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Category Archives: Dominic Roberts
The Aeronauts go to Ronchamp
Three Mirage 2000 jets of L’armée de l’air fly north towards the Franche Comte/Lorraine border in this odd postcard from Ronchamp*. The aerial view is not particularly flattering to a building that was designed to be approached from the slopes … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Le Corbusier, Nostalgia
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BIM ’69, The Integrated Team
This is the cover of the June 1969 issue of BDP Preston in-house magazine ‘Contact’. BDP was founded in Preston and pioneered a team-based, democratic approach to building design in the era of the mandatory fee scale. In this illustration … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture Hacks, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Nostalgia, Preston
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Maisons Jaoul
seier+seier’s photograph of Le Corbusier’s Maisons Jaoul. Click here for picture & discussion.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Le Corbusier
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Zumthor’s extinguisher
Fire extinguisher, Diocesan Museum, Cologne. More
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Interiors, Peter Zumthor, Travel
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Keeping his head
Louis Hellman, cartoonist, at Scarpa’s Canova Plaster Cast Gallery, Possagno. Circa 1990.
Posted in Carlo Scarpa, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Italy
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Angel of Death
Woodland Chapel, Stockholm. See also…
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Sweden
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Model Scale
The Great Model of Lutyens’ project for Liverpool RC Cathedral.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Edwin Lutyens, Liverpool
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Stair hack
Steps up to the rampart. Castelvecchio, Verona. Architect: Carlo Scarpa
Posted in Architecture Hacks, Carlo Scarpa, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Italy
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Adam Khan Architects at Brockholes
My article in Architecture Today on Adam Khan Architects’ Brockholes floating visitor centre is available at this LINK
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Press, Preston
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Redemption
Il Redentore from Zaterre.
Posted in Churches, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Italy, Venice
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Piazza San Marco meets Preston Bus Station
In the spirit of the Collage City Unité/Uffizi comparison: Piazza San Marco transformed into Preston Bus Station.
Posted in Architecture Hacks, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Italy, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Venice
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Villa Romana del Casale
A model of the uncovered villa. Sicily.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Italy, Precedents
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