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Category Archives: Manchester
The Show
The Show. Tonight. 18:00. Fifth Floor, Chatham Building. Rooms 502, 503, 504. Image by Aaron LosadaÂ
Posted in CiA, Manchester, Sally Stone, Student Projects
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Small change for The Exchange
In a brief period of warmth during the Cold War a waggish Whitehall mandarin was no doubt responsible for the designation of the 1967 telephone exchange at 34 George Street in Manchester as Rutherford House, subtly indicating (with that reference … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Manchester
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Don’t let the Building Inspector see this
The ruins of Charles Barry’s Upper Brook Street chapel were scaffolded inside whilst the roof was removed. This Continuity in Architecture photograph was taken looking into the abyss from a swinging bucket. Last chance to see…
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Crompton, Manchester
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Church Of Christ Scientist, Manchester
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
Posted in Churches, CiA, Interiors, Manchester, Precedents, Sally Stone, Stone/Brooker
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First scalp to an urban ethic?
The British Government’s decision to unceremoniously ditch the Blairite supercasino dumped on east Manchester gives one hope that substantial policies of urban regeneration might be expected. Ok, we might now be seeing the nationalisation of a bank and a downward … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, Manchester
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Loxford Disembowelment
A former student writes: “Loxford was a strange building in which to study architecture, its staggered brick residential tower sat above the 3 storey podium that contained the studios. There was never a connection between the students that lived in … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Manchester, Sally Stone, Students
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The Holden Gallery at the Manchester School of Art is exhibiting the work of a group of MA students from the Academy of Fine Art in Helsinki and although the flyer states that the work is “…characterised as much by … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Manchester, Sally Stone, Student Projects
Tagged fineart, finland, helsinki, Manchester
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Vincent Harris Vigilantes Awake!
Rumours reach CiA of changes afoot in one of Manchester’s most significant pieces of urban design, Library Walk, which mediates between Vincent Harris’s pantheon-inspired Central Library and his rather more Scandinavian-classical Town Hall Extension. All potential VHV should be concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Aventinus, CiA, E Vincent Harris, Manchester
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Pseudo-Wood Demolished
13th January 2008 The First Church of Christ Scientist, Castlemere Street, Rochdale is being demolished. Built between 1911-14 the architect was Thomas Butterworth of 78 King Street Manchester, the same address as the office of Wood and Sellers. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Crompton, Edgar Wood Vigilantes, Manchester
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Star Bricks
This delightful detail is made with a single brick special. (Parsonage Road, Withington, Manchester)
LOXFORD TOWER RIP
 It may interest ex-Manchester Polytechnic students of Architecture that Loxford Building is being demolished. Although the School of Architecture moved out of the building some eight or so years ago, for many years before that it was the seat of … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Manchester, Nostalgia, Sally Stone
Tagged architecture, demolition, loxford, Manchester, school
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Heartbreakingly Picturesque
With neighbours like these one senses that this piece of old Manchester will soon be shouldered into oblivion. (Picture taken on Upper Brook Street, Manchester)
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Crompton, Manchester
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