Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA

About the venue

Designed to inspire creative events, RIBA Venues is the conference and events arm of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and is located in an architecturally significant building in the heart of London.

The light-flooded venue, located at 66 Portland Place, was opened in 1934 as the headquarters of RIBA. Today, it boasts a number of event spaces equipped for a variety of events from conferences, meetings, dinners and receptions to weddings and creative events, as well as three terraces which offer a rare open space with fantastic views of London. RIBA Venues can host up to 400 delegates in its tired auditorium, all its other meeting spaces have large, bright windows and offer modern technology. Its art deco interiors add a touch of period romance to special occasions held at the venue, which has also provided the backdrop to many films and TV productions. All profits generated from venue hire go straight back into supporting the work of the RIBA charity and brightening the future for architectural excellence.

Meeting rooms

In the table below, you can hover over the underlined room names to see a photo of that room.

Room name

Capacity (people)

Theatre

Classroom

Boardroom

Cabaret

Banquet

Ushape

Rec.

Dimensions(H/L/W/A)

First Floor Landing

-

-

-

-

-

-

150

-/18.5/10.6/-

Terrace

-

-

-

-

-

-

100

-/13.2/10/-

Barry

60

-

-

21

-

-

-

2.7/11.3/5.1/-

Indigo Jones

-

-

14

-

-

-

-

2.7/5.6/5/-

Stirling

-

-

30

-

-

-

-

3.1/11.3/4.8/-

Voysey

23

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.1/5.5/5.4/-

Alexander Harvey

-

-

18

-

-

-

-

2.9/8.4/4.4/-

Martin

25

-

16

-

-

-

-

2.9/6.5/4.2/-

Lasdun

60

24

30

35

-

-

-

2.9/13.4/5.3/-

Nash Rooms 1-5

-

-

8

-

-

-

-

2.9/4.3/3.2/-

Unwin

-

-

20

-

-

-

-

2.9/7.6/5.4/-

Wornum

20

12

16

16

16

11

-

3.7/6.7/5.2/-

Soane

20

-

16

-

16

11

25

2.8/6.5/5/-

Aston Webb

35

18

22

21

20

18

40

5.6/8.5/5.8/-

Council Chamber

40

-

20

-

20

20

60

5.2/11.7/7.5/-

Hawksmoor

25

12

20

16

20

10

35

2.8/8.6/4.5/-

Lutyens

70

30

30

50

50

20

100

2.8/17.5/4.8/-

Wren

100

30

40

70

100

25

130

2.8/14/9.3/-

RIBA Gallery

104

-

-

77

104

-

150

-/18.7/6.3/-

Jarvis Suite

284

-

-

-

120

-

220

-/14.4/14.5/-

Florence Hall

300

-

-

-

250

-

400

8/18.5/17.4/-