As August draws to a close, so do several exhibitions and projects. Take advantage of these (largely free) shows, as well as a fantastic opportunity to take your Instagram to the next level by brushing up on your architectural photography skills on a walking workshop.

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Mode in Flux | Open now until 27 August

Image: Hufton & Crow

Set within London’s Roca Gallery, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects and completed in 2011, is the ‘Mode in Flux’ exhibition showcasing the relationship between engineering and fashion, which is coming into its final week. The gallery itself is a great place to visit; to explore the cavernous showroom is immersive and magical.

This exhibition focuses on the innovation and technology within fashion design, and how we ask demand more of our clothes in the age of ‘smart’. Interactive and transforming pieces make up the collection, with sportswear that changes colour and texture depending on the body temperature of the wearer amongst other innovative garments.

Mona Hatoum | Open now until 21 August

Image: Erol Birsen

Mona Hatoum’s exhibition at the Tate is one which displays the challenging work from the artist. She has been widely credited with creating a different, uncanny vision of the world which juxtaposes horror, beauty and the everyday.

Hatoum’s abstract works evokes conversations and questions revolving around fear and fascination. One of her most famous works is Homebound, an uncannily familiar room, where everyday objects are connected by buzzing electricity.

“One of the most important and powerful artists of her generation finally gets the big British show she deserves”—The Sunday Times.

The Aylesbury Estate as Home | Open now until 18 September

Photograph: Stefan Rousseau

The Aylesbury Estate, one of South London’s largest high-rise estates, is the subject of this free exhibition. The display focuses on the estate as homes for the thousands of residents, and the history of the development from its utopian 1960s beginning to its demolition and regeneration. Art and history combine here to create an informative, interesting exhibition.

Photography Tour - From Wren to Rogers | 27 August

Image: OpenCity

This photography tour is part exploration and part education. If you have access to a SLR camera and are comfortable with using its manual functions, then this walking tour will improve participants’ abilities to photograph buildings, and to distinguish between different architectural styles.

The walking tour will be led by an acclaimed architectural photographer and member of the architectural photography agency VIEW Pictures.

The ‘Next ‘Invasive’ Is ‘Native' | 23 August

Image: Cooking Sections

This lunchtime talk is a 30-minute consultation session with Cooking Sections on the devaluation of property, and looks into the idea of ‘non-native’ and ‘invasive’ species through the subject of ice-cream. Cooking Sections is a duo of spatial practitioners, who aim to explore the systems of the world through the medium of food.

“The ‘Next “Invasive” Is “Native” re-thinks the ‘alien’ as an entity that actually constructs a new reality... Scaremongering, deflation of property value and the refusal to grant mortgages to homeowners that have found Japanese Knotweed on their premises are processes that have created a market for expensive eradication programmes.”

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