops
7 December 2019 - 5 January 2020
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
The Museum of Architecture's Gingerbread City is an annual public exhibition showcasing an entire city made of gingerbread. Its aim is to connect the public with architecture in an exciting way, and spark important conversa-tions around cities and how we live in them.

"The popularity of Gingerbread City has enabled us to set up a grant-giving fund this year. This new fund will allow MoA to support new projects which help people to create betters places and communities, and enable the public to better engage with architecture.”
    - Melissa Woolford, founder and director of Museum of Architecture
Visit our Instagram account for more of The Gingerbread City 2019.

MoA BUSINESS ACADEMY

The Associates Leadership Series
Registration is now open for 2020

The Associates Leadership Series is a training programme designed specifically for the essential role of the Associate- or mid- to senior level architects.The programme provides leadership and business skills training and also a platform to share experiences and insights. It is an educational opportunity, including a training programme designed to connect participants with knowledge and resources to better understand their own leadership style, and to improve their leadership capabilities in the role of the Associate.
The MoA Directors is an annual membership programme that offers the rare opportunity for directors of small and medium-sized practices to share knowledge about how they run their businesses and tackle industry issues and opportunities.

The next MoA Directors will be held on 25 February.
Date: 5 February 2020
Time: 6.30-8.30pm

Would you like to speak with confidence at events? Do you want to make a greater impact when you’re pitching for new work? 

According to a Gallup poll, 40% of us have a fear of public speaking. The ability to speak with impact is a key requirement for becoming a well-rounded communicator, resulting in improved influence and credibility for the individual.
Date: TBC April 2020
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Build Studios, London SE1 7FR

Engaged and motivated employees can make a huge difference to the performance and culture of a practice. If this isn’t treated as a priority, the impact can be costly: low productivity, high staff turnover and a lack of commitment to meet the practice’s business goals.

This practical and interactive workshop explores the key elements for employee engagement with opportunities to share best practice solutions and ideas. 

MoA FAMILY PROGRAMME

The School for Creative Thinkers is a new MoA family programme aiming to inspire the next generation of architects, engineers and designers.

​With a team of teachers, architects and designers, these hands-on design and build classes teach children problem solving, design skills, and innovation thinking. 

Nature's Architects

The Nature's Architects will show your child how architects think and learn from the lessons provided by the Nature, and how they are inspired by what the animals build as their homes. Your child will then build and create his/her own architectural models, drawing from the same lessons in Nature.
Classes are designed and led by architects, designers and teachers.
Suitable for children 4-11 years old
10 - 11am on Saturdays during term time
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 Recent Events and Workshops

MoA Special:
Colour in the Built Environment
20 November 2019
​Lecturer: Tyen Masten, PHASE3
                 Kingspan Facade, Axalta, Shakerley

​‘Every perception of colour is an illusion, we do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another. ​ ’ ​ – Josef Albers

​In this Special Workshop on Colour, Tyen Masten discussed the basics of colour theory and how his practice, PHASE3, integrates colour into their schemes and design process.
MoA Gingerbread Skyscraper Workshops
- part of the Design Manchester
16 November 2019 
Venue: Manchester School fo Art

The Museum of Architecture brought gingerbread creativity and fun to Manchester this holiday season. Working with local practice Playground Design Studio and Manchester School of Architecture, the team from MoA held a gingerbread skyline-building workshop for families as part of Design Manchester 2019. 
Sponsored by Hawkins\Brown
Photo Credit Richard Abram

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Wooden Parliament by Finsa for LFA June 2019

Temporary pavilion   June 2019
Coal Drops Yard, London
​MoA Business Academy
Recent Programmes 
MoA Alternative Careers in Architecture

Speakers: Holly Lewis, We Made That
                   Matt Thornley, Gibson Thornley
                   Laura Sanjuan, SODA
                   Chris Hildrey, Hildrey Studio

​​MoA Alternative Careers in Architecture is a series of MoA talks that explores the vision, ideas and approaches that architects bring to other professional environments.
MoA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
UNKNOWN: Strategies And Solutions In Shaping the Built Environment
​​7 JUNE 2019   
Aga Khan Centre / King's Cross

This year’s theme unpacked the notion of crossing into the unknown in design, architecture, art and science, discussing the boundaries and cultural borders created and traversed through drawing and communication, memory and imagination and collaboration.
The Glass Notebooks © Kate Davies 
This was the third edition of the annual conference led by women in architecture. This event was co-curated by Melodie Leung, Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects and the Museum of Architecture. Sponsored by Finsa and as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
Watch highlights of the conference, including thoughts from the curators, Melodie Leung of Zaha Hadid Architects and Melissa Woolford of MoA, the speakers of the panels, and the architects of the Wooden Parliament,  AMID.cero9.

​Want to hear about our upcoming programmes, workshops and events?
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MoA Academy programming is kindly hosted by ​Build Studios, the first co-working space in the UK to focus on the whole built environment.