Monthly Archives: September 2006

Surface reflections

“Today fashion may again offer a model for architecture… . The fluid boundaries in contemporary women’s fashion underscore the continued rigidity in architecture discourse, an avant-garde moralism that is all too evident in the peculiarly puerile debates – deconstructivism versus … Continue reading

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Klippan photoset

Church of St Peter, Klippan, Sweden. Sigurd Lewerentz 1963-1966. Photoset. Yes, it’s dark in there.

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Gladrags

Oskar Kokoschka, Gertrud and Arnold Schönberg, and Adolf Loos in Berlin’s Bristol Bar, 1927. “In the beginning was cladding. Man sought shelter from inclement weather and protection and warmth while he slept. He sought to cover himself. The covering is … Continue reading

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MSA climb the Web

Manchester School of Architecture have launched a redesigned website. Congratulations to Neil Ashdown, Stefan White and colleagues on the design team. The site includes an information video in English and Mandarin Chinese. There is also an answer to the question … Continue reading

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On with the motley

Listen…

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