A series of transdisciplinary investigations into how collaborative and artistic approaches can change the practice and products of architecture, Architecture + Art consists of twelve public conversations, involving a diverse range of the world's most significant artists, architects, urbanists, and other thinkers.

The series foregrounds shared and parallel conceptual approaches, built structures, and strategies that situate themselves outside or across received boundaries of "architecture" and "art." Events, grouped in thematic seasons, address the instrumentalization of architecture and art for urban regeneration, and explore the built environment as material for creative criticaldiscourse. At a time in which 'transdisciplinary' has become a buzzword in the creative industries, this series critically examines precedents for true contact between disciplines, engaging both architecture and art's audiences through shared participation in the discussion. The program will culminate in a publication, launched with a symposium at the project's conclusion.

Marko Daniel has been curator of public programs at the Tate Modern since May 2006, and he is the curatorial point person at the Tate for the series. Most recently, Daniel has cocurated Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape (Tate Modern, April–September, 2011) and curated a solo show of Chen Chieh-Jen at the Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester (2010). He also contributed to the catalogue for Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds (Tate Modern, 2010–11). Daniel is vice-chair of the London Consortium, a unique collaboration between the Architectural Association, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Science Museum, Birkbeck College, and the Tate.

Sarah Ichioka is director of the Architecture Foundation and codirector of the London Festival of Architecture. Previously, Ichioka was a consultant curator for the exhibition Global Cities in the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. She was exhibition content coordinator for the 10th International Venice Architecture Biennale, Cities, Architecture & Society, and she coedited the exhibition catalogue. Ichioka was also a founding research associate of the Urban Age, an interdisciplinary project investigating the future of global cities. She has served on juries including the European Prize for Urban Public Space and the Young Architect of the Year Award, and she has chaired the advisory board for the British Pavilion in Venice. Her publications include a chapter in a forthcoming book about curating contemporary architecture (MAXXI, 2011).

Justin Jaeckle is curator of public program at the Architecture Foundation, where he has worked since 2005. With a background in fine art practice from Central St Martins, Jaeckle brings interdisciplinary expertise to the Foundation's wide-ranging public program of screenings, symposia, exhibitions, and events. His curatorial work at the AF includes the exhibitions Living Architectures and At Home with Mme Le Corbusier; alternative bus tours and temporary museums for the London Festival of Architecture; and the bimonthly screenings program, Architecture on Film,in response to which he was invited to speak at the launch for UNESCO's inaugural City of Film. Jaeckle has also curated programs for the AF in multiple institutional collaborations, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Barbican Art Gallery, and the Tates, Britain and Modern. Jaeckle curated the original Architecture + Art series (2009).

Founded in 1991 as the UK's first independent architecture center, the Architecture Foundation is a non-profit agency for contemporary architecture, urbanism, and culture. We cultivate new talent and new ideas. Through our diverse programs, we facilitate international and interdisciplinary exchange; stimulate critical engagement among professionals, policy makers, and a broad public;, and shape the quality of the built environment. We are independent, agile, inclusive, and influential. Central to our activities is the belief that architecture enriches lives.

The Architecture Foundation's diverse and cross-disciplinary program includes events, from film screenings to lectures and debates; exhibitions which experiment with representations of architecture; competitions for buildings and public spaces; Aawards that celebrate excellence in contemporary architecture and urbanism; educational projects, which focuson young people considering further built environment study; and a wide range of other projects including the London Architecture Diary and the London Festival of Architecture.