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Man and van der Laan.
The work of architect Dom Hans van der Laan (1904-1991) is more influential as a system than as a design. The Dutch Benedictine monk is acclaimed by those who embrace modernism as a style rather than as an outlook or … Continue reading
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‘What the hell was Colin doing with a Limehouse minicab driver in Belfast? ‘
A really nice bit of flaneury at Homo Ludens, which identifies exactly what makes the former docks at Wapping in London such a profoundly dispiriting, disorientating experience.
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Architecture and Ai Wei Wei
Transcription of an interview with Ai Wei Wei. He’s doing the answers. Pictures are by me. What is the method of construction of your latest exhibition? This is Chinese household furniture that folks have been using for thousands of years. … Continue reading
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A True Commonwealth
Jordan Baseman’s excellent art piece which was displayed at the Collective Gallery in Edinburgh earlier this year tiptoes cleverly around some of the aesthetic and political issues that surround Britain’s civic modernist heritage.
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Sean Connery, Sidney Pollack and a couple of architects.
You are watching a screen. Sean Connery, I mean, James Bond has his linen jacket hooked over his shoulder on his finger. He walks towards us through a sunken courtyard beneath a strange concrete superstructure and then through a set … Continue reading
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Got That Ring of Confidence
Nothing earth-shatttering to report here. I just noticed this while flicking through some images of a project by HOK. This is the plan for the recently completed terminal at Indianopolis Aiport. It’s built in the “midfield” area of the present … Continue reading
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Unfamiliar Playing Ground
Some people find the future boring. But in Seattle, the future looks pretty exciting. Not because of the backdrop of sci-fi speculation symbolised by the Space Needle, but because set within that backdrop is the Seattle Public Library; a building … Continue reading
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