WHAT WE’RE SEEING: Melbourne Open House, Australia
WHAT WE’RE SEEING 27 – 28 July, Melbourne, Australia Malvern Hill Cairo Flats Edgewater Towers Open House weekend began in London in 1992, but it is a concept that has since been replicated all over...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: ‘Prefabs: Palaces for the People’ exhibition, London
WHAT WE’RE SEEING Until 2 August Photofusion, 17A Electric Lane, London SW9 8LA Prefabricated housing is a very popular theme in architecture as a means to erect buildings quickly and cost-effectively....
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Richard Rogers exhibition at Royal Academy
WHAT WE’RE SEEING Until 13 October 2013 Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London W1J 0BD While the subject of this newly opened exhibition at the Royal Academy is not predominately about...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: ‘Zaha Hadid, Who Dares Wins’
WHAT WE’RE SEEING Capital Hill Residence, Moscow, 2006-2011 520 West 28th Street, New York, proposal California Residence, proposal Zaha Hadid is known more for her museums and infrastructure buildings...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Hugh Casson at the Royal Academy, London
WHAT WE’RE SEEING Until 22 September Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD This week we are catching up with the Making Friends exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts on the work of British...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Denys Lasdun’s building of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
WHAT WE’RE SEEING Until 11 October, Wednesday – Friday Exhibition in the Chapel Crypt, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Free Housing project, London (1954) Housing project, London (1958) Housing project,...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Private tour of Marcel Breuer’s Sea Lane House
This month, a private tour of Sea Lane House by Marcel Breuer is being organised by East Beach Cafe and the Twentieth Century Society. Sea Lane House is one of only two remaining examples of Marcel...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Open House London, 21-22 September
Trellick Tower by Ernő Goldfinger Willoughby Road by Guard Tillman Pollock Architects Cardozo Road by Jack Woolley Church Walk by David Mikhail Architects Open City’s Open House London programme takes...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: ‘Brutal and Beautiful: Saving the 20th Century’ exhibition...
Wed 25 Sep – Sun 24 Nov 2013 (Wed-Sun) Exhibition in Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner, London Adult £4.00 Cromwell Tower The Turn Farnley Hey Rogers House House in Cornwall This exhibition explores...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Midcentury Show East
Sunday 13th October 2013 Haggerston School, Weymouth Terrace, London E2 8LS 10am – 4pm Entrance £8 on the day Haggerston School Chair from MAR-DEN Ernő Goldfinger’s house Midcentury Modern is launching...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: ‘A Dolls’ House’ exhibition and auction
Adjaye Associates FAT Architecture MAKE Architects Twenty architects and designers including MAKE Architects, FAT Architecture, Adjaye Associates, dRMM, Duggan Morris Architects, Studio Egret West,...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman Tue 22 Oct 2013 19:00 – 21:00 RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD Standard ticket: £6 This documentary depicts the life and career of the...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: David Grandorge – Without Sun
David Grandorge – Without Sun 26 October – 7 December 12 – 6pm (Thurs – Sat) and by appointment Peter von Kant, 25 Tanners Hill, London SE8 4PJ Early Le Corbusier villa, Paris Cromwell Tower, Barbican...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Pop Buildings – Walks by Twentieth Century Society
Centre Point Pop Art Design, Barbican Art Gallery As part of the Pop Art Design exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery, these walking tours will explore Pop architecture of the 1960s. The tours will...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: The Red House open to public
The Red House Until 19 December 2pm – 5pm (Tue – Fri) Fri 22 – Sun 24 November 10am – 5pm Admission free The Red House in Aldeburgh, the home which composer Benjamin Britten shared with Peter Pears...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Brutal Bath – Building the Post-War City
Until 26 November 2013 Building of Bath Collection, Countess of Huntingdon’s Chapel, The Paragon, Bath Tuesday – Friday: 2pm – 5pm Weekends: 10.30am – 5pm Tickets £5 House by Peter Womersley, Bath The...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Arup Associates 50 exhibition
Post-war house by Sir Philip Dowson Private eco-house in Hampshire The Arup Associates 50 exhibition spans the history of the practice, with archival material from the 60s and 70s that has not been on...
View ArticleWHAT WE’RE SEEING: Sensing Spaces, Architecture Reimagined
25 January – 6 April 2014 Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, London W1J 0BD Saturday-Thursday: 10am-6pm Friday: 10am-10pm Photography: James Harris For this exhibition, seven architectural...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: The Brits Who Built the Modern World
13 February – 27 May 2014 Architecture Gallery, RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London, W1 Free entrance House designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins, Photography: The Independent House designed by Richard...
View ArticleWhat we’re seeing: ‘The Brits Who Built The Modern World’ on BBC Four
BBC Four Thursday 13th/ 20th/ 27th February: 21:00 House in Cornwall, 1966, by Team 4 The first episode of the BBC Four documentary series ‘The Brits Who Built The Modern World‘ airs tonight at 9pm....
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