Monthly Archives: May 2009

Notes from Belgrade #2

4. Block 23 from Block 22: Picturesque brutalism, a city in the sky. Twenty floors up ivy grows and pigeon loft has been built. (Novi Beograd: Architects: Jankovic, Karadzic, Stjepanovic, 1975). 5. Weightlifter: Meaty Doric column on Belgrade Post Office. … Continue reading

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Three works by Siza

A recent visit to Portugal afforded the opportunity to look at three works from the long career of Alvaro Siza. Boa Nova Tea House (Leça de Palmeira 1958-63) This early work by Siza has survived a half-century without officious preservation. … Continue reading

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The room has been evicted from the house

The 6th Modern Interiors Research Centre Conference was held at Kingston University last week. The focus was upon histories and heritage. Among the interesting collection of papers was a description of the reconstruction of the Hotel de Ville in Paris. … Continue reading

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Notes from Belgrade #1

Some sights from a recent trip to Belgrade (Beograd): 1. Bill Clinton and Urban Design: Nikola Dobrovic, Architect, 1963, Ministry of Defence, Belgrade, in two parts, whose stepped forms matched each other across a major street, forming an image of … Continue reading

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Leaning Tower of Plečnik

St Antun* Catholic Church, Belgrade. 1936-63. Architect: Jože Plečnik A circular church with a circular tower that is now leaning slightly as can be seen in the gap between it and the neighbouring block. Monolithic columns in the porch have … Continue reading

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It’s dark. Dark in the daytime.

Further to Richard’s post below, more pictures of BDP’s Underley Hall projects from the early ‘sixties. Photoset

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BDP at Underley Hall, 1964

I recently visited Underley Hall near Kirby Lonsdale in Cumbria with Richard Brook of Manchester School of Architecture. This is Richard’s account of the visit: Architects’ original model of the proposed Chapel at Underley Hall Representatives of CiA and team-bau … Continue reading

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