Monthly Archives: June 2008

Preston Modern

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. No. 1, The Triangle, Fulwood, Preston. Finished: 1968. Architect: Francis Roberts The house was constructed between 1962 and 1968 for a structural engineer at Building Design Partnership in Preston.

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Academic Generosity

The end of the academic year and the commencement of research time (that’s summer to the uninitiated!) was marked at the Manchester School of Architecture by a research presentation by Prue Chiles of the University of Sheffield School of Architecture. … Continue reading

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Eiffel Pen

A great work of architecture makes a great nib: discuss.

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Architecture elsewhere

Land towers Shelter Large paintings by James Bowyer, BA Fine Art show. First floor Grosvenor Building (the old Art School).

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The Show

The Show. Tonight. 18:00. Fifth Floor, Chatham Building. Rooms 502, 503, 504. Image by Aaron Losada 

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Small change for The Exchange

In a brief period of warmth during the Cold War a waggish Whitehall mandarin was no doubt responsible for the designation of the 1967 telephone exchange at 34 George Street in Manchester as Rutherford House, subtly indicating (with that reference … Continue reading

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Drawings of buildings

The CiA Bachelor of Architecture Show will be in rooms 502, 503 & 504 (fifth floor!) of Manchester School of Architecture, Chatham Tower, Lower Ormond Street. The exhibition starts at Six on Friday, 13 June. We look forward to seeing … Continue reading

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Interventions in the Broletto 2

As the academic year reaches its climax Continuity in Architecture Year 5 students prepare their own exhibition for the second floor of the Chatham Building. While we await the hanging of their work here is a short video of some … Continue reading

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Council Works Dept.

Ceramic tile mural, Preston Council Works Department, St Paul’s Road. Picture by George D Thompson

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Corb in twenty-four

The bow-tie appears at 6.00 am. The hat changes but the spectacles are constant, not vanishing until just before midnight, although they were raised briefly after lunch. Image: Collage at the Musée Picasso Corb v Lutyens

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