All Review articles – Page 94
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ReviewSpain’s experiment with social housing
An exhibition on Madrid public housing provoked a lively dialogue between an English and a Spanish architect
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ReviewDissecting the power of the press
The influence of publications on our view of British architecture makes an absorbing read.
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ReviewThe art of living
As architects we are intrigued with the idea of erasure. This year we are looking at how we live, and questioning the inessentials. It is through the practice of erasure that we allow room for history and process to be in evidence with the present, if ever so subtle. A ...
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Domesticity at War by Beatriz Colomina
Domesticity at War Beatriz ColominaThe MIT Press (Actar, Barcelona) 280ppWhen American architects, designers and cultural institutions converted wartime strategies to new ends, the aggressive promotion of postwar domestic bliss became another kind of weapon.
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ReviewPublic Intimacy: Architecture and the Visual Arts by Giuliana Bruno
Public Intimacy: Architecture and the Visual Arts Giuliana BrunoThe MIT Press £13.95 280pp PB An examination of architecture and art as a screen of vital cultural memory that considers museum culture, visual technology, and the border of public and private space.
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ReviewClassical Swedish Architecture & Swedish Architecture & Interiors 1650 – 1840 by Johan Cederlund
Classical Swedish Architecture & Swedish Architecture & Interiors 1650 – 1840 by Johan CederlundW.W. Norton & Company Ltd £36 256pp HBThis book focuses on Sweden’s leading architects of the classical era, namely Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Carl Harlemand. Translated by Lani Summerville-Sternerup
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ReviewEnglish Shops and Shopping: An Architectural History by Kathryn A. Morrison
English Shops and Shopping: An Architectural HistoryKathryn A. MorrisonYale University Press. £18.99 352pp PBPaperback edition. England’s retail buildings since the Middle Ages to the present.
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ReviewRussian Architecture and the West by Dimitry Shvidkovsky
Russian Architecture and the West Dimitry ShvidkovskyYale University Press £50.00 480pp HBShows the development of Russian architecture over the past thousand years as a part of the history of Western architecture
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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance by Christoph Luitpold Frommel
The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance Christoph Luitpold FrommelThames & Hudson £38224pp HBA focus on the buildings of the period between 1418 and 1580 and the 35 key architects who designed them.
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ReviewTraditional Farm Buildings and their Conservation by R.W. Brunskill
Traditional Farm Buildings and their ConservationR.W. BrunskillYale University Press £19.99 208pp PBA record of the origins and uses of traditional building types and a exploration of the conflicting demands of conservation and re-use.
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ReviewCradle to Cradle
It may be five years old, but William McDonough and Michael Braungart's environmental handbook is more relevant than ever, says our new blogger Phil Clark
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ReviewSensitive touch on design
Mutsuro Sasaki was fascinating but frightening, says Kester Rattenbury
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ReviewBearer of Greek gifts
Jonathan Foyle looks at James ‘Athenian’ Stuart’, the subject of a V&A exhibition from next week, who combined pioneering the Greek Revival in the 18th century with an extraordinary life of overseas adventure
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ReviewWealth of the unknown
This book on the beaux arts movement reveals how much can be learnt from unnoticed Parisian gems.
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ReviewSpace fails to travel
Jane Rendell’s inspirational ideas on the limits of art and architecture suffered in the lecture format.
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Reader's review
Winner of our competition for tickets for the private view, Kieran Gallagher, discovers a new dimension to Aalto at the Barbican's "unmissable" new show
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ReviewFaust in East London: Space and the subconscious
Eleni Raptopoulou and Demetra Koutsoukou give an architectural take on "Installation theatre" outfit Punchdrunk's production of Faust
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ReviewBattle of egos skates over the surface
David Adjaye found his verbal match in Bruce Mau at the latest Artangel happening.