Liz Bury
ReviewEuropean design’s fin-de-siècle uncertainties
A new book on European design since 1985 traces the lines of its descent
ReviewBaroque 1620 – 1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence
The V&A’s new blockbuster spring show opens with a painting that celebrates the Swedish Queen Christina’s conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism. It shows a riotous procession of ornate floats, dancers and horsemen with unfeasibly large headdresses thronging the square in her honour. Welcome to the party.
ReviewBD’s guide to your cultural week: March 23 to 29
Talking heads this week include Stephen Bayley and Marc Auge at the ICA; Glen Howells at Manchester’s CUBE Gallery; and all-star cast Joseph Rykwert, Peter Rees, Ricky Burdett and Paul Finch at the Barbican.
NewsMansions and mozzarella: It's not all doom and gloom for architects
While the industry struggles, some surprising areas of work are defying the downturn
NewsAny doubts over Thomas?
The scrapping of Thomas Heatherwick’s glass bridge is the latest in a run of setbacks for the designer, yet his stock seems as high as ever
NewsEnglish Heritage faces critics at Robin Hood Gardens debate (audio)
At a debate on Robin Hood Gardens at Ecobuild yesterday English Heritage was outnumbered four-to-one by those in favour of listing the estate.
NewsBishopsfield housing estate saved
The 1960s Bishopsfield housing estate in Harlow is being recommended for listing at grade II after it was saved from demolition by the credit crunch.
ReviewGoldfinger's architecture with an edge
What kind of personality conjured Alexander Fleming House? Or Balfron Tower? Not a clubbable one, by all accounts.
ReviewBD’s guide to your cultural week: February 16 to 22
From Erno Goldfinger to Richard Hammond, BD's deputy editor Liz Bury rounds-up the best cultural events coming up this week.
ReviewPutting rapid prototyping through its paces
10 artists have put rapid prototyping through its paces, says Liz Bury
ReviewBlock Architecture dresses Hussein Chalayan to impress
Block has devised Hussein Chalayan’s exhbition at the Design Museum, his first solo UK show
NewsErick van Egeraat files for insolvency
International success story succumbs to credit crunch and Russian market
NewsErick van Egeraat goes into receivership
Frozen projects blamed after Dutch star architect declares his practice insolvent
NewsCouncil urges Follett to allow demolition of Robin Hood Gardens
EH stands firm in opposing listing despite 20th Century Society report
OpinionGlimmers of hope in the gloom
In uncertain times everyone has a prediction, but between the bad and the mad are some positive signs for architects
ReviewBD’s pick of the upcoming architecture and design events in 2009
If adversity breeds creativity, then 2009 could be a fascinating year. Liz Bury picks out some of the inspiring and thought-provoking architecture and design events to look out for in the months ahead
OpinionMore Thames than Mersey
Liverpool ought to have dominated the cultural year. As European City of Culture, it hosted its fair share of architectural events, chief among them the Stirling Prize. Biq’s Bluecoat arts centre opened its doors (it reopened them last week after a fire abruptly closed them in May).
OpinionBad time for a nationalist split
The Scots’ desire to break away from centres of power in England could unleash multiple problems at a sensitive time
ReviewA niche for Kapoor
Anish Kapoor’s maquette-based show at the RIBA Gallery in Portland Place explores the nature of space
NewsAccordia wins the Stirling Prize
Accordia in Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington has won the 2008 Stirling Prize.