OF INTEREST NINETEEN

+ Visceral Paradigm by Jason Peters
+ Glass Farm by MVRDV
+ Vertical Horizons of Hong Kong by Romain Jacquet Lagreze
+ International Centre for the Arts Jose de Guimarães by Pitagoras Arquitectos
+ Curricular Administrative Building Lycée María Auxiliadora by SURco

THE SNOWDON AVIARY, LONDON

Designed by Cedric Price, Frank Newby and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1964
Photographs taken Febuary 2013

THE LLANGOLLEN CANAL, WALES

(Photographs taken October 2012)
Lock keepers cottage / Tricolour / Aqueduct

CHIRK, WALES

(Photographs taken October 2012)
Telegraph poles, industrial estates and playgrounds bisect and impose themselves on to vivid green hills and mist filled skys.

Teufelsberg (Devil's Mountain), Berlin

 (Photographs taken September 2012)
Built on the rubble of war torn Berlin to spy on its inhabitants, Teufelsberg stands bedraggled and heavily graffitied, a fragmenting monument to the fears of Cold War society.

Spreepark, Treptower Park, Berlin

Ferris wheel

(Photograph taken September 2012) 

Formerly know as Kulturpark Plänterwald under GDR administration the Spreepark located in Treptower Park has become an overgrown world filled with the carcasses of plastic dinosaurs, the remains of roller coasters and the eerie sound of creaking steal emanating from the Ferris wheel.

Further information here.

Canterbury Cathedral

Stained glass / Three wise men / Gradual decapitation / Lone saint

(Photographs taken July 2012)

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012

Contrast / Green carpet

(Photographs taken June 2012, London)

Further information, photographs and a number of videos on this year's pavilion by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei can be found here.

Of interest 18 - Architecture, planning and the Queen

+ Gesamtkunstwerk at the Barbican

+ Pantone Queen 

+ Eastern Promise - The ruins of Socialist era East European Architecture 

+ Ovaltown Zone of Tolerence

+ RIBA rethinks neighbourhood planning 

Middlesex Street

Strata of living

(Photograph taken June 2012, London)

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(Photo: Sandal Magna School by Mark Hadden from Architecture Today)
+ Sandal Magna School, Wakefield by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects


+ Stillpoint Clinic and Dojo by Piers Taylor and Mitchell Taylor Workshop 

+ Jerwood Gallery, Hastings by HAT projects

+ Colombia's architectural tale of two cities by Justin McGuirk

+ Fortress of Franzensfeste by Markus Schererand Walter Dietl 

The Filling Station

(Taken May 2012, London)
A touch of Americana arrives in Kings Cross in the form of The Filling Station, a disused petrol station currently being transformed by Carmody Groarke into Shrimpy's (a restaurant, perhaps selling shrimp).

Further background information can be found here

and tables booked here

All Saints Brewery

(Taken April 2012, Stamford)

Of interest 16: Architecture, jelly and apocyalypse survival

+ Waiting for the end of the world by Richard Ross
Photographer Richard Ross travels the globe to document the paranoid world of the bomb shelter built to protect their owners from the end of the world.

+ Gaia Ropeway Cablecar by Guedes + DeCampos+ School Farm by Felipe Grallert Architects
+ Damien Hirst Retrospective at Tate Modern
+ New Bauhaus Museum competition entry by BUBE
+ Musical Jelly

Proliferation

Propagate / Denominate
(Taken March 2012, Staffordshire)

Stratford to Marylebone

Windows / Golden
(Taken Febuary 2012)

Of interest 15: Illusions, photography and architecture

 + Chronology of Spatial Illusion by Felice Varini / http://www.varini.org/02indc/indgen.htm

 






 





 + Photographs by Conor Murphy / http://murphyconor.tumblr.com/
+ The Difference of Ebitsuka by 403architecture / http://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/17/the-difference-of-ebitsuka-by-403architecture/
+ Yarralumia Poolhouse by Katon Redgen Mathieson / http://www.archdaily.com/202927/yarralumia-poolhouse-katon-redgen-mathieson/
+Filipe Magalhaes and Ana Luisa Soares / http://www.umfilipequalquer.com/

Olympic Park, Stratford

Aquatics Centre and Orbit Tower/ Olympic Stadium and CCTV / City through razor wire
(Taken January 2012)

Of interest 14: Guns, buildings and Bowie

+ Kalashnikov (Designed to kill) / http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/december/design-museum-kalashnikov
> Kalashnikov (I wish I designed a lawnmower) / http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/jul/30/russia.kateconnolly?INTCMP