Category Archives: Dominic Roberts

The Aeronauts go to Ronchamp

Three Mirage 2000 jets of L’armée de l’air fly north towards the Franche Comte/Lorraine border in this odd postcard from Ronchamp*. The aerial view is not particularly flattering to a building that was designed to be approached from the slopes … Continue reading

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BIM ’69, The Integrated Team

This is the cover of the June 1969 issue of BDP Preston in-house magazine ‘Contact’. BDP was founded in Preston and pioneered a team-based, democratic approach to building design in the era of the mandatory fee scale. In this illustration … Continue reading

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Maisons Jaoul

seier+seier’s photograph of Le Corbusier’s Maisons Jaoul. Click here for picture & discussion.

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Zumthor’s extinguisher

Fire extinguisher, Diocesan Museum, Cologne. More

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Keeping his head

Louis Hellman, cartoonist, at Scarpa’s Canova Plaster Cast Gallery, Possagno. Circa 1990.

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Angel of Death

Woodland Chapel, Stockholm. See also…

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Model Scale

The Great Model of Lutyens’ project for Liverpool RC Cathedral.

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Stair hack

Steps up to the rampart. Castelvecchio, Verona. Architect: Carlo Scarpa

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Adam Khan Architects at Brockholes

My article in Architecture Today on Adam Khan Architects’ Brockholes floating visitor centre is available at this LINK

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Redemption

Il Redentore from Zaterre.

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Piazza San Marco meets Preston Bus Station

In the spirit of the Collage City Unité/Uffizi comparison: Piazza San Marco transformed into Preston Bus Station.

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Villa Romana del Casale

A model of the uncovered villa. Sicily.

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