Author Archives: Sally Stone

The British Architect

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Arcosolium

Nostalgia…The Brion tomb (1969-1978) near Treviso by Carlo Scarpa, note the sarcophagi leaning towards each other below the reinforced concrete arch. Arcosolium

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Reciprocity

Intended context and current condition (slideshow).

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Two worlds

The Economist Building (photoset) and Robin Hood Gardens Design Competition (BD Online)

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Preston Modern

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. No. 1, The Triangle, Fulwood, Preston. Finished: 1968. Architect: Francis Roberts The house was constructed between 1962 and 1968 for a structural engineer at Building Design Partnership in Preston.

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Architecture elsewhere

Land towers Shelter Large paintings by James Bowyer, BA Fine Art show. First floor Grosvenor Building (the old Art School).

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Council Works Dept.

Ceramic tile mural, Preston Council Works Department, St Paul’s Road. Picture by George D Thompson

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Graphic

From The Economist

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Ben Kelly: Off the peg

This month’s issue of AD Magazine, Interior Atmospheres, contains an article by CiA staffer Sally Stone with her regular co-author Graeme Brooker. The piece, entitled “Off the Peg: The Bespoke Interiors of Ben Kelly” was based upon an interview with … Continue reading

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Philharmonie burns

BBC film and news item. Virtual tour.

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Make good?

The RIBA Journal is suddenly worth reading again: Resistance Movement.

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Muzio v Ponti

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Giovanni Muzio’s Ca Brutta (1923) faces Gio Ponti’s Palazzo Montecatini (1936) across the junction of Via Fillipo Turati and Via Moscova in Milan. The buildings were completed within fifteen years of each other and display different … Continue reading

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