Category Archives: Edwin Lutyens

Model Scale

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

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Thiepval in August

Superimposed red line marking the axis between the Thiepval arch (east) and the River Ancre (west) in the Somme region. Note the persistent marks of trench systems below the cultivation. Early evening in late August 2009 and the sun is … Continue reading

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Le Zep

To Liverpool for one of the talks in the Le Corbusier Lives! season hosted by Liverpool John Moores University, and for a second look at the Corb exhibition in the Metropolitan Cathedral crypt. The talk was actually a series of … Continue reading

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Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture

To Liverpool for the architectural event of the autumn – the collision between Lutyens and Le Corbusier in the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt. Unfortunately the overbearing and labyrinthine staging of the exhibition makes what might have been an interesting combat between … Continue reading

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Eisenman in Liverpool!

OK, the main event is obviously the opening of the Corb exhibition in Lutyens’ crypt (the subtitle ‘The Art of Architecture’ doesn’t inspire) but Peter Eisenman has got to be worth a trip. Peter Eisenman: Architecture and the Cultural Project … Continue reading

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Reciprocity

Intended context and current condition (slideshow).

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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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Lutyens damaged door mystery

Doors at the end of the long gallery in Lutyens’s crypt at Liverpool Cathedral are peppered with holes: how come? (Answer in comments)

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Card No.13

Lutyens’ little joke

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Lutyens in Liverpool

The exhibition of the great model of Lutyens’ project for Liverpool Roman Catholic Cathedral ends on 22 April (Walker Art Gallery website). The building is stupendous: buildings, pylons and aedicules piled up and punctuated by saints mounted on columns and … Continue reading

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The Great Stone

The War Memorial in St Peter’s Square, Manchester has had problems for a few years now. The construction of a Metro stop made it into an overspill for the platform space. The openess of the memorial precinct appears to have … Continue reading

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