CONTINUITY IN ARCHITECTURE

If you happen to be in Venice today …

Dominic Roberts — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:45:27 +0000

Short notice I know. CiA director Sally Stone is lecturing at IUAV* 3pm today. As she says in her Twitter feed: Speaking this afternoon at IUAV. Apparently I’m the warm up act for David Chipperfield. *University IUAV of Venice IUAV in brief Update (18:00)

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How will the new library wear the inevitable black shroud?

Aventinus — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:11:54 +0000

As the vultures gather around the soon to be vacated carcass of E. Vincent Harris’s Central Library in Manchester, CiA student Michael Groves has discovered the above stygian description of the then new library’s 1934 context by an anonymous but poetic critic.

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Kolumba

Dominic Roberts — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:10:54 +0000

Some architecture students I recently met had never heard of Peter Zumthor (!). I offer a photoset of the Kolumba Museum in Cologne as a reminder. Photoset

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Emerging Face

Aventinus — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:55:05 +0000

Charalampos Politakis, a Doctoral student at the Manchester School of Architecture (supervisor Eamonn Canniffe) is currently researching the philosophy of anthropomorphic architecture. Here are some images and text from his Masters project which he completed at the University of Salford in...

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Outstanding

Dominic Roberts — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:14:16 +0000

The Politics of the Piazza has been awarded an Outstanding Academic Title 2009 by Choice the leading source for library-relevant book reviews in the United States. In his review David H. Sachs of Kansas State University describes The Politics of the Piazza in the following terms. The book features...

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Sherlock Holmes in Manchester

Crompton — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:12:17 +0000

Manchester Town Hall appears uncredited in the new film, playing the Houses of Parliament. Under this very ceiling Holmes struggles with Moriarty. Continuity in Architecture will never mistake Waterhouse for Barry even if they can believe Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law are Holmes and Watson.

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Neil Stevenson’s camino sketchbook

Dominic Roberts — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:53:13 +0000

Neil Stevenson was a tutor at Manchester School of Architecture during the ‘nineties (now at Sheffield Hallam). He combines experience of practice with a generous approach to teaching, a wide knowledge of artistic culture and an ability to stop, look and draw. To mark his fiftieth birthday Neil...

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Manchester Cathedral dah-dah-dah-daah…

Aventinus — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:03:41 +0000

Manchester Cathedral dah-dah-dah-daah You’re bringing me down dah-dah-dah-daah (with apologies to The New Vaudeville Band) Manchester and Salford’s contentious relationship across the River Irwell has always assured a clear, if far from beautiful, distinction between the two cities. The long...

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The ‘fifties from above

Dominic Roberts — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:08:04 +0000

Following the visit of MA Urban Design students from MMU to our fair city this week, I offer an aerial photo set of Preston in the ‘fifties (before the clearance of factories, mills and much else). All the photos

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At Nottingham Contemporary

Dominic Roberts — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:26 +0000

Everybody is talking about it, so here’s a photo set of Nottingham Contemporary on the opening weekend. People were queuing to get in on the day and the visitor numbers continue to be healthy. It’s a serious piece of architecture that responds well to the scale of Middle Pavement and...

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