Culture – Page 15
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ReviewBook Club Review: Irony or, the self-critical opacity of postmodern architecture, Emmanuel Petit
This well-researched book concentrates on a worthy thesis but could do with the deft touch of an editor
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ReviewNew titles to review for BD's Book Club
Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of six new titles, covering topics from sex and buildings, to Kabbalah and architecture, concrete and Le Corbusier
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ReviewBook Club Review: Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life by Susie Harries
The most definitive biography of the German-born architecture critic
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ReviewTop 50 films for architects: Still Life (aka Good People of the Three Gorges)
A risk-taking exploration of a labyrinth of demolitions and life at close quarters
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ReviewMan of mystery - the Royal Academy's Richard Rogers exhibition reviewed
This survey of Rogers’ life casts little light on the collaborations behind his work
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ReviewTop 50 films for architects: Andrei Rublev
A soulful portrayal of an actual historical figure
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ReviewPeter Wylie & Roger Zogolovitch: making it different
A new art show takes an unusual approach to urban form
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ReviewBook Club Review: Moving: Norman Foster on Art
An intriguing addition to our understanding of one of Britain’s most high-profile living architects
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ReviewBook Club Review: The New Rijksmuseum, Jaap Huisman
A thoughtfully designed book leaves the reader confused but hungry for more.
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ReviewNorthern Vision: Master Drawings from the Tchoban Foundation
A fine collection of architectural art is undermined by the staggering vanity of its owner
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ReviewBook Club Review: The Architecture of Natural Light, Henry Plummer
A thoughtful journey through the several possible results of the synergy between architecture and natural light
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ReviewThe secrets behind sci-fi film cityscapes
Exploring the architecture featured in the current crop of dystopian cinema thrillers
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ReviewBuilding Fitzwilliam College 1963-2013: An architectural journey
The Cambridge college celebrates half a century of modernism
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ReviewBook Club Review: Imperial Gothic, G. A Bremner
An honest and critical reassessment of ecclesiastical projects of the British colonies
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ReviewBook Club Review: Detail in Contemporary Bar and Restaurant Design, Drew Plunkett and Olga Reid
An in-depth examination of restaurant design that provides any future globetrotters with a list of places to eat across the world
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ReviewThe Lisbon triennale gets closer and closer
Galilee proposes ‘radical’ programme for this autumn’s event
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ReviewArchitecture on the carpet: the curious tale of construction toys and the genesis of modern building
A study of architects’ toys entertains but does not convince
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ReviewSir Hugh Casson PRA – Making Friends
Hugh Casson’s personality overshadowed his architecture, which is overdue a reappraisal
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ReviewBook Club Review: The Globalisation of Modern Architecture, Robert Adam
Robert Adam laudably tackles a wide-ranging subject in this stimulatingly written book
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ReviewHigh Rise at the National Theatre
Photographs from a five-year project exploring the relationship between high rise developments and the city below