Tag Archives: cia

Save Robin Hood Gardens? You must be joking!

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Aventinus

Is the architectural profession really so flush with time and ennui that it has nothing more significant to work itself up into a lather about than indulging in nostalgic support for a failed urban idea and some of its more … Continue reading →

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The Icon Effect

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Sally Stone

The small seaside resort of Cleveleys, north of Blackpool, receives the economic benefits of a shipwreck.

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Museum for hoarding

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Sally Stone

Elegant temporary wrapping at the Harris Museum, Preston.

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1968

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Something for transport/concrete enthusiasts: a set of discarded slides of Preston Bus Station during construction and soon after. The building is of course “about to be demolished” – perhaps the architects (BDP Preston) expected a forty … Continue reading →

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France v Britain: Who has the best ironmongery?

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Crompton

Locks in Musée Marmaton, Paris and a Northamptonshire cottage compared: precision gilded case and too cheap to have a case.

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Pour your own Ionic

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Crompton

Its a tree, a waterfall, a long dress.

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Star Bricks

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Crompton

This delightful detail is made with a single brick special. (Parsonage Road, Withington, Manchester)

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Compare and Contrast

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Aventinus

Ph.D. candidate James Robertson is continuing his research into the early career of Jack Coia and has recently visited both the Sir Basil Spence exhibition in Edinburgh: Back to the Future (Dean Gallery, Edinburgh), and the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia … Continue reading →

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From the hillside

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Summer Hill near Ulverston in Cumbria in changing light, November 2007. The house is an extension and reuse of one side of a small Georgian country house. Phase 2 of the project will see the conversion … Continue reading →

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How to end a staircase

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Crompton

Not at all flimsy, the low balustrade makes this octagonal spike seem even bigger than it is. Architect: Alfred Waterhouse, Cheadle Hulme School.

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Nina Edge: Nothing is private

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Sally Stone

Following our earlier post introducing the Mechanical Drawing exhibition, we would like to offer a closer look at one of the most interesting exhibits. The following text is from the exhibition catalogue courtesy of Melanie Miller:   “The schiffli machine at MMU … Continue reading →

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All Saints

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Sally Stone

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. All Saints RC Church, Hassop, Derbyshire. Designed by Joseph Ireland and built 1816-18: The design is in the severest Classical Revival style: a correct Etruscan temple front, tetrastyle, prostyle. (N. Pevsner, Buildings of England, Derbyshire)

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