Category Archives: CiA

Manchester Cathedral dah-dah-dah-daah…

Manchester Cathedral dah-dah-dah-daah You’re bringing me down dah-dah-dah-daah (with apologies to The New Vaudeville Band) Manchester and Salford’s contentious relationship across the River Irwell has always assured a clear, if far from beautiful, distinction between the two cities. The long … Continue reading

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The ‘fifties from above

Following the visit of MA Urban Design students from MMU to our fair city this week, I offer an aerial photo set of Preston in the ‘fifties (before the clearance of factories, mills and much else). All the photos

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At Nottingham Contemporary

Everybody is talking about it, so here’s a photo set of Nottingham Contemporary on the opening weekend. People were queuing to get in on the day and the visitor numbers continue to be healthy. It’s a serious piece of architecture … Continue reading

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Venice workshop results

Work by CiA year six students at this year’s Archaeology’s Places and Contemporary Uses Workshop, created in collaboration with students from the schools of architecture in Barcelona and Venice, and the School of Archaeology in Catania. More pictures  Archaeology’s Places and … Continue reading

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Thiepval in August

Superimposed red line marking the axis between the Thiepval arch (east) and the River Ancre (west) in the Somme region. Note the persistent marks of trench systems below the cultivation. Early evening in late August 2009 and the sun is … Continue reading

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North West Regional Studies

Dominic Roberts of CiA will be talking about Architecture and some uses of Tradition: Projects by Francis Roberts Architects at the Centre for North West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster on Saturday 7 November, 2009. The talk forms part of … Continue reading

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Architect, client and tour de force

Get the full picture at Iconic Photos 

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The Times on Architecture School

The avant garde absolutely gushes: TimesOnline 

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Notes from New York City #3

8. Sacred Space Guard with dog keeps people off space in front of Seagram Building, Fifth Avenue. Get too close to Mies and you will be bitten. 9. Gimp Car Clothes for your automobile. 10. $25,000 for a lampshade Previous … Continue reading

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Andromaca at Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico

I looked forward with great excitement to the recent production of Euripide’s Andromaca at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. Not necessarily for the performance itself, which is a bit of a grim story especially for a non-Italian-speaking visitor, but for … Continue reading

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Contempt

Via The Footnotes of Mad Men, glimpses of the Casa Malaparte in Le Mepris

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Notes from New York City #2

4. The hardest thing about cars is getting rid of them. Multi-storey car park, NY style, approx. $20 per hour. 5. Hi-Line Disused elevated railway turned into urban park. Tribeca NY. 6. Did it really happen? Dutchman buys Manhattan for … Continue reading

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