Monthly Archives: January 2008

France v Britain: Who has the best ironmongery?

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Crompton

Locks in Musée Marmaton, Paris and a Northamptonshire cottage compared: precision gilded case and too cheap to have a case.

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Loxford Disembowelment

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Sally Stone

A former student writes: “Loxford was a strange building in which to study architecture, its staggered brick residential tower sat above the 3 storey podium that contained the studios. There was never a connection between the students that lived in … Continue reading →

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Card No.6

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Crompton

Loxodromic line. Infinity going inwards.

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ÅÖÄ

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Sally Stone

The Holden Gallery at the Manchester School of Art is exhibiting the work of a group of MA students from the Academy of Fine Art in Helsinki and although the flyer states that the work is “…characterised as much by … Continue reading →

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Vincent Harris Vigilantes Awake!

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Aventinus

Rumours reach CiA of changes afoot in one of Manchester’s most significant pieces of urban design, Library Walk, which mediates between Vincent Harris’s pantheon-inspired Central Library and his rather more Scandinavian-classical Town Hall Extension. All potential VHV should be concerned … Continue reading →

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Pseudo-Wood Demolished

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Crompton

13th January 2008 The First Church of Christ Scientist, Castlemere Street, Rochdale is being demolished. Built between 1911-14 the architect was Thomas Butterworth of 78 King Street Manchester, the same address as the office of Wood and Sellers. It is … Continue reading →

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Pour your own Ionic

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Crompton

Its a tree, a waterfall, a long dress.

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EMBT Housing, Barcelona

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Sally Stone

The slightly warped orthogonal form of the housing next to the Santa Caterina market contrasts strongly with the flowing roof canopy of the market building. The contextual deformations of the housing appear responsive and natural in the tight urban landscape. … Continue reading →

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Star Bricks

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Crompton

This delightful detail is made with a single brick special. (Parsonage Road, Withington, Manchester)

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Card No.7

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Crompton

You see more if you draw.

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Adolf Loos: Anachronistically Alpine?

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Sally Stone

Following the Christmas post below, a few slides of the Khuner House by Adolf Loos (1930).Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Contemporary to the whitewashed masterpieces of his last phase…this country house that is so vernacular, so anachronistically alpine, so rustic, raises … Continue reading →

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