Briefing

The art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity

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Nicholas de Klerk reflects on a new film by Jon Blair which explores Eric Parry’s work and provokes questions about how architecture is judged over time

The opening question in Jon Blair’s film about Eric Parry’s practice and work is a broad one, and one which stumped most of the architectural luminaries that he posed it to: ‘What is Architecture?’

I confess that on arriving at the premiere, hosted at BAFTA’s storied premises located on London’s Piccadilly, I had a couple of slightly more focused ones: ‘Why a film about architecture and why now?’

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