Bootleg Lilos win Architecture Rocks (video)
24 July, 2008
The Bootleg Lilos triumphed at the London Festival of Architecture closing party to win the battle of the bands.
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Architecture Rocks
At BD, we believe in your hidden talents, so we're showing the world that architects really do rock.
Who are the new breed of archi-bands to follow in the footsteps of the great British rock acts that have arisen from the world of architecture?
The competition is open to architects, engineers and others working in the industry who see themselves as the next Pink Floyd, Suede, Elastica, Moloko or Pet Shop Boys.
Our four finalists - along with previous winners Hörstreich (listen to their latest song) - will perform in-front of a 700-strong audience at the Bloomsbury Ballroom at our Architecture Rocks party on July 18 to mark the close of the London Festival of Architecture 2008.
Saint Etienne will be DJing at the party
You can now download and listen to samples of this year's finalists' music
Two years ago, we discovered German rockers Horstreicht, eighties synth-pop band Famous in Japan, and the Sex Pistols-inspired Hipshakes. What will this year throw up? |
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Architecture Rocks is sponsored by Nora and Concrete Centre
Architecture Rocks 2008 Final
Bootleg Lilos win Architecture Rocks (video)
2008 Shortlist
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German rockers Hörstreich to play at Architecture Rocks
German rockers Hörstreich to play at Architecture Rocks
11 July, 2008
The 2006 winners of Architecture Rocks, German punk rock band Hörstreich, are to play at this year's party.
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Architecture Rocks 2008 finalist: Jorge Galavis
Architecture Rocks 2008 finalist: Jorge Galavis
27 June 2008
Architectural connection: Jorge Galavis studied architecture and is now working as an architectural assistant at a small practice in Bloomsbury.
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Architecture Rocks 2008 finalist: The Marvis
Architecture Rocks 2008 finalist: The Marvis
27 June 2008
Architectural connection: Lead singer Ed Tibuzzi works at Adams Kara Taylor structural engineers.
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Architecture Rocks shortlist announced
Architecture Rocks shortlist announced
11 July, 2008
The shortlist for the London Festival of Architecture's closing night party – Architecture Rocks – has been announced and you can listen to the bands' demos online.
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Architecture Rocks 2008 finalist: The Bootleg Lilos
Architecture Rocks 2008 finalist: The Bootleg Lilos
27 June 2008
Architectural connection: Lead singer Nick ‘Jav’ Surtees is an architecture student working as an architectural assistant during his gap year at a London practice.
Architecture Rocks Reviewed
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Review: Will Hurst on Architecture Rocks
Review: Will Hurst on Architecture Rocks
16 June 2006
Saturday's Architecture Rocks party was a night of surprises. Not least, as Will Hurst discovers, that architecture really can rock
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Photo diary: Architecture Rocks party, Saturday June 24. Part I
Photo diary: Architecture Rocks party, Saturday June 24. Part I
16 June 2006
An eighties synth band, bare-chested Germans and a girl rocker in black leather. It was all there at the biennale's closing party. Our photographer Morley von Sternberg captured the action on and off stage
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Photo diary: Architecture Rocks party, Saturday June 24. Part III
Photo diary: Architecture Rocks party, Saturday June 24. Part III
16 June 2006
An eighties synth band, bare-chested Germans and a girl rocker in black leather. It was all there at the biennale's closing party. Our photographer Morley von Sternberg captured the action on and off stage. Part III
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Photo diary: Architecture Rocks party, Saturday June 24. Part II
Photo diary: Architecture Rocks party, Saturday June 24. Part II
16 June 2006
An eighties synth band, bare-chested Germans and a girl rocker in black leather. It was all there at the biennale's closing party. Our photographer Morley von Sternberg captured the action on and off stage. Part II
Listen to the 2006 Architect Rocks Finalists
Famous in Japan
2 June 2006
Architectural connection: Noam is an AA graduate, working as an architect in Shoreditch. Ralf trained in Berlin and co-founded an architectural practice in London.
Hörstreich
2 June 2006
Architectural connection: Frontman Martin Obst is a fully qualified architect, who has worked in several practices in Germany and Switzerland.
Ménage à Trois
2 June 2006
Architectural connection: Three of the band's four members trained as architects, meeting at UN Studio, where Matt Johnston and Alicia Velazquez still work.
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The Farmscape Production Line
The Farmscape Production Line
2 June 2006
Architectural connection: Three of the band have worked at Frederich Gibberd Partnership, and are or were architecture students.
The Hipshakes
2 June 2006
Architectural connection: The band's guitarist, Dan Russell, is a second-year architecture student at Sheffield University.
