Monthly Archives: May 2007

Slow Home TV

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Sally Stone

A familiar face at Slow Home TV – Sally Stone of CiA and co-author of Re-readings. CLICK HERE to get to the Slow Home TV page and view the full interview.

Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Publications | Comments Off

House of the Suicide and House of the Mother of the Suicide by John Hejduk, Prague Castle, 2000. Georgia Institute of Technology Canadian Centre for Architecture. Architecture Week and for a fuller explanation… Books by John Hejduk Photograph taken at … Continue reading →

Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Mitteleuropa, Nostalgia, Precedents, Travel | Comments Off

Whitsun action

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Sally Stone

Picture by (yet again) “eat at joe’s” Some juxtapositions of temporary and permanent at the annual Whit Fair in the centre of Preston. Pericles is safe in his pediment. See the same event in 1930 via the link below (may … Continue reading →

Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston | 1 Comment

Card No.17

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Crompton

Edgar Wood. Ed Wood

Posted in Architecture Hacks, CiA, Crompton, Edgar Wood Vigilantes | Comments Off

Jonathan Meades

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Aventinus

As CiA suspected Jonathan Meades had something to say about Manchester’s urban regeneration. Here is a clip…

Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Manchester | Comments Off

Alvaro Siza in Evora

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Aventinus

Further to the recent post about James Stirling’s housing in Runcorn we present these images of Alvaro Siza’s project for housing in Quinta da Malagueira outside the ancient city of Evora. Begun in 1977, the neighbourhood is an immediate product … Continue reading →

Posted in Alvaro Siza, Aventinus, CiA, Portugal, Precedents, Travel | Comments Off

Sandy

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Aventinus

Professor Sir Colin St. John Wilson RA 1922-2007 Continuity in Architecture was saddened to hear of the death of â€˜Sandyâ€™ Wilson, a major figure in British architecture and architectural education in the second half of the twentieth century. A memory … Continue reading →

Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Name Dropping | 1 Comment

Quite a big weekend

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Sally Stone

Preston is the centre of the pop-musical world this weekend. It’s the biggest event in the town/city since, well, last Preston Guild. The View, The Scissor Sisters, Razorlight, Kasabian, LCD Sound System…(full line-up) are all bringing their cutting-edge/reminiscentoftheseventies sounds to … Continue reading →

Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston | Comments Off

Really Big Windows

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Sally Stone

Continuity in Architecture direct you to an article published in this week’s Architects Journal that is co-authored by lecturers from the college. Eamonn Canniffe and Sally Stone discuss the new terrace of social housing designed by dMFK Architects in New … Continue reading →

Posted in CiA, Manchester, Press, Sally Stone | 1 Comment

An architectural tree

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Crompton

Demolition work in a garden has exposed a Cotoneaster plant growing in a gap between buildings. At one point it leant a woody elbow on a projecting rock as it twisted to find the light. (April 2007, Askham, Cumbria)

Posted in CiA, Crompton, Travel | Comments Off

From the bottom drawer

Posted on May 9, 2007 by Sally Stone

I found these photographs (taken c.1988?) in the bottom of a plan chest drawer. They show James Stirling’s Runcorn Housing which was designed in 1967, built 1970-1977 and demolished in 1990. Read what Stirling had to say about the original … Continue reading →