Highlights from the RIBA Trust's autumn season include a look at the listed buildings and structures in New York with the exhibition of black and white photographs, Landmarks of New York, which opens on 6 September.

Also opening in September is an exhibition looking at the six buildings selected for the shortlist of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal, with the winner announced live on Channel 4 on Saturday 6 October. The exhibition showcases the six schemes, which include a museum, a concert hall, a theatre and a station. Architects including David Chipperfield Architects, Foster + Partners, Glenn Howells Architects, Haworth Tomkins and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with Arup-AFA are in the running for this most prestigious prize for architecture.

October sees the installation of A Lapse of Memory by Fiona Tan, presented by the Frith Street Gallery to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair in nearby Regents Park. The video installation blurs the boundaries between reality and fiction and is set in the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. In November we celebrate the rich building traditions and architecture of Yemen with Arabia Felix: the Architecture of Yemen, looking at the building culture is increasingly under threat from commercial construction and corporate urban development.

The 1930s headquarters of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is home to the latest contemporary architecture exhibitions. There are three exhibition spaces that show architectural ideas from around the globe - the Florence Hall, Gallery 1 and Gallery 2. A changing programme of exhibitions are also shown at the V&A + RIBA Architecture Gallery at the V&A.

The full autumn 2007 exhibition programme, including V&A and RIBA Architecture Partnership exhibitions, follows:

Landmarks of New York

6 September - 3 October

Gallery 1, RIBA

This exhibition spotlights some of the most significant and unusual buildings in New York. Eighty-one black and white photographs present a panorama of styles and building types, ranging from small colonial farmhouses to the mansions of the Gilded Age and from the iconic skyscrapers that New York is celebrated for, to lesser known jewels of its architectural heritage. Accompanying texts will address the cultural, historical and architectural significance of each site, all of which are amongst the 22,100 protected properties and structures in the city.

Curated by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and designed by Massimo Vignelli, the exhibition was created to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the passing of the New York City Landmarks law, legislation preserving buildings, properties and objects that have a unique character or special historical aesthetic value as part of the development of the cultural fabric of the city, state or nation. It is organised by the Historic Landmarks Preservation Centre in New York.

Sponsored by The Times.

The RIBA Stirling Prize 17 September - 24 November Florence Hall, RIBA

A museum, concert hall, theatre and station are amongst the six buildings which have been selected for the short-list of this year's RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects' Journal, picked from National and European RIBA Award winners.

The £20,000 prize is awarded to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year. This year buildings by David Chipperfield Architects, Foster + Partners, Glenn Howells Architects, Haworth Tompkins and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture with Arup-AFA are in the running.

The Stirling Prize will be announced live on Channel 4, in a program hosted by Kevin McCloud from the Stirling Prize dinner on October 6 at London's Roundhouse. For more information visit www.architecture.com

Ibstock Downland Prize 25 September - 1 October

Gallery 2, RIBA

The best work by architects across the south of England, on projects costing under £750, 000. Now in its tenth successful year, the prize honours client, contractor, local authority and suppliers as well as the architect: all play a vital part in creating good architecture in the region.

Organised by RIBA South East and RIBA South and sponsored by Ibstock Brick

Fiona Tan: A Lapse of Memory 12 - 30 October Gallery 1, RIBA

A confused, old man - Henry - lives alone in a deserted but palatial building. He has not been outside in years. His days pass as if removed from time, in voluntary exile from the rest of the world. The camera registers his simple daily routine and his careful but eccentric rituals. Henry's background is unclear; his appearance is that of a European but he has many Asian habits. As such he resembles to an extent the building he occupies, the second protagonist of this film: the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Built in 1815 for King George IV, and one of the best preserved examples of Chinoise architecture and design in the world, its extravagant interiors are decorated in a Chinese/Japanese style. Both the king and his architect never set foot in Asia. As such the pavilion is a fantasy, a remnant from colonial times built purely from the imagination.

In a spoken monologue a play unfolds between reality and fiction. Word and image, movie and documentary entangle and point beyond the boundaries of 'East' and 'West'.

Presented by the Frith Street Gallery, London, this work is programmed to coincide with the Frieze Art Fair (11 - 14 October) and is part of an occasional programme at the RIBA to exhibit contemporary art that has a resonance with or draws on architecture.

Supported by the Mondriaan Foundation.

Arabia Felix: the Architecture of Yemen 8 November - 19 January

Gallery 1, RIBA

Celebrating the spectacular architecture of Yemen, this exhibition explores a unique building culture - including the contribution made by master builders and inhabitants in the design process - and the fabric and environment of Yemeni towns itself - which is increasingly under threat from commercial and corporate urban development.

Focusing on four provinces: Dali', Yafi', Shabwah and Hadramut, showcased here in particular are the extraordinary multi-storey buildings that form the heart of many Yemeni cities, dating back hundreds of years yet continually renewed and rebuilt by their inhabitants - an example of sustainable architecture simultaneously traditional and contemporary. The exhibition will contain dramatic specially commissioned models, original drawings and artwork.

A new book The Architecture of Yemen from Yafi' to Hadramut by architect Salma Samar Damluji (Laurence King Publishing), will be launched at the exhibition.

