Tuesday 18 November: The Soane Medal Lecture 2025 - Madelon Vriesendorp at the Royal Academy of Arts

Join us for this special event celebrating our 2025 Soane Medallist, Madelon Vriesendorp, at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Madelon Vriesendorp is a Dutch artist and co-founder of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), and recipient of this year's Soane Medal, which is awarded annually in recognition of architects, artists, critics and educators who have made a major contribution to their field.

Madelon will give a career-defining lecture on the role of the artist in architecture, followed by a drinks reception.

About the Event
Location: Royal Academy of Arts (Burlington Gardens entrance), Burlington House, Piccadilly, Mayfair, London, W1J 0BD

Timings:
18:30 Doors open
19:00 Lecture from Madelon Vriesendorp
20:00 Drinks reception

Your confirmation email serves as your ticket. Tickets are refundable up to 7 days before the event, after which point they are non-refundable or exchangeable. 

About Madelon Vriesendorp
Born in 1945 in Holland, Vriesendorp studied at London’s Central St Martin’s before moving to New York in 1972 where she co-founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Rem Koolhaas and Elia & Zoe Zenghelis. Here she produced paintings in support of the firm's work that were used for books and magazine covers. In recent years Vriesendorp’s contribution to architecture has finally been recognised, and her influence on one of the most famous architecture firms of the 20th century is now understood more clearly.

About the Soane Medal
The Soane Medal continues the mission of Sir John Soane to encourage a better understanding of the central importance of architecture in people’s lives. Established in 2017, the Soane Medal recognises architects, educators and critics who have made a major contribution to their field through practice, history or theory, and in doing so have furthered and enriched the public understanding of architecture.