Category Archives: John Soane

Recession v Depression

Following recent depressing job losses in Manchester architecture practices, a useful definition from Greg Mankiw’s economics blog: A student asks, What makes a recession officially turn into a depression? There is no official designation of depression. The NBER business cycle … Continue reading

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Sir John Soane’s Coloured Glass

The current fashion for coloured glass and plastic in buildings goes backfurther than Donald Judd coloured boxes from the 1960’s. Sir John Soane usedsheets of yellow tinted glass to give a warm glow in his Dulwich mausoleumand red glass shown … Continue reading

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