1990s | British Council

The British Pavilion began presenting exhibitions by British architects and designers at the Architecture Biennale in this decade.

1999 Gary Hume

Which famous supermodel had a portrait in Hume's Pavilion exhibition?

The exterior of the British Pavilion with people in 1997

1997 Rachel Whiteread

Famous for her sculpture casts of everyday objects, Whiteread was the first woman to present a solo exhibition at the Pavilion.

crowds sat in the sunshine in front of modern library building

1996 The Architecture of Information

Professor Michael Brawn curated an exhibition exploring the future of libraries as hothouses of information storage.

Princess Diana and Julia Peyton-Jones talk to Andrea Rose, the British Pavilion Commissioner, whilst visiting Leon Kossof's exhibition

1995 Leon Kossoff

Expressionist portraits and scenes of east London decorated the British Pavilion.

Portrait of Richard Hamilton at the British Pavilion

1993 Richard Hamilton

How did the so-called father of Pop Art win the highest honour of the Biennale?

arhtectural line drawing and floor plan of British Pavilion

1991 British Architecture Today

In the first year that individual nations were invited to participate in the architectural biennale, six top British architects are chosen to exhibit.

Anish Kapoor's 16 sandstone blocks in the British Pavilion in 1990

1990 Anish Kapoor

Kapoor married influences of East and West in his exhibition of monumental sculptures.