Category Archives: CiA

Thinking about Josep Llinás

  On a recent visit to Barcelona it was a great pleasure to see once again his Carme Housing in the Raval District. This was always a modest building and seems even more so now that it needs a coat … Continue reading

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Jaume Fuster Library

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Castelvecchio Museum, Main Axis

Carlo Scarpa, Architect

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Projects in Dubrovnik and in Westminster

The CiA BArch show forms part of the MSA Degree Show, fifth floor of Chatham Building, All Saints Campus, Manchester Metropolitan University 18-22 June 2011. Private view 6pm Friday 17th June. Come and see some great drawings, physical models and … Continue reading

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One site, three buildings

First building: Near left column Second building: Main enveloping structure Third building: New frame for lift and floor

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Way of …

Way of the Cross, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm

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Suedewear

1985

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The Colour

Colour of the Twentieth Century. Above: St Peter, Klippan, Sweden (Architect, Sigurd Lewerentz) Below: Defunct ironworks Voelklingen, Saarbrucken, Germany

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Asplund/Woodland

Ideas for architectural representation No 2: Some of the greatest buildings encourage you to focus elsewhere, away from the building itself.

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Mistaken Urbanism

Seldom photographed views of Preston Bus Station approached from the north on foot. Pedestrians are forced to approach the Bus Station and town centre via a footbridge and subway.

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Endless Bridge

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New Urbanism & Positivism

Andres Duany in Metropolis magazine: LINK via @markasaurus

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