What we’re seeing: Joseph Emberton: The Architecture of Display
Joseph Emberton: The Architecture of Display Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Until 17th May 2015 Joseph Emberton (1889–1956) was a significant architect in Britain during the first half of the 20th...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Jan Kaplický Drawings
Jan Kaplický Drawings Front Members Room, AA School of Architecture Until 27th March 2015 Jan Kaplický Drawings presents work by the Czech architect Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) – a visionary designer...
View ArticleWhat we’re hearing: My Parent the Architect – Polly Powell on Geoffry Powell
My Parent the Architect – Polly Powell on Geoffry Powell (1920-99) 12th March 2015. The Gallery, 70 Cowcross St, London In 1951, three young architects submitted individual designs for a new housing...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Ideas contest for Thames sea defences
An open international ideas competition has been launched to reinvent the ruined Red Sands sea fort in the Thames Estuary, off the Kentish coast. The iconic structure – which was one of several...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Out Of The Ordinary by Hyungmin Pai
‘Out of the Ordinary: Award Winning Works by Young Korean Architects’ The Cass Bank Gallery, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 Until 28th February 2015 Sangsan by LokalDesign Ahn Junggeun...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Yard House by Assemble
Photography: John McDavid From Assemble: “Yardhouse is an affordable workspace building based in Sugarhouse Yard, funded by the LLDC as a pilot for the provision of new creative workspace in the...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Final photographs of Birmingham’s Paradise Circus
Photographer Pete Lopeman took this series of images of Birmingham’s Paradise Circus before demolition work began earlier this year, in preparation for a £500m redevelopment programme. The collection...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Mies van der Rohe Prize shortlist
House in London by Rado Iliev. Photography: Assen Emilov House in London by 6a Architects. Photography: Johan Dehlin House in Somerset by Hugh Strange Architects. Photography: David Grandorge Five UK...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: The Barbican Conservatory
Sundays: 11am–5pm, Bank Holidays: 12pm –5pm Level 3, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Photography: John McDavid The Barbican Conservatory is London’s second biggest conservatory after Kew....
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Short film by Thamesmead Urban Pioneers
Photography: Ventures in Topography/ David Secombe This short film follows The Architecture Foundation’s Urban Pioneers programme, in which a group 17-19 year olds took part in workshops with well...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Sérgio Bernardes documentary ‘Bernardes’
Tues 13 January 2015, 7pm (UK Preview) Cinema 1, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS Palácio da Abolição. Photography: Thiago Braga House in Petrópolis, Brazil. Photograph: Arquivo Sérgio...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: The Boros Collection at Bunker Berlin
Sammlung Boros, Bunker, Reinhardtstr. 20, 10117 Berlin-Mitte Mon – Wed, 9am – 6pm, Tours take place Thurs – Sun and must be booked in advance This listed World War II air-raid bunker in Mitte, Berlin,...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: ‘Art of Building’ photography competition finalists
Getting Lost On A Roof by Wahid Adnan Concrete Arteries by Richard Pennington Birds Nest Puzzle Close Up by Mario Bejagan Cardenas Library Siza Veira by Pessoa Neto The 15 shortlisted entries for the...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: ‘Don’t Move, Improve!’ winning projects
Refurbishment project in central London by Stiff + Trevillion Extension in north London by Maccreanor Lavington A light-filled home in central London by Stiff + Trevillion and a timber-framed...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Small Stories at The V&A Museum of Childhood
Small Stories: At home in a dolls’ house V&A Museum of Childhood, Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9PA Until 6 September 2015. Entrance: Free Whiteladies House by Moray Thomas. England, 1935...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Auguste Perret exhibition at AA Gallery
All Purpose (À Toutes Fins Utiles) The Architectural Association (AA) Gallery. Until 13th December 2014 Monday to Friday: 10am–7pm, Saturday: 10am-3pm All Purpose Exhibition. Photography: AA School...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: JR James Archive images of C20 Britain
Cumbernauld Housing, March 1967 Streets in the Sky, Park Hill, Sheffield Thamesmead Housing at Fullers Slade, Milton Keynes An archive of images by influential post-war planner JR James has been made...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: The Futuro House
Matt’s Gallery, 42–44 Copperfield Road, London E3 Wed–Sun 12–6pm until 14th Dec 2014 Images courtesy of the artist and Matt’s Gallery, London. The Futuro House is a spaceship style, prefabricated...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Exhibition on Dutch Structuralism
‘Structuralism’ Het Nieuwe Institute, Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Until 11 January 2015 Herman Hertzberger’s Centraal Beheer, Apeldoorn. Image: Aviodrome Luchtfotografie Herman...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: Open House London 2014 Photography
Climbing up the Thermal Store by ML_London Pimlico District Heating Undertaking by Gytaute Akstinaite The Crystal exterior facade detail by Steve Franklin My building detail by Michael P Mulcahy This...
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