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Category Archives: Friends & Acquaintances
Canova Museum Recreated
Peter Guthrie is a freelance visualisation artist based in London. He produced these computer generated images of Carlo Scarpa’s Canova Museum in Possagno as a personal exercise for his portfolio. Museo Canoviano, Possagno Canova Museum Updated
Posted in Carlo Scarpa, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Interiors
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North Lancashire contains Architecture
Clare Hartwell’s major revision of Nikolaus Pevsner’s The Buildings of England: North Lancashire has just been published. The book describes all the significant buildings of the region from early history to the present day. It is an engrossing work and … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, CiA, Francis Xavier Velarde, Friends & Acquaintances
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Off to market?
James Robertson, doctoral candidate at the Manchester School of Architecture and Rome Scholar in Architecture, is participating with fellow Fine Arts Scholars in the group exhibition at the British School at Rome 14-21 March. James’s contribution will feature his research … Continue reading
Notes from Rome
James Robertson, the Rome Scholar in Architecture, is approximately half way through his period at the British School at Rome. His research on the ecclesiastical architecture of Jack Coia has revealed many parallels in the twentieth century churches of Rome. … Continue reading
Aalto Medal
Tegnestuen Vandkunsten have won the 2009 Alvar Aalto Medal of the Finnish Association of Architects. Last year we featured their Copenhagen Torpedo Hall housing. What the jury said…
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances
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Two Heads
One from the Manchester School of Architecture archives. Joe Jessop (last Head of School but one) and Colin Pugh (current Acting Head of School) in the Sandbar.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances
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Trans-Pennine Fraternity of the Seven Hills
CiA are gratified to see the installation of a fraternal studio group at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture with their own blog. Studio One, under the tutorship of Russell Light will be exploring the theme of ‘Rome – … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Rome
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Small earthquake?
A rather bland interview with David Dernie, outgoing Head of the Manchester School of Architecture, has appeared on the AJ site: LINK
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Manchester
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Peter Eisenman or Steve Martin?
Summer 1983: A restaurant in the North End of Boston with students from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Where are they now?
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Name Dropping, Nostalgia
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Social whirl
Alexis of Hot Chip at the Le Corbusier exhibition, Liverpool (25 October 2008) Â Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen at the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester to open the Flights of Fancy exhibition decrying minimalism and other “delusions of blandeur” and pleased to be … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Name Dropping, Sally Stone
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An English pursuit
Postcard from The Museum of Modern German Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany. Architect: David Chipperfield. Batsman: Ivan Roberts. Bowler: Harry Miller.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Mitteleuropa, Travel
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Academic Generosity
The end of the academic year and the commencement of research time (that’s summer to the uninitiated!) was marked at the Manchester School of Architecture by a research presentation by Prue Chiles of the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Research
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