All Culture articles – Page 14
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ReviewArchitecture in the Balkans
Slobodan Curcic’s epic survey is worth the complexity of its journey
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ReviewBuilding a Library 28: A Documentary History of Art edited by Elizabeth Gilmore Holt
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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ReviewBD previews Open House weekend
This weekend hundreds of buildings in London are opening up their doors to the public as part of the city’s annual Open House event, BD picks five of the best to go and visit.
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ReviewPeople’s Palaces: The Golden Age of Civic Architecture
BBC4’s show on northern England’s Victorian buildings was a missed chance.
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ReviewBuilding a Library 27: Strolling Through Istanbul
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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ReviewArchitecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970
Thomas S Hines’s huge volume examines LA through the architects that created it, with special focus on Schindler and Neutra
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 17 September 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 22 for a chance to win a copy of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: September 10 2010
Last week’s winner was Alex Reeve of RH Partnership in Cambridge, who identified Renzo Piano’s Parco della Musica in Rome
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ReviewEngineers: A History of Engineering & Structural Design
Matthew Wells’ new study conveys the heroism of engineers through the ages.
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ReviewNew Delhi: Making of a Capital
As global power shifts eastward, a new book charting the birth of New Delhi reclaims the city’s history
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ReviewTalking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo
An innovative dialogue draws out the background to Raj Rewal’s architecture to show current Indian practice in a postcolonial context.
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ReviewBuilding a Library 26: Poetry, Language, Thought by Martin Heidegger
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: September 3 2010
Last week’s winner was Amy Bradley Smith, a student at London Metropolitan University, who identified the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool by Walter Aubrey Thomas
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ReviewPeople Meet in Architecture: Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
Sanaa’s Kazuyo Sejima has curated the most beautiful Venice Biennale ever, which also serves as a fascinating enquiry into the relationship between architecture and human occupation.
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ReviewThe 2010 architecture biennale goes 3D for an invigorating exhibition
Entering this year’s Arsenale I was greeted with a surreal vision of the future. Hoards of revering onlookers, 3D glasses strapped to their faces, mouths agape, as images of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa zooming around their EPFL campus on Segway scooters flashed before their eyes.
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ReviewPrefab Houses
A new book by Arnt Cobbers and Oliver Jahn overlooks the real big hitters of the industry.
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ReviewBuilding a Library 25: What is Japanese Architecture?
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 27 August 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 1 for a chance to win a copy of Solar Domestic Water Heating, an Earthspan Expert handbook, by Chris Laughton.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: August 13
The winner was Marc Escobar Esteve of FAP Architects in London, who identified Oscar Niemeyer’s Ministry of Justice in Brasilia
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FeaturesVintage at Goodwood
Architecture may have only had a token presence at Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway’s celebration of the best of British design and style, but it’s more than you would expect from your average summer festival.