Category Archives: Manchester

Trickledown Urbanism

Posted on July 12, 2006 by Aventinus

In contrast to the landscape of civic veneration produced for the Cenotaph in St. Peter’s Square, the present generation of Manchester’s city fathers favour a landscape of civic disportment. Not the least surprising arrival in “New Piccadilly” during the 2005 … Continue reading →

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Interventions Exhibition

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Sally Stone

The ‘Interventions’ Exhibition at CUBE opened at the end of June and runs until the middle of September. The exhibition features work from the Atelier Barcelona/Manchester run by Sally Stone and Nick Dunn in collaboration with the Architecture School at … Continue reading →

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The Great Stone

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Sally Stone

The War Memorial in St Peter’s Square, Manchester has had problems for a few years now. The construction of a Metro stop made it into an overspill for the platform space. The openess of the memorial precinct appears to have … Continue reading →

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The Temple

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Sally Stone

Leaving The Temple of Convenience is a fine architectural experience. A former underground toilet, the bar borrows a superstructure of bold Edwardian commercial architecture from nearby buildings. You donâ€™t fall out of this bar – you rise out of it. … Continue reading →

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Interventions

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Sally Stone

The INTERVENTIONS exhibition opens at CUBE on Wednesday evening at 6.30pm. Exhibition Location Interventions is an exhibition of the work of a group of students from the college of Continuity in Architecture at Manchester who worked with the students from … Continue reading →