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Peckham Library isn’t afraid to announce to the world that it’s a library. Nick Johnson is a big fan of Alsop’s attitude that architecture should be fun and exciting. 11 Mar 2005
by Nick Johnson
I’m not sure I like architecture all that much. Buildings don’t make a great showing in my iconography, which is embarrassingly full of cars and canal boats. However, I’m developing strong feelings for Park Hill estate in Sheffield, that Urban...
I’m not sure I like architecture all that much. Buildings don’t make a great showing in my iconography, which is embarrassingly full of cars and canal boats. However, I’m developing strong feelings for Park Hill estate in Sheffield, that Urban...
Will the mouthpiece have some teeth? 11 Mar 2005
by Peter Wilson
Architecture and Design Scotland is the latest agency to join the very long list of professional organisations, public and quasi-public bodies, civic and special interest groups that have an interest in the built environment of Scotland. For a small...
Architecture and Design Scotland is the latest agency to join the very long list of professional organisations, public and quasi-public bodies, civic and special interest groups that have an interest in the built environment of Scotland. For a small...
In the 40s and 50s, Brazilian architecture was described as “the envy of the world”; today it is rarely documented. Phaidon’s book, Brazil’s Modern Architecture, combines exemplary images with thoughtful essays. 11 Mar 2005
by Mark Cousins
The camera swoops down and tracks frenetically across a congested metropolis crowded with anonymous, high-rise slab blocks; the sense of chaos is palpable. The city is Sao Paulo, and Baz Luhrmann uses it as an exotic backdrop for this memorable opening...
The camera swoops down and tracks frenetically across a congested metropolis crowded with anonymous, high-rise slab blocks; the sense of chaos is palpable. The city is Sao Paulo, and Baz Luhrmann uses it as an exotic backdrop for this memorable opening...
A little bird tells the story of hope, faith and spirituality in Tracey Emin’s ‘feminine’ public artwork. 11 Mar 2005
by Ian Banks
The artist as celebrity is big business. In the field of public art, it can sometimes appear to eclipse the importance and quality of the artwork produced, particularly where regeneration and marketing bodies gloat over the relative size and cost of their...
The artist as celebrity is big business. In the field of public art, it can sometimes appear to eclipse the importance and quality of the artwork produced, particularly where regeneration and marketing bodies gloat over the relative size and cost of their...
Penny Lewis reports back from Urban design: Time to take stock, the Scottish Executive’s urban design conference. 11 Mar 2005
by Penny Lewis
It is over three years since the Scottish Executive launched Designing Places, its key planning policy document. Urban design: Time to take stock was heralded as an opportunity to assess the impact of the architecture policy and Designing Places. As it...
It is over three years since the Scottish Executive launched Designing Places, its key planning policy document. Urban design: Time to take stock was heralded as an opportunity to assess the impact of the architecture policy and Designing Places. As it...
There is a growing trend to use architecture and other construction skills as part of the curriculum in mainstream secondary education. Peter Wilson looks at a few initiatives being piloted across Europe and the USA. 11 Mar 2005
by Peter Wilson
Hardly a week goes by without the announcement of some new government-led initiative to improve primary and secondary education. Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer feels inspired to suggest that we need to teach children to be entrepreneurs. In the...
Hardly a week goes by without the announcement of some new government-led initiative to improve primary and secondary education. Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer feels inspired to suggest that we need to teach children to be entrepreneurs. In the...
Architect MBLC has designed a housing scheme in Salford that follows the footprint of its predecessor, the TGWU offices, scene of many a dispute. 11 Mar 2005
by Penny Lewis
The old Transport and General Workers Union offices on Salford’s Royal Crescent was a significant building, not so much for its architectural qualities, but because it had been at the heart of so many important industrial disputes. Schemes to convert...
The old Transport and General Workers Union offices on Salford’s Royal Crescent was a significant building, not so much for its architectural qualities, but because it had been at the heart of so many important industrial disputes. Schemes to convert...
The huge Paradise Street development should catapult Liverpool back to the top of the retail charts, while staying within the grain of the city. Some of Britain’s best designers are currently at work on the scheme. 11 Mar 2005
by Deborah Mulhearn
In 1971, Liverpool was the third most popular shopping destination in the UK, after London’s West End and Glasgow. Over the next three decades it fell to an ignominious 17th. It has recovered slightly and now occupies 13th place, but the city...
In 1971, Liverpool was the third most popular shopping destination in the UK, after London’s West End and Glasgow. Over the next three decades it fell to an ignominious 17th. It has recovered slightly and now occupies 13th place, but the city...
Two houses on the edge of the Campsies in rural Scotland suggest a shift in the attitude of clients and planners towards rural housing. 11 Mar 2005
by Penny Lewis
The Campsies provide the backdrop to the most desirable location for new rural homes in the West of Scotland. Homeowners are less than an hour from central Glasgow in one of Scotland’s gentler, but no less moving landscapes. Until recently, the only...
The Campsies provide the backdrop to the most desirable location for new rural homes in the West of Scotland. Homeowners are less than an hour from central Glasgow in one of Scotland’s gentler, but no less moving landscapes. Until recently, the only...
Prospect takes a look at some of Scotland and the North’s newest architectural practices, and some recently-qualified rising stars who are making their name within larger firms. 11 Mar 2005
by Anna Chambers
While discovering some of the north of Britain’s newest architectural practices, it was interesting to notice some clear patterns emerging. New firms regularly consist of a male-female partnership, who are often partners in life as well as work. They...
While discovering some of the north of Britain’s newest architectural practices, it was interesting to notice some clear patterns emerging. New firms regularly consist of a male-female partnership, who are often partners in life as well as work. They...
