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Category Archives: Research
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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Compare and Contrast
Ph.D. candidate James Robertson is continuing his research into the early career of Jack Coia and has recently visited both the Sir Basil Spence exhibition in Edinburgh: Back to the Future (Dean Gallery, Edinburgh), and the Gillespie, Kidd & Coia … Continue reading
The Role of the Humanities in Design Creativity
Eamonn Canniffe recently participated in the above titled conference at the the University of Lincoln, hosted by Professor Nicholas Temple. Keynote speakers included Karsten Harries, Professor of Philosophy at Yale University and author of “The Ethical Function of Architectureâ€, Dalibor … Continue reading
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CiA at IUAV Venice
CiA staffer Sally Stone and her co-author Graeme Brooker have just returned from the “Re-habituation of Interior Space†conference, which was held at the Università IUAV di Venezia in Italy. The theme of the conference was the remodelling and re-use … Continue reading
Interior Architecture
Sally Stone of CiA and her co-author Graeme Brooker of MMU Interior Design have had their latest book published just in time for the RAE . The book explores the most interesting type of sustainable architecture – the re-use of … Continue reading
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Sharp Intake
CiA staffers Eamonn Canniffe and Andrew Crompton recently attended the conference “Town and Townscape: The Work & Life of Thomas Sharp” at the University of Newcastle. The University Library has an archive of Sharp’s personal papers detailing his campaigns for … Continue reading
De Carlo’s Il Magistero
De Carlo’s Il Magistero: a case study in continuity? University of Manchester Ph. D candidate Hacer Basarir’s project concerns the conservation of walled cities and their key elements through reuse. Her research includes three case-studies, and she has just completed … Continue reading
Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945-1990
Eamonn Canniffe of CiA has collaborated with Peter Blundell Jones to produce ‘Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945-1990’: “Once again, new interpretations are presented of some of the most famous architecture of the period. Work by lesser-known architects, whose influence … Continue reading
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Doctor, Doctor!
At a degree congregation held at the University of Sheffield in December, Debabardhan Upadhyaya was presented with a Doctorate for his thesis entitled “Changing Paradigms in Evolving City Centres†supervised by Eamonn Canniffe. Among other places the thesis explored the … Continue reading
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“Thinking Inside the Boxâ€
Dr Charles Rice,, University Of Technology, Sydney “Thinking Inside the Box: Interiors in the 21st Century – New Visions, New Horizons & New Challenges”, was held on the 1st and 2nd March at the Lighthouse Architecture Centre in Glasgow. It … Continue reading
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The Mass-Observation Movement
The New Yorker has published yet another interesting and relevant article. In his discussion of the Mass Observation Movement Caleb Crain describes how, during the 1930’s and 40’s hundreds of observers recorded the everyday habits, actions and attitudes of the … Continue reading
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Thinking Inside the Box: Interiors in the 21st Century – New Visions, New Horizons & New Challenges
Interior Architecture, Design and Decoration is a growing intellectual discipline, as the subject has become more accessible and highly visible so it has become more respectable and is now considered as a subject in its own right rather that an … Continue reading
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