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Author Archives: Aventinus
Rumble in the (urban) jungle
Milan is the latest location for the on-off face-off between Daniel Libeskind and Rem Koolhaas, in the form of two rival museum projects for the city. Previous to this bout Koolhaas (the most provocative historian of New York) declined to … Continue reading
Meier versus Mayor
Is their heritage safe in Roman hands? To return to a question which has been asked previously on this blog, the new ‘post-fascist’ Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, has raked up an old controversy with his suggestion that Richard Meier’s … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, Buildings at Risk, CiA, Italy, Rome
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Curve and countercurve: Zaha Hadid in Rome
The continuity of the urban grid of northern Rome is relieved by an infrequent series of curved structures, Pier Luigi Nervi’s Palazzetto dello Sport, Renzo Piano’s Auditorium di Roma and Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI , due for completion in 2009. The … Continue reading
The Scots-Italian Connection
 James Robertson, a Ph.D student at the Manchester School of Architecture, has been awarded a Rome Scholarship in Architecture at the British School at Rome for the 2008-09 academic year. James will be continuing his research intended to  illuminate and challenge the … Continue reading
Furnishing the urban interior
This short film documents a study of the mediation between urban and interior space, historic fabric and the contemporary city. This research through design was produced by Year 5 students in Continuity in Architecture, and was intended to remember, to … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Milan, Student Projects, Studio Programme Year 5
Tagged broletto, Milan
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Save Robin Hood Gardens? You must be joking!
Is the architectural profession really so flush with time and ennui that it has nothing more significant to work itself up into a lather about than indulging in nostalgic support for a failed urban idea and some of its more … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, Buildings at Risk, CiA
Tagged bd, cia, classwar, robinhoodgardens, save robin hood gardens, smithsons
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First scalp to an urban ethic?
The British Government’s decision to unceremoniously ditch the Blairite supercasino dumped on east Manchester gives one hope that substantial policies of urban regeneration might be expected. Ok, we might now be seeing the nationalisation of a bank and a downward … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Manchester
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Two views of Milan
The abstract and the figurative – two views of Milan: Continuity in Architecture Year 5 students continue to explore projects in Milan. Here are two films, by Tom Keeler and Nick Walkley which take very different routes to exploring a … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Italy, Milan, Student Projects
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The Dome of the Rock
Continuity in Architecture are pleased to announce the recent publication of the paper “The Dome of the Rock: Origin of its Octagonal Plan” by our former colleague Dr. Anwarul Islam (and Zaid F. Al- Hamad). Published in Palestine Exploration Quarterly … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances
Tagged dome of the rock, islam, jerusalem, princeton
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Vincent Harris Vigilantes Awake!
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
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, E Vincent Harris, Manchester
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Renaissance Siena: Art for a City
The current exhibition at the National Gallery in London “Renaissance Siena: Art for a City” presents many unfamiliar delights to the eye. Along with the occasional massive altarpiece, the multifarious work of Francesco di Giorgio Martini in drawing, painting, sculpture … Continue reading
Compare and Contrast
Ph.D. candidate James Robertson is continuing his research into the early career of Jack Coia and has recently visited both the Sir Basil Spence exhibition in Edinburgh: Back to the Future (Dean Gallery, Edinburgh), and the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia … Continue reading