Author Archives: Crompton

Parliamentary Architecture

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Crompton

To comply with Part M and the DDA Act these University offices have been equipped with tasteful and convenient ramps. If styles of buildings and clothes may be compared this building is a portakabin in a striped shell-suit with a … Continue reading →

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Card No.19

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Crompton

What the client doesn’t know…but fortunately you do

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Sir John Soane’s Coloured Glass

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Crompton

The current fashion for coloured glass and plastic in buildings goes backfurther than Donald Judd coloured boxes from the 1960’s. Sir John Soane usedsheets of yellow tinted glass to give a warm glow in his Dulwich mausoleumand red glass shown … Continue reading →

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Card No.20

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Crompton
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The house with no windows

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Crompton

Not a Photoshop job. This house on the escarpment at Tyldesley, Lancashire answers Louis Kahn’s old question – ‘What does a brick want to be?’ by turning its back on a busy road. It reminds me of the line in … Continue reading →

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Card No.21

Posted on April 3, 2007 by Crompton
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Card No.22

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Crompton
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Card No.24

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Crompton

The ABC of architecture.

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Card No.25

Posted on December 1, 2006 by Crompton
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Card No.26

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Crompton

The full set so far

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Card No.27

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Crompton

The full set so far

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The worst place in the world to play frisbee

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Crompton

One of two overflows on the dam of the Ladybower reservoir, Derbyshire. The sizes of the steps are distributed hyperbolically meaning that it is impossible to lean over to see the bottom no matter how far down the hole you … Continue reading →

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