Category Archives: Dominic Roberts

Francis Xavier Velarde

St Matthew, Clubmoor, Liverpool by Francis Xavier Velarde (1897-1960). “..built through the generosity of the late Captain Matthew Honan FRIBA…killed in action on November the 14th 1916”. Completed in 1930. The interior is reminiscent of German railway station architecture of … Continue reading

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Basilica Palladiana

CiA have had a weekend away in N.E. Italy… This is a detail of the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza. Basilica photoset. Constructed 1549-1614, the familiar facade by Andrea Palladio is essentially a reclothing of the gothic Palazzo della Ragione.

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Veronetta

A student drawing from the past. Faye Whiteoak: Library, Veronetta, Verona (1998). Collage, pencil, pencil crayon.

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Folded Concrete

There are few reasons to visit Leyland in Lancashire these days: the qualities of the original village were long ago submerged in Central Lancastrian suburban sprawl. One fine product of the population expansion was the Roman Catholic Church of St … Continue reading

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Architettura Sostenibile

A new project by Bolles + Wilson at Monteluce, Perugia. Link to ‘Architettura Sostenibile’.

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The Greatest

Edwin Lutyens was the greatest British architect of the twentieth century. The crowning achievement of his career would have been the construction of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool. Of course, the building was never completed – construction, started in … Continue reading

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The Edgar Wood Project

Andy Marshall (‘fotofacade’) has started a flickr group called The Edgar Wood Project as a repository of images of buildings by er…. Edgar Wood. Andy is an architectural photographer and blogs at fotofacade.

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Heaven Up Here

Up close Historic buildings in the care of the Catholic Church in England and Wales have an uncertain future – particularly in inner urban areas where congregations and income have dramatically declined. English Heritage (link: Paradise Lost) admit the relative … Continue reading

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NURBs

We’ve added Veritas et Venustas to our links. A series of excellent posts includes The Revolutionary Communist Party likes New Urbanism (sort of) and especially for our friends in Durham N.C. Ayers Saint Gross: Architects/Campus Planners.

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Card No.23

New Year’s resolution: spend more time with drawing board and pencil.

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Outram on London

We have added John Outram Associates to our links. “…Looked at today, 3 years after our ‘retirement’ from Battersea in Christmas 1997 – London is looking increasingly like a funfair anyway. The monument to the non-architecture of suburban Bungalow-Culture that … Continue reading

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Looking away

What happens when you turn away from the familiar view? For reverse view click here.

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