All Review articles – Page 54
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ReviewThe gathering darkness in the life of Sir John Soane
A new book about London’s Sir John Soane Museum sets it in the context of its creator’s difficult life
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New Forms: Plans and Details for Contemporary Architects, by The Plan
As an architect I am always interested in new forms — excitement and experimentation are grist to the mill.
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ReviewBD’s guide to your cultural week: April 6 to April 12
This week, works by Caruso St John go on show in Zurich, a star-studded Barbican debate asks if good design can change the world, and an exhibition of photos of interiors from high-rise Ethelburga Tower, Battersea, opens in London.
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ReviewStill in love with the architecture of Las Vegas
This new book of archive photographs sheds light on the making of Learning from Las Vegas, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s classic 1972 text
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ReviewHands off this architectural masterpiece!
This conference on James Stirling’s red university buildings saw feelings running high about proposals to alter one of them, the Engineering Department at Leicester
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ReviewBristol's architectural brave new world?
Two Belgian artists undertake an architectural reworking of Bristol’s waterfront for this show at the Arnolfini gallery
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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.
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ReviewBD’s guide to your cultural week: March 30 to April 3
This week's cultural highlights include Pedro Costa's acclaimed 'Colossal Youth' at the Barbican and the opening of the V&A's new blockbuster summer show,' Baroque 1620 - 1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence'.
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ReviewBuildings in bloom
Upcoming cultural attractions with an architectural tinge this spring include more Le Corbusier, the Baroque and Milan’s furniture fair
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ReviewRut Blees Luxemburg’s visions of decades
Photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg is diversifying from the images for which she’s best known
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ReviewRock down to view the architecture of Western Avenue
Recent architectural developments along the western route out of London are worth a look
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ReviewLe Corbusier and the Occult by JK Birksted
It has been a good year for Le Corbusier: a retrospective exhibition in Liverpool and London, numerous publications, lectures, movies and all sorts of Corbu-themed events.
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ReviewXS Extreme: Big Ideas, Small Buildings by Phyllis Richardson
This is a cute little book full of really imaginative ideas. I loved it. If like me, you are already a fan of the other XS Big Ideas, Small Buildings books, this one is definitely worth a read.
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ReviewHow buildings stand up
An exhibition of Cecil Balmond’s work shows he is all he’s cracked up to be, writes Sanford Kwinter
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ReviewGeorge Scharf: From the Regency Street to the Modern Metropolis- until June 6
The work of artist and illustrator George Scharf has been described as the pictorial equivalent of the great literary chronicler of early Victorian London, Charles Dickens.
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ReviewRichard Bryant’s Photographic Celebration of a City- until May 31
Richard Bryant presents his personal account of Londo which traces a journey across the city; picking out views, open spaces and closely observed architectural detail.
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ReviewJames Lee Byars- until June 21
Often cited as one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic artists, this exhibition presents a succinct overview of the late James Lee Byars' (1932 – 1997) practice, including sculptures, works on paper and film documentation of his performances.
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ReviewChamberlin Powell and Bon - April 20
Chamberlin Powell and Bon designed a larger area of postwar London than any other architectural practice, encompassing the Golden Lane Estate and the adjacent Barbican.
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ReviewAlison and Peter Smithson - April 6
The Smithsons built a small number of iconic projects but yet they still remain highly influencial to many of today's architects.
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ReviewThe Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson: Powell & Moya- March 23
Philip Powell RA and Jacko Moya launched their practice by winning the competition for the Churchill Gardens housing estate in Pimlico and they are widely credited with bringing a human quality to the modernist style.