Making an exhibition is as much an exercise in storytelling as it is in editing the telling of a story. And the new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts on Herzog & de Meuron proves this point.

What is intriguing about it is how little of the practice’s work is covered when one thinks of the expansive oeuvre of Herzog & de Meuron. Their output is prolific. I count 594 projects on their website; the practice boasts 600 architects on its payroll. Yet this exhibition gives a light touch overview of fewer than 30 projects, and then going in depth into just a couple of those. 

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