Pablo Bronstein: Conservatism, or The Long Reign of Pseudo-Georgian Architecture

Pablo Bronstein: Conservatism, or The Long Reign of Pseudo-Georgian Architecture is the third in a series of RIBA commissions for the Architecture Gallery. This exhibition, presenting work by Pablo Bronstein with exhibition design by Apparata, is curated and researched by Shumi Bose.

Fifty new drawings of contemporary buildings – constructed during the second half of the twentieth century but in an ostensibly ‘Georgian’ style – will be on display for the first time, alongside a selection of rarely-seen historical material from the RIBA Collections.

The archival material chosen from the RIBA Drawings Collection situates Bronstein’s drawings in the context of architectural practice through time, revealing long-cherished ideals about social aspiration, urban fabric, identity and representation.

Pablo Bronstein has collaborated with architecture practice Apparata (Nicholas Lobo Brennan and Astrid Smitham) to transform the RIBA’s gallery space into a domestic environment in which the objects will be arranged.

Shumi Bose is an architectural historian, teacher and curator, with a special interest in the history, financial and cultural significance of housing. Previous exhibitions include Home Economics, for the British Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

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