Monthly Archives: September 2008

Old Manchester

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Sally Stone

In the period before Manchester’s recent building boom Leach Rhodes and Walker was the finishing school for a number of Manchester School of Architecture tutorial staff (not me!) and was the source of countless amusing anecdotes about commercial architectural practice. … Continue reading →

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CiA Studio 2008-2009

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Sally Stone

And so the hustings are once again upon us at the Manchester School of Architecture. This year Continuity in Architecture will be offering two BArch studio units. The first is a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of … Continue reading →

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and…and…and…and…

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Aventinus

Venice Architecture Biennale 2008: A Movie See also our earlier review.

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Eisenman in Liverpool!

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Sally Stone

OK, the main event is obviously the opening of the Corb exhibition in Lutyens’ crypt (the subtitle ‘The Art of Architecture’ doesn’t inspire) but Peter Eisenman has got to be worth a trip. Peter Eisenman: Architecture and the Cultural Project … Continue reading →

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Out there: The Venice Biennale

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Aventinus

The vast exhibition of contemporary architecture which is the Venice Biennale (curated by Aaron Betsky) opened last weekend in a stormy atmosphere which made the exhibitions oases of rather damp calm, despite the unsettling, luxurious aspirations of some of the … Continue reading →

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The White Church

Posted on September 11, 2008 by Sally Stone

The White Church is a familiar sight to those travelling along the old road to Blackpool through Lytham St Annes. It is one of a number of Anglican and Non-conformist churches vying for prominence along the route, set back from … Continue reading →

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Serving up the city

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Aventinus

  If, according to Alberti, a house is a small city …  can a tray be a small piazza? These table centres, designed by Fabio Novembre, are available from Driade. In this case the model is the city of Palmanova … Continue reading →

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Tales from the woods

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Sally Stone

One of Five Columns for the Kröller-Müller by Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1982. The suspected remains of a WWII airman discovered in a jungle region of Papua New Guinea have turned out to be the moss-covered branches of a tree… (BBC … Continue reading →

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Final Cut

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Aventinus

CiA Bachelor of Architecture 2007-2008. The final show.

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Basilika, Trier

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Sally Stone

The building now known as the Basilika in Trier, Germany was actually the throne room of the Emperor Constantine and formed part of a wider palace complex when the city was a capital of the Roman Empire. The footprint of … Continue reading →

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