Category Archives: Research

Space, Time and Architecture: Horologium Augusti in Rome

While Roman pragmatism found uses for the magnificent monumental areas constructed by numerous emperors, there was also the use of space itself as a display of power, no more amply expressed than in the complex of the Horologium Augusti, or … Continue reading

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‘A rattling good story’

Thomas Corrie, a recent graduate of the University of Sheffield school of Architecture has received a HIGH COMMENDATION in the President’s Medals 2006 (Link to President’s Medals site) for his dissertation ‘Treading in the Path of Others’ which was supervised … Continue reading

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The Schiffli Machine

Video of the machine in action Our friend in embroidery, Melanie Miller, is encouraging wider use of the amazing Schiffli machine currently unloved and underused in the embroidery workshop. She has initiated a research project which involves inviting practitioners from … Continue reading

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Architecture and Theology

James Robertson has commenced doctoral research (supervised by Eamonn Canniffe) on the early architecture of Jack Coia (1898-1981) with particular reference to his churches. In this sketch of St. Peter in Chains, Ardrossan (1938) one can detect the influence of … Continue reading

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Famagusta, Αμμόχωστος, Gazimağusa

Hacer Basarir, a doctoral student supervised by Eamonn Canniffe, presented a paper at the recent INTBAU conference in Venice. The paper, entitled ”Reflections of change at the crossroads of different cultures: a 700 year old building – St. Nicholas Cathedral … Continue reading

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cromp.com

Make the flag from a stack of 28 North Americas Andrew Crompton has contacted us to offer the chance to inspect fragments of this building preserved in his lonely eyrie in the Kantorowich Building. Andrew’s website at cromp.com is a … Continue reading

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The City Past and Present

Eamonn Canniffe of Manchester School of Architecture has received a contract from Ashgate Publishing Ltd to edit a book entitled “The City Past and Present: Global perspectives on urban history and change”. The other contributors are Reza Abouei, Hacer Basirir, … Continue reading

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Interventions

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

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Coming soon…

…from Artemide publishing: ‘Interventions’ a record of our Atelier Barcelona/Manchester joint project with UPC Barcelona.

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