Charles Hind Author

The RIBA Collections

One of the largest and most diverse architectural archives in the world, the collection ranges from 15th century books and drawings to photographs documenting architecture around the world today. With a global scope and rich historical detail, it brings together over four million objects in a broad range of media through a shared narrative that describes how buildings, communities and civilisations are designed and constructed.

Charles Hind is Chief Curator and H.J. Heinz Curator of Drawings at the RIBA. His areas of specialty are Andrea Palladio and British architecture of the 17th to early 20th centuries. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and Visiting Fellow at the Centro Palladio, Vicenza.

Fiona Orsini is a Curator of the Drawings & Archives Collection at the RIBA. Her areas of interest include art deco and mid-century architecture and design.

Susan Pugh is a Curator of the Drawings & Archives Collections at the RIBA. She specialises in 19th century British architecture.