CONTINUITY IN ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE

James Robertson has commenced doctoral research (supervised by Eamonn Canniffe) on the early architecture of Jack Coia (1898-1981) with particular reference to his churches. In this sketch of St. Peter in Chains, Ardrossan (1938) one can detect the influence of the Amsterdam School, as well as the almost expressionist work of the German architect Dominikus Bohm. Continuity in Architecture looks forward to James’s discoveries on Coia’s work and its relationship to the building programme of the Glasgow Archdiocese.

Information on the later work of the practice is available at C20 Society casework.

Hacer Basarir, a doctoral student supervised by Eamonn Canniffe, presented a paper at the recent INTBAU conference in Venice. The paper, entitled ”Reflections of change at the crossroads of different cultures: a 700 year old building – St. Nicholas Cathedral (Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque) – Northern Cyprus”, will be published in the conference proceedings later this year. An element of Hacer’s wider research, the paper discusses the French gothic cathedral constructed under the Lusignan dynasty and its conversion into a mosque when the Ottomans occupied Cyprus. The building presents some provocative juxtapositions of cathedral portal and minaret, gothic tracery and islamic screens.