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Category Archives: CiA
Square the Block
Richard Wilson is one of Britain’s most respected and challenging contemporary artists. He is internationally celebrated for his interventions in architectural space which draw heavily for their inspiration on architecture, engineering and construction. He has made some of the most … Continue reading
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St Mary of Furness, Barrow, Lake District, UK
 E W Pugin designed the church, which is large, ornate and Gothic. It opened in 1867, although the tower and steeple were not completed until 1888. Edward Welby Pugin (1834-1875) was the eldest son of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin … Continue reading
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The Way We Live Now
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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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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Discharge/Recharge
Title: Discharge/Recharge Location: Bergkamen, Germany Former Function: Apartment Block Date: 2013 Architect: Office for Subversive Architecture / Christoph Rodatz Buildings are often taciturn; they can be secretive, reticent and unforthcoming. They can be solid and impenetrable and it can be … 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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Time and Context
Symposium hosted by Continuity in Architecture Tuesday March 8th at 2pm in the Benzie Lecture Theatre, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Manchester School of Architecture All histories are important and all narratives are viable and relevant; the … Continue reading
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Oddments and Epigrams
 Interventions in Bollington Continuity in Architecture and Bollington Arts Centre are pleased to present: Oddments and Epigrams. An exhibition showcasing work undertaken in Bollington by postgraduate students at the Manchester School of Architecture. For the past few months, the college has … Continue reading
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On Retaining Walls: Projects completed 2014-15
The re-use of any architectural site, whether it be cleared and empty or still possessing the elements of previous occupation, creates a direct connection with the past. This adaptation of the existing situation is a strategy that establishes an explicit … Continue reading
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Addition and Subtraction
Letterfrack concept sketch RIBA Gold Medal winner, Sheila O’Donnell made an inspiring address to the Manchester School of Architecture as her delayed contribution to the Sinister Dialogues Symposium. She admitted that the title was the wrong way round; the process … Continue reading
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Sinister Dialogues
Sinister Dialogues: an international symposium held on 25th September 2014 at the Manchester School of Architecture. Â This ongoing project is an examination of how an uncomfortable, terrible or destructive past of a structure can be negotiated though building reuse. … Continue reading
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Projects in Grange and Venice
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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