Rafael Moneo steps up for inaugural Soane Annual Lecture

Sir John Soanes Museum in London has announced a new initiative designed to raise the profile of architects, artists and writers whose work has broadened and enriched understandings of architecture and the built environment, according to a museum statement. The inaugural Soane Annual Lecture, to be held at the Royal Institution in Albemarle Street, London, on 1 November, will be given by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo who designed the Prados new wing (2007). And in a neat nod to history, Mon