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Category Archives: Friends & Acquaintances
Torpedo Hall
We have been corresponding with an architect member of the the design team for this project at Danish practice Tegnestuen Vandkunsten. The scheme involved stripping back the existing building, a hangar for the maintenance of torpedo boats, and inserting apartments … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Precedents
Tagged copenhagen, denmark, hall, holmen, torpedo
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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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Nina Edge: Nothing is private
Following our earlier post introducing the Mechanical Drawing exhibition, we would like to offer a closer look at one of the most interesting exhibits. The following text is from the exhibition catalogue courtesy of Melanie Miller:  “The schiffli machine at MMU … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances
Tagged cia, Liverpool, melaniemiller, ninaedge, schiffli
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Mechanical Drawing
Back in December 2006 we posted a video of the extraordinary Schiffli machine which Dr Melanie Miller has used as the focus of a research project and exhibition. The machine is likely to be removed for disposal because it does … Continue reading
Edgar Wood Flyer
Event at Long Street Methodist Church, Middleton, 6-9 September 2007 Andy Marshall writes: Just to let you know that I have a photo exhibition of Edgar Wood buildings commissioned by Friends of Long Street Methodist on at Long Street Methodist … Continue reading
Jim and San Souc-i
Electa Bookshop, out of season Ronny Ford has written to us remembering Stirling: In 1991 I made a six-month visit to Italy with the intention of taking in all of the regions and as many of the islands as possible … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Italy, James Stirling, Travel, Venice
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Graduation
CiA students at Bachelor of Architecture Graduation 2007. Click here for more pictures.
Posted in CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Manchester, Sally Stone, Students
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Sandy
Professor Sir Colin St. John Wilson RA 1922-2007 Continuity in Architecture was saddened to hear of the death of ‘Sandy’ Wilson, a major figure in British architecture and architectural education in the second half of the twentieth century. A memory … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Name Dropping
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Veronetta
A student drawing from the past. Faye Whiteoak: Library, Veronetta, Verona (1998). Collage, pencil, pencil crayon.
Posted in CiA, Dominic Roberts, Friends & Acquaintances, Italy, Student Projects
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Doctor, Doctor!
At a degree congregation held at the University of Sheffield in December, Debabardhan Upadhyaya was presented with a Doctorate for his thesis entitled “Changing Paradigms in Evolving City Centres†supervised by Eamonn Canniffe. Among other places the thesis explored the … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Research
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Dalibor Vesely and The Vertical City
Dalibor Vesely, Honorary Professorial Fellow at Manchester School of Architecture and 2006 Winner of the Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architectural Education, will deliver a lecture entitled THE VERTICAL CITY: CHOICE OR DESTINY 6.00 PM ON THURSDAY 15 MARCH … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Sally Stone
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“Thinking Inside the Boxâ€
Dr Charles Rice,, University Of Technology, Sydney “Thinking Inside the Box: Interiors in the 21st Century – New Visions, New Horizons & New Challenges”, was held on the 1st and 2nd March at the Lighthouse Architecture Centre in Glasgow. It … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Friends & Acquaintances, Interiors, Research, Sally Stone
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