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Category Archives: Preston
Procession to Celebrate Preston Bus Station 2nd November 2013
Preston Bus Station has been listed, but this doesn’t mean that it’s future is secure and that we can forget about it. Great care needs to be taken when considering its future. The building could still be demolished if … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Exhibitions, Gate 81, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Sally Stone, Students
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Preston Bus Station
 It is with great delight the Continuity in Architecture can confirm that Preston Bus Station has been granted Grade 2 listed status. CiA have, with Gate 81, actively supported the campaign to enjoy the building, and we hope that … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Gate 81, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Sally Stone
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Preston Interrotta
“Preston has a picturesqueness of outline and a suggestion of spaciousness from a distance which distinguish it from most Lancashire cotton towns.â€1 The Twenty-First Century city is a combination of two different ideas; the traditional city of streets and squares, … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Education, Gate 81, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Sally Stone
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BDP Architects to Host Charrette to discuss the Urban Implications of Preston Bus Station
In December 2012 Preston City Council voted ‘in principle’ to demolish Preston Bus Station and replace it with a surface car park. This building is a major cultural landmark and it should be preserved and creatively adapted to serve the … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Manchester, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Research
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Gate 81 Preston Bus Station
The Gate 81 project hacklab/workshop/charette has been arranged for May 2013. Link: Gate 81 Hacklab Email for info@gate81.com if you are interested in taking part.
Posted in Architecture Hacks, CiA, Gate 81, Preston, Preston Bus Station, Sally Stone
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FORGOTTEN SPACES
Continuity in Architecture is almost twenty years old. It is something that we would like to celebrate and we fully intend to mark the occasion with some sort of jamboree or other such event. Look out for further posts. Over … Continue reading
Posted in CiA, Preston, RIBA, Student Projects, Students
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Preston Bus Station fights for life
All our Preston Bus Station posts. The demolition vote is being held by Preston City Council on Monday 17th December. The Council’s background documentation is here … Including costings and rejected urban design proposals.
Posted in Buildings at Risk, CiA, Dominic Roberts, Preston, Preston Bus Station
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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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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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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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