‘… a masterclass in inventive external expression.’
Awarded RIBA ‘Award for London’ in 2008
Rivington Place opened in October 2007 in the heart of Shoreditch, East London, and is the home to Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) and Autograph ABP’s dynamic artistic programmes.
Rivington Place is the UK’s first permanent public space dedicated to diversity in the visual arts and the first new public gallery to be built in
London for 40 years since the Hayward Gallery.
The RIBA award-winning building was designed by David Adjaye OBE and is influenced by African and contemporary art as well as the history of the local area. Housing gallery and education spaces, the Stuart Hall Library, meeting rooms to hire and a café, it provides a space for viewing,
learning about and researching contemporary art. It has also become a hive of activity and a meeting place for the local East London community.
Michel Mossessian
Michel Mossessian is a world-class designer who has consistently been at the forefront of new approaches to design, sustainable architecture and new building technologies.
Michel established Mossessian & Partners in 2005 with the commitment to create architecture that adds cultural value and benefits society ‘beyond buildings’. The firm’s work has won a growing reputation for architecture of the highest caliber. Over the last two years the firm has completed buildings in London and Shanghai, with ongoing projects now under construction such as 23-buildings in the prestigious Msheireb Downtown Doha msaterplan (completion 2014) and the urban renewal project of the Medina of Fez, a Unesco World Heritage site, funded by the US Congress and due for completion in 2013.
More information
bookings@rivingtonplace.org or call 020 7749 1240