Category Archives: Preston

Preston Modern

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. No. 1, The Triangle, Fulwood, Preston. Finished: 1968. Architect: Francis Roberts The house was constructed between 1962 and 1968 for a structural engineer at Building Design Partnership in Preston.

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Council Works Dept.

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Sally Stone

Ceramic tile mural, Preston Council Works Department, St Paul’s Road. Picture by George D Thompson

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Always a delightful scene

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Sally Stone

Architecture as uplifting spectacle: Moor Lane flats, Preston, November 2001. Video by George D Thompson

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Museum for hoarding

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Sally Stone

Elegant temporary wrapping at the Harris Museum, Preston.

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1968

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Something for transport/concrete enthusiasts: a set of discarded slides of Preston Bus Station during construction and soon after. The building is of course “about to be demolished” – perhaps the architects (BDP Preston) expected a forty … Continue reading →

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Big Wheel thrills

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Sally Stone

The post millennium trend for erecting a big wheel in the centre of provincial towns has finally reached Preston. This one is positioned on the Flag Market, immediately in front of the Harris. It provides spectacular views across the city … Continue reading →

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Photo-story

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Sally Stone

SMOKEBELCH has a nice Preston Bus Station post.

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Go Bus: Glancey in Preston

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Sally Stone

Today’s Guardian arts supplement includes a Jonathan Glancey tribute to Preston Bus Station. Much too late to have any effect we fear. According to a recent item in the Lancashire Evening Post the building will be ‘half-demolished’ while a new … Continue reading →

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Stirling’s Preston Housing

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Sally Stone

Fifty years ago James Stirling* was commissioned to design new housing for Preston. The scheme was completed in 1962 and was one of his earliest built projects in independent practice. In ‘Complete Works 1950-1974’ the scheme is illustrated alongside a … Continue reading →

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Whitsun action

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Sally Stone

Picture by (yet again) “eat at joe’s” Some juxtapositions of temporary and permanent at the annual Whit Fair in the centre of Preston. Pericles is safe in his pediment. See the same event in 1930 via the link below (may … Continue reading →

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Quite a big weekend

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Sally Stone

Preston is the centre of the pop-musical world this weekend. It’s the biggest event in the town/city since, well, last Preston Guild. The View, The Scissor Sisters, Razorlight, Kasabian, LCD Sound System…(full line-up) are all bringing their cutting-edge/reminiscentoftheseventies sounds to … Continue reading →

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A Small Building

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Sally Stone

An addition to a Victorian gate lodge north of Preston, Lancashire by Dominic Roberts of CiA and Francis Roberts Architects.

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