In 2014, the Royal Academy staged an ambitious exhibition in our Main Galleries which featured seven architectural practices from across the globe. We tasked them with reawakening our visitors’ sensibilities to the spaces around them, inviting an appreciation of the emotional power of architecture. From a ‘smell cave’ incorporating traditional Japanese aromas, to a monumental structure made of Chilean pine, collectively the installations brought to the fore the experiential and sensorial qualities of architecture.

As part of the exhibition, filmmaker Candida Richardson travelled across four continents to meet the architects and hear about their practices. Alongside an introduction from the curator, Kate Goodwin, the following films document how their architectural ideologies were implemented within the walls of the RA.