All Review articles – Page 71
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Zones of Transit: Lydia Polzer –until April 19
In the third exhibition in a year-long series exclusively devoted to recent graduates; Polzer’s first UK solo show displays images of the quickly disappearing traces of the East German communist state: sites now so often unremarkable and mundane; but with their gravity arising from their history. Images include the ‘death ...
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ReviewPsycho Buildings: until August 25
Ten artists from around the world, chosen for their tendency to create habitat-like structures and architectural spaces that are mental and perceptual as much as physical, will transform the Hayward gallery’s huge spaces in ‘Psycho Buildings’.
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ReviewDavid Prentice: A City Perspective - until May 10
Prentice, a highly regarded contemporary painter and winner of many awards, including First Prize in the Sunday Times Singer & Friedlander Competition’s new exhibition consists of large canvases depicting the City of London, as viewed from the top of King’s Reach Tower on the South Bank. Landmarks visible in the ...
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David Adjaye: In Conversation at Parasol Unit - March 18
On Tuesday 18 March at 7pm, David Adjaye will be in conversation at Parasol unit, an art exhibition space in East London. Adjaye formed his partnership in 1994 and quickly developed a reputation for being an architect with an artist's sensibility and vision. He will be discussing recent projects.
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Fat and (un)happy
Architect and critic Elizabeth Farrelly has used architecture as her jumping off point to explore the connections between our environment and over-consumption.“Welcome to Blubberland, a world of quadruple-garaged mansions, vast malls, gated communities, stretch limos, and posh resorts. Blubberland is a place, but it is also a state of mind: ...
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ReviewCocktails and the Endless City
Publication of The Endless City was marked on Wednesday (12th March) with a discussion between the title’s editors and world city experts. At a cocktail reception at London’s Tate Modern gallery, editors Ricky Burdett, centennial professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the London School of Economics, and Deyan Sudjic, Design ...
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ReviewThe road more travelled
David Brady on an exhibition about the Shell Guides to Britain, and their links to the Architectural Review’s JM Ricahrds, John Betjeman and others
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ReviewHope for style
Designer, novelist and patron of the arts Thomas Hope was influential in establishing the Regency style in England.
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Hall space
Nigel Hall’s 40-year career as an abstract sculptor is explored in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s latest show, opening next week.
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ReviewDesign school
Results of an initiative by the Scottish government and Glasgow’s Lighthouse to involve teachers and pupils in school design are on show at the Lighthouse.
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ReviewMaking a public stand at London Open City
Fred Manson on the Design for London exhibition at Somerset House on the value of public space
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ReviewZaha experiments with totally immersive environments
Zaha Hadid describes her Contemporary Art Container for Chanel
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ReviewUnseen Hands:100 years of Structural Engineering - until September 7
Organised by the V&A and the RIBA Trust (in association with the Institution of Structural Engineers-IStructE) as part of celebrations for IStructE’s 100th anniversary; ‘Unseen Hands’ will showcase the significant achievements and contribution structural engineers have made to the built environment.
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ReviewThe World in One School: The History and Influence of the Liverpool School of Architecture 1894 to 2008 - until April 30
After producing many an illustrious architect as either staff or as graduates in its 110 year history; the ambition of this traveling exhibition is to demonstrate the important role, and as Britain’s oldest university school of architecture, that Liverpool University has played - on both a national and an international ...
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ReviewThe Mersey Observatory: Exhibition of entries- until April 26
In October 2007 a RIBA launched the Mersey Observatory competition to find a replacement for the disused radar tower standing between Liverpool docks and Crosby Beach. The observatory will grant views across the full cityscape of Liverpool, Crosby Beach (with its installation of 100 iron figures by Antony Gorm), the ...
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ReviewWhat the restored Cutty Sark will be like
According to the project architect Simon Beames of Youmeheshe, the Cutty Sark will open again to the public in April 2010. Here he explains to Amanda Birch what visitors will be treated to when they enter the fully restored ship
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Artful Practice: Architectural Drawings by Richard Norman Shaw - until May 25
Richard Norman Shaw - RA (1831 - 1912)
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ReviewNorman Shaw’s line of beauty
Norman Shaw’s masterly drawings can teach modern practice a thing or two, says Gavin Stamp
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ReviewTrying to build bridges: the roles of architect and engineer
The history of the respective roles of architect and engineer, often prone to friction if not outright conflict, is explored in this riveting and entertaining book, writes Tony McIntyre
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China Design Now By Zhang Hongxing & Lauren Parker
China Design Now Zhang Hongxing & Lauren ParkerV&A Publications£24.99192pp PB with flapsChina Design Now By Zhang Hongxing & Lauren Parker