Category Archives: CiA

Studio Flyer

Sally Stone/Mark Emms Year Three Studio at Manchester School of Architecture starts Thursday 27 September. Big Flyer

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Card No.11

Do parallel lines meet at infinity? Talk to the hand. This no. 11 of a set of flash cards produced by Andrew Crompton for the edification of students just beginning their architecture education. Click here for the set so far.

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Champneys’ Champion

This is the full version of a letter published in the Architects’ Journal (AJ) on Wednesday: Letter to the Editor I write as one bereaved. The privilege of pursuing scholarly activities in the John Rylands Library used to be one … Continue reading

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Student work 2007

Beatrice Fasciato, Mixed-use Development, Barcelona. Mixed Media. Ian Scullion, Detournement, Barcelona. Mixed Media Please click here to see more of the student’s work.

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Museum

The long awaited rehousing of the Ara Pacis Augustae in Rome, by Richard Meier is a sensitive solution to the problems of a difficult site and a precious historical object. Although slightly heavily handled in parts the sense of durability … Continue reading

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De Carlo’s Il Magistero

De Carlo’s Il Magistero: a case study in continuity? University of Manchester Ph. D candidate Hacer Basarir’s project concerns the conservation of walled cities and their key elements through reuse. Her research includes three case-studies, and she has just completed … Continue reading

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Edgar Wood Flyer

Event at Long Street Methodist Church, Middleton, 6-9 September 2007 Andy Marshall writes: Just to let you know that I have a photo exhibition of Edgar Wood buildings commissioned by Friends of Long Street Methodist on at Long Street Methodist … Continue reading

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Ten Years After

September 2007 marks ten years since the death of Aldo Rossi. The continuous process of urban history was a theme which was developed in Rossi’s The Architecture of the City. Published in Italian in 1966 and translated into English in … Continue reading

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How to get ahead in the world

In 1923 Ninian Comper obtained the commission for his masterpiece: the conventual church of All Saints, London Colney. The convent had previously employed Leonard Stokes (1858-1925), why did they change architects? The reason may be found in ‘Sir Ninian Comper’ … Continue reading

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Continuity loves Comper

A recent biography of Sir Ninian Comper reasseses the career and reputation of this prolific church architect. The book ‘Sir Ninian Comper’ by Anthony Symondson and Stephen Bucknall is published by Spire Books, and you can read a review (from … Continue reading

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Stirling’s Preston Housing

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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Royan, France (not Royan, Iran)

From Wikipedia: During the Second World War, two German fortresses defended the Gironde Estuary: Gironde Mündung Nord (or Royan) and Gironde Mündung Süd (or La Pointe de Grave). These constitued one of the Atlantic “pockets” which the Germans held on … Continue reading

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