Category Archives: Publications

The Atrium

Dining Hall, Trinity College, Dublin: De Blacam and Meagher The interior of the Dining Hall at Trinity College in Dublin was severely damaged by fire in 1984. The exterior of the rather neat classical building built in 1760 by Hugh … Continue reading

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The Factory by Ricardo Bofill 1975

                         The Modernist adage that Form Follows Function does not generally apply to building reuse projects. The form of the building already exists; the spaces are defined, the walls … Continue reading

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Outstanding

The Politics of the Piazza has been awarded an Outstanding Academic Title 2009 by Choice the leading source for library-relevant book reviews in the United States. In his review David H. Sachs of Kansas State University describes The Politics of … Continue reading

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现代建筑的演变 1945–1990å¹´

CiA staffer Eamonn Canniffe’s 2007 book ‘Modern Architecture through Case Studies 1945 – 1990’ (with Peter Blundell Jones) has been published in Japanese Chinese. This new edition is available here.

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A Harvard Colloquium

The last time Eamonn Canniffe (of CiA) was at Harvard, Peter Eisenman was a spring chicken. You can hear Eamonn speak about his current book at the De Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies at the Department of Romance Languages and … Continue reading

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From Acoustics to Zoomorphic

…via Fabio Novembre. CiA staffer Sally Stone has, along with her perennial collaborator Graeme Brooker and newbie Michael Coates, produced The Visual Dictionary of Interior Architecture and Design. It’s a cutely packaged book that is intended to inform and inspire. … Continue reading

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Ashgate Studies in Architecture

CiA staffer Eamonn Canniffe is the editor of the Architecture series from Ashgate Publishing. Follow the link to read a brief online interview with him. Ashgate Studies in Architecture See ‘Contact us’ in the sidebar for contact details. CiA: Hitting … Continue reading

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Interior Architecture: Context & Environment

CiA staffer Sally Stone and her co-author Graeme Brooker have just had their second book in the Basic Interior Architecture series published. “Context & Environment” examines the ways in which elements based both inside and outside of the host building … Continue reading

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Harvard in Springtime

Eamonn Canniffe has been invited to present his recent book “The Politics of the Piazza” at the prestigious De Bosis Colloquium in Italian Studies at Harvard University Department of Romance Languages and Literatures during the Spring Semester 2009. The Politics … Continue reading

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Mapping architectural controversies of the recent past

Histories of the Immediate Present: Inventing Architectural Modernism by Anthony Vidler (MIT Press 2008) Anthony Vidler’s elegantly slender volume in the ‘Writing Architecture’ Series presents a highly readable account of the archaeology of contemporary architectural theory. He discusses the work … Continue reading

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The Politics of the Piazza

Eamonn Canniffe has written a new book entitled “The Politics of the Piazza: the history and meaning of the Italian square”. The book, which has been published by Ashgate has been described by Professor Nicholas Temple of Lincoln School of … Continue reading

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Ben Kelly: Off the peg

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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