Conventions of museum display determine to a great extent the treatment and typology of exhibitions of architecture, which, unlike fine art displays, comprise mainly secondary sources, substitutes for architecture itself. The paradox of presenting architecture in the context of the museum, problems of display and media give rise to questions about the meaning and definition of architecture within exhibitions.

My research objective is to compare and investigate what unites and separates the interpretative possibilities of architecture and contemporary art, with an ultimate intention of formulating how architecture can be best mediated. I am researching the often-overlooked ways in which architecture has been staged and instrumentalised in relation to the narratives and implications of post-Cold War curatorial and art practices. My research seeks to explore whether through the curatorial practice of displaying artefacts it is possible to reinvent a critical framework for mediating architecture, and ultimately, what are the use and the limits of the architecture exhibition, and how the increased number of architecture exhibitions transform our perception of architecture - and architecture itself as a practice and discipline.