The London-based writer and curator is the third judge for this year’s AR House awards
Catherine Ince is a curator and writer based in London. She has held senior positions in major cultural institutions, from the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark to the Victoria & Albert Museum, Barbican Art Gallery and British Council in London. As the inaugural chief curator of V&A East between 2015 and 2022, she devised the curatorial vision for the V&A’s new two-site project in east London.
Ince is known for her critically acclaimed exhibitions and publications on major figures and movements of the 20th century, including large-scale surveys of Charles and Ray Eames and the Eames Office, the Bauhaus, as well as avant-garde Japanese fashion.
She has written for magazines, journals and books on leading figures in design history and the intersection of art, design and architecture. In 2018, Catherine was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) for her work in bringing architectural culture to non-professional audiences.
She is currently a trustee of The Cosmic House and Jencks Foundation and is the inaugural Charles and Ray Eames Foundation research fellow.
AR House awards 2025
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Extended entry deadline: Friday 11 July 2025
Launched in 2010, the AR House awards recognise originality and excellence in the design of dwellings. The house – a key rite of passage for architects – offers the potential for innovation and is critical to the ferment and crystallisation of new ideas.
Looking for projects built in the last five years, AR House recognises creativity and originality, and ideas that push the type forward whatever the scale and construction cost. Find out more about previous winners here.
