Category Archives: Interiors

Vilhelm Hammershøi

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Sally Stone

CiA recommend the Vilhelm Hammershøi exhibition at the Royal Academy, London. Hammershøi’s cool interiors and distinctive grey-themed palette have attracted considerable attention for their restrained elegance and quiet power. The calm surroundings of the Sackler Galleries are particularly suitable for … Continue reading →

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Ben Kelly: Off the peg

Posted on May 28, 2008 by Sally Stone

This month’s issue of AD Magazine, Interior Atmospheres, contains an article by CiA staffer Sally Stone with her regular co-author Graeme Brooker. The piece, entitled “Off the Peg: The Bespoke Interiors of Ben Kelly” was based upon an interview with … Continue reading →

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Church Of Christ Scientist, Manchester

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Sally Stone

This triple height chapel has been carved from the lower floors of a banal office block on Peter Street in Manchester. The large room or volume is surrounded by circulation space, through which shines natural light. The long light from … Continue reading →

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St Paul’s Church and Community Centre

Posted on March 17, 2008 by Sally Stone

St Paul’s Church and Community Centre, London England, Matthew Lloyd Architects, 2004   The church at Bow is a collection of assorted elements gathered together in one building. It is modestly gothic (1878) with a cylindrical three-storey bell tower, very … Continue reading →

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Querini Stampalia Foundation

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Sally Stone

On a recent visit to Venice, Continuity in Architecture noted the changes that have been made to Carlo Scarpa’s masterly interpretation of the Venetian Palazzo, the Querini Stampalia Foundation. These changes are apparent even before entering the building, Scarpa’s delicate … Continue reading →

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CiA at IUAV Venice

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Sally Stone

CiA staffer Sally Stone and her co-author Graeme Brooker have just returned from the “Re-habituation of Interior Space” conference, which was held at the Università IUAV di Venezia in Italy. The theme of the conference was the remodelling and re-use … Continue reading →

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Makom at Chatsworth

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Sally Stone

This Inside Then And Apparently (press release): Michal Rovner, the renowned installation artist whose show in the Israeli Pavilion was one of the highlights of the Venice Biennale in 2003, has created a new piece inspired by the grounds and … Continue reading →

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Another crack of the whip?

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Aventinus

The media furore surrounding Doris Salcedo’s installation in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern has tended to remark on the originality of its gesture. Yet in its scale and pseudo-naturalness it would appear to be indebted to the generation of … Continue reading →

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“Thinking Inside the Box”

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Sally Stone

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 →

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Hidden Rooms

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Sally Stone

Our friends at ARCA have kindly forwarded this article from the New York Times about Secret or Hidden Rooms. The piece brings to mind the Priest Hole, a term given to hiding places built into many of the principal Catholic … Continue reading →

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Thinking Inside the Box: Interiors in the 21st Century – New Visions, New Horizons & New Challenges

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Sally Stone

Interior Architecture, Design and Decoration is a growing intellectual discipline, as the subject has become more accessible and highly visible so it has become more respectable and is now considered as a subject in its own right rather that an … Continue reading →

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City, Architecture, Fashion – undercover

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Aventinus

OMA’s Prada store features in the following samizdat report by the hardened fashionistas of Manchester School of Architecture Year 3…

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