Category Archives: Manchester

BDP Architects to Host Charrette to discuss the Urban Implications of Preston Bus Station

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Sally Stone

In December 2012 Preston City Council voted ‘in principle’ to demolish Preston Bus Station and replace it with a surface car park. This building is a major cultural landmark and it should be preserved and creatively adapted to serve the … Continue reading →

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Save Library Walk

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Sally Stone

A Facebook group has been formed to organize opposition to the new proposals for Vincent Harris’s Library Walk in Manchester. Read the Heritage Statement  (pdf) produced by the developer’s historic building adviser. Quote from statement: how this left-over space came into being and … Continue reading →

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The Hand of the Architect Sketching

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Sally Stone

     Continuity in Architecture have been a-twitter with excitement at the prospect of a lecture by the highly acclaimed architect Peter Wilson. The sense of expectation was heightened by the memories of past and highly influential talks which probably … Continue reading →

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Outstanding Academic Achievement

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Sally Stone

Continuity in Architecture is very pleased that one of their final year students has been awarded the University of Manchester award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. This prize recognises the truly exceptional performance of a graduate student. Tom Cookson, who has … Continue reading →

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St Wilfrid remains in Hulme

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Sally Stone

A flying visit to St Wilfrid’s RC Church in Hulme, Manchester designed by A.W.N. Pugin. Pevsner writes: By Pugin, 1842, and memorable as a very early case of the archeologically convincing church … The exterior of the church is red … Continue reading →

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Degree Show 2010

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Sally Stone

The Degree Shows at Manchester Metropolitan University open on Friday 18th June at 5pm. CiA Studio’s Bachelor of Architecture Projects can be found in Rooms 502 and 503 on the fifth floor of the Chatham Building, Cavendish Street, M15 6BR. … Continue reading →

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Edgar Wood 150

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Sally Stone

Edgar Wood 150th Anniversary Events in Middleton near Manchester Website: www.edgarwood.com Tel: 0161 6435228 Email: enquiries@edgarwood.com The Edgar Wood Project on flickr Thursday, May 13th at 7pm : ‘Edgar Wood and Middleton’ An illustrated talk by JOHN ARCHER at Long … Continue reading →

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Sign-up for Urban Narratives Workshop

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Sally Stone

As part of the Manchester Art and Design Festival (MADF), Future Everything (FE) and the Manchester School of Architecture Events Programme (…?), Continuity in Architecture will be holding an investigative workshop: Experiments with Urban Narratives Workshop participants will explore a … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes at the library

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Sally Stone

Aidan Turner-Bishop of the C20 Society NW Group writes: Manchester Central Library (E Vincent Harris, 1934+) is closing very soon for a major reconstruction. The Library has arranged closedown tours which are listed below. A special tour by the NW … Continue reading →

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Be Head

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Sally Stone

The details for the selection and appointment of the new Head of the Manchester School of Architecture can be found HERE … Do you have (and/or): National/international reputation for academic leadership in the field International research standing Professional achievements and … Continue reading →

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How will the new library wear the inevitable black shroud?

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Aventinus

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 … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes in Manchester

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Crompton

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 … Continue reading →

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