Supported by Wordsearch

Richard Kelly: Selected Works 26 October - 16 November

Gallery 2, RIBA

A pioneer of professional lighting design, Richard Kelly (1919-1977), laid the philosophical foundations for 'perception-orientated' architectural lighting in the 1950's, defining three varieties of light: ambient luminescence, focal glow and play of brilliants. His theories were put into practice in a series of spectacular projects such as at the Seagram Building in New York, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson.

ERCO and ELDA+ proudly presents this touring exhibition which, drawing on the Richard Kelly archive, explores both the philosophy and the practice of this famous American lighting designer and architect and his visionary approach to architectural lighting, daylight usage and luminaire design.

The Holiness of Beauty: G.F. Bodley (1827 - 1907) and his circle

1 November 2007 - 17 February 2008

V&A and RIBA Architecture Exhibition Gallery, V&A

Marking the 100th anniversary of the death of George Frederick Bodley, the most influential Gothic-revival architect of the late 19th century, this exhibition brings together a selection of the very rare surviving drawings by Bodley and his office.

Using the rich resources of both the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), supplemented by a number of key loans, the exhibition explores Bodley's career from his early days as an avant-garde High Victorian, to the spare elegance of his late style, which so profoundly shaped the appearance of Anglican churches throughout the world. His decade-long close collaboration with William Morris, his partnership with architect Thomas Garner and his influence on his pupils including architects C.R. Ashbee and Ninian Comper will be illuminated by the choice of drawings, few of which have ever been exhibited, supplemented by paintings, textiles, plate and stained glass.

The exhibition is curated by Michael Hall, author and editor of Apollo magazine, who is completing a monograph on Bodley and Garner, and Fiona Orsini, of the RIBA Drawings and Archives Collection. The exhibition is supported by Watts of Westminster, and will include wallpapers and textiles designed by Bodley and made by Watts.

The RIBA President's Medals Student Awards in association with Atkins

29 November 2007 - 4 January 2008

Gallery 2, RIBA

Award-winning student work, including the Bronze Medal for Part 1, the Silver Medal for Part 2 students and the Dissertation Medal, selected from over 100 Schools of Architecture. These awards are aimed at promoting excellence in the study of architecture, rewarding talent, and encouraging architectural debate world-wide. Also exhibited are the winners of the iGuzzini Travelling Awards, the SOM Travelling Fellowships, the Serjeant Awards for Excellence in Drawing, the RIBA Komfort Awards for the best use of Interior Space and the Paul Davis Awards. Also included will be the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship awarded for the first time in 2007.

The RIBA President's Medals Student Awards in association with Atkins are also supported by iGuzzini, Paul Davis and Partners, SOM Foundation and Komfort Workspace.

All nominated projects can be viewed online at www.presidentsmedals.com.

Bat House Competition 20 - 24 November

Gallery 2, RIBA

London's first purpose-built Bat House will be a building of aesthetic and environmental excellence, constructed of sustainable materials, providing both homes to bats and a structure for the public to engage with.

This RIBA competition, initiated by artist Jeremy Deller, the winner of the Turner Prize in 2004, is in partnership with the Arts Council England, the Bat Conservation Trust, the Greater London Authority, plusequals, the RSA and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. The competition is managed by Surface to Air Architects and RIBA Competitions.

For more information please see www.BatHouseProject.org

Emerging Architecture 30 November - 1 March 2008

Florence Hall, RIBA

Work by young architects from the annual Architectural Review Awards. Now in its ninth year, it has become the leading awards programme for architects and designers under 45, regularly attracting over 500 entries from around the world. An immense diversity of projects, covering areas such as buildings, interiors, product design, engineering structures, urbanism and landscape provide a fascinating snapshot of architecture's emerging generation.

Visit www.architecture.com for the full exhibitions, talks and events programme for autumn 2007.

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Notes to editors:

1. Unless otherwise stated, all RIBA Trust exhibitions take place at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD. Tel: 020 7580 5533; www.architecture.com/programmes. Nearest tubes are Oxford Circus and Great Portland Street.

2. The RIBA exhibition spaces are open Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm and Saturdays 10am - 5pm. Entry to all exhibitions is free. Evening or weekend functions sometimes affect gallery opening times. If planning a visit on a Saturday or late weekday afternoon, it is advisable to call beforehand.

3. The RIBA Café, Restaurant and Bar are open to the public Monday to Friday

8am - 6pm and Saturdays 9am - 4pm.

4. Admission to the V&A and RIBA Architecture Exhibition Gallery and RIBA Architecture study rooms at the V&A is free. For public enquiries call 020 7942 2000 or visit www.vam.ac.uk or www.architecture.com. The V&A is open Monday to Sunday 10.00-17.45 and every Wednesday and the last Friday of the month until 22.00. Nearest tube is South Kensington.

5. The RIBA Trust manages the cultural assets of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), including the internationally recognised collections of the British Architectural Library. It is the UK's national architecture centre, delivering the RIBA Awards and RIBA Stirling Prize (live on Channel 4); the Royal Gold Medal; International and Honorary Fellowships; Architecture Week (with Arts Council England and the Architecture Centre Network); a full programme of lectures, exhibitions, tours and other events; and an education programme.

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