All Review articles – Page 68
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ReviewMike Reynolds is a scrapman on a hot tin roof
Gerrard O’Carroll is lifted by this documentary on an eco-architect who uses waste to build communities
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Identity crisis
What role can architecture play in preserving local and traditional cultures in the face of globalisation?
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ReviewCrystal clear
One of the lesser known design projects at the 1951 Festival of Britain was the Festival Pattern Group, which brought together scientists and designers to create ceramics, fabrics and furnishings inspired by the intricate structure of crystals.
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ReviewArt of winning
Andy Warhol, David Hockney, RB Kitaj and Victor Vasarely are among the many talents who have turned their hands to designing Olympic posters.
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ReviewGlasgow’s 1938 British Empire exhibition remembered
Andy MacMillan recalls his childhood visit to the British Empire exhibition at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park, being marked by an exhibition of rare film footage
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ReviewStreet Art-until August 25
In the first commission to use the iconic river façade of Tate Modern, six internationally acclaimed artists, whose work has its roots in the urban environment will exhibit as part of ‘Street Art’ at Tate Modern; the first major public museum display of Street Art in London.
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ReviewRIBA/ICE McAslan Bursary Exhibition- until July 25
John McAslan + Partners and the dreamspace gallery at Adrem have teamed up for the London Festival of Architecture to present an exhibition of projects brought to life by the RIBA/ICE McAslan Bursary. The Bursary supports collaborative projects proposed by architectural and engineering students and graduates, designed to bring about ...
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ReviewPrototypes and Experiments - From May 29
The Aram Gallery presents not just prototypes but also experimental designs sourced from designers’ studios, which will go on to form a long-term and ever-changing exhibition housed in the gallery. Interested in the way designers think and work, the Aram gallery has chosen to present these unique artefacts as part ...
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ReviewProcess Exposè:Helen Yardley- June 20 to July 20
Showing as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008, PROCESS EXPOSÉ explores three different applications of textile designer Helen Yardley's highly individual design process; from commission through to implementation of the final product. The show explores her work with architects including Swanke Hayden Connell Associates and John Pardey Architects.
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ReviewParks for Life - June 18
Parks for Life, a conference organised by GreenSpace, is taking place on Wednesday 18 June 2008 at the Watershed in Bristol. The conference is in partnership with IPGS and Bristol City Council, and supported by Silvanus Services Ltd. The one-day event will focus on maximising the impact parks can have ...
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Des Res: Public Weekend: May 17-18
Ask the experts: New London Architecture launches weekend dedicated to property and design advice
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ReviewBook review: Life is in tents
Richard Weston wonders why the tents in Philip Drew’s latest book, New Tent Architecture, are such unsatifying structures
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ReviewSculpture or bust for architect Celia Scott
Ken Powell on how a commission from Leon Krier sparked architect Celia Scott’s alternative career as a sculptor of her peers
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ReviewHaptic: Awakening the Senses – until June 7
Displaying a wide array of objects ranging from clocks, cups, clothing and furniture, to silicone door handles and mobile phones, textured shoes and a water pachinko game; Haptic is an exhibition of design products that focus on the sense of touch.
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ReviewCUBElab: Camilla Lyon - until September 6
Blackpool pleasure beach is the inspiration for this new installation at CUBE in Manchester by artist Camilla Lyon. Taking six weeks to evolve in the gallery as part of a residency at CUBElab, the artist has researched industrial, domestic and leisure structures that resonate of a particular era and ...
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ReviewThe Neues Museum Berlin: David Chipperfield Architects - until September 6
Housing once some of Europe’s finest collections of Egyptian antiquities, including most notably bust of Nefertiti; is Berlin’s Neues Museum which is now the subject of a major new exhibition this summer at Sir John Soane’s Museum.
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ReviewSaving a Century: 50 Years of the Victorian Society- until May 29
Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Victorian Society, this Photographic exhibition documents their early defeats in failing to preserve the Euston Arch and Coal Exchange and their subsequent victories with the Foreign Office, St Pancras Station and Albert Dock in Liverpool and is curated by Gavin Stamp
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ReviewOutside the Box: images of contemporary Japanese architecture by Edmund Sumner-until July 25
During the last five years, British architectural photographer, Edmund Sumner, has taken over 2,500 images of contemporary architecture in Japan. A selection of these photographs will be exhibited for the first time at Daiwa Foundation Japan House.
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ReviewMay 68 Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion- until June 1
Produced anonymously and plastered on walls and barricades with slogans such as “It is forbidden to forbid” and “Light wages – Heavy Tanks.”; posters produced by students and workers in Paris during the strikes of May 1968 are shown in the UK for the first time in an exhibition at ...
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ReviewBen Johnson’s Liverpool Cityscape 2008 and the World Panorama Series - until November 2
Forming part of the city’s celebrations as European Capital of Culture; a vast painting of the cityscape of Liverpool, commissioned by National Museums Liverpool, will be on display at Walker Art Gallery.