A Place to Call Home: Where we Live and Why

This exhibition, co-curated by Sarah Beeny, looks back over the past 250 years to chart the history of everyday homes in Britain. From the first Georgian terraces to today's housing developments, the show explores the evolution of social, economic and design elements and their effect on mass housing, examining why our homes look the way the do, who they were built for, how they have been sold to us and the impact our idea of home has on our sense of identity. Around 120 drawings and other images from the Riba collections are on display, along with a timeline that leads visitors through the past two and a half centuries of British homes.