The Architectural Association is holding an online auction of drawings by the world's leading architects to raise funds for student bursaries. Drawings - many of them specially produced for the event - have been donated by more than 60 architects, including Herzog & de Meuron, Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Will Alsop, Edward Cullinan, Rem Koolhaas, Piers Gough, Zaha Hadid and Lord Rogers. Frank Gehry has donated a signed chair.
The collection will be on view at www. aaschool. info/auction from 22 May until 5 June, during which time bids can be registered. A selection of items will also be viewed at a live auction during a party at the AA on the evening of 5 June, which Piers Gough will compère. Tickets for the evening are on sale priced £20. For further information call Micki Hawkes on 020 7887 4103 or email micki@aaschool. ac. uk
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