Category Archives: Students

The Way We Live Now

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Sally Stone

Symposium: Thursday March 9th 2017, 2-6pm Benzie Lecture Theatre (403) – Manchester School of Architecture The nature of the home has, over the last generation, radically changed. Many of us are no longer able to live, or even desire to live … Continue reading →

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Time and Context

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Sally Stone

Symposium hosted by Continuity in Architecture Tuesday March 8th at 2pm in the Benzie Lecture Theatre,                   Manchester School of Architecture All histories are important and all narratives are viable and relevant; the … Continue reading →

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Projects in Grange and Venice

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Sally Stone

We’ve finished another extraordinarily rewarding year with our fine thirty-plus students on the 2013-14 MArch course. Under the umbrella title of ‘Littoral Inspirations: Encounters with the Lagoon’, Year 5 studied Grange-over-Sands in the South Lakes, while Year 6 engaged with … Continue reading →

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Procession to Preston Bus Station

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Sally Stone

Despite the wind and the rain, the procession through the centre of Preston, from the Corn Exchange, into the Flag Market and onto the Bus station was an unforgettable experience, and in what was an extraordinary piece of luck, the … Continue reading →

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Procession to Celebrate Preston Bus Station 2nd November 2013

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Sally Stone

  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 →

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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller…

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Sally Stone

Projects in Cartmel and Venice This year we have studied two locations, one home and one away. Both have a direct connection with sanctuary and with water. It is fabled that Cartmel Priory was founded in a place where fresh … Continue reading →

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Scottish Ballet Headquarters

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Sally Stone

Recently CiA were honoured to receive a guided tour the Scottish Ballet Head Quarters in Glasgow, by the project architect, Clive Albert of Malcolm Fraser Architects. The building shares an entrance with the Tramway Gallery, and we although we had … Continue reading →

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FORGOTTEN SPACES

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Sally Stone

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 →

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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Sally Stone

         Projects in Venice and Cartmel  This year Continuity in Architecture will offer two projects, one at home and the other away, but both have a strong connection with water and with travel. “It is very old, and … Continue reading →

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End of Year Exhibition

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Sally Stone

ON THE INDUSTRIAL RUINS Continuity in Architecture has run two projects this year, both in post-industrial cities: Preston and Barcelona. Each city has approached the problem of how to transform the unban environment to accommodate the needs of the twenty-first … Continue reading →

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Venice Projects: This Year’s Models & Drawings

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Sally Stone

Bachelor of Architecture Year 6 Projects 2009-2010 Following the students’ participation in the workshop Archaeology’s Places & Contemporary Uses the students chose sites in Venice for their major projects. Slideshow of Year 6 Drawings and Models Students: Peter Brown, Christopher … Continue reading →

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Emerging Face

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Aventinus

Charalampos Politakis, a Doctoral student at the Manchester School of Architecture (supervisor Eamonn Canniffe) is currently researching the philosophy of anthropomorphic architecture. Here are some images and text from his Masters project which he completed at the University of Salford … Continue reading →

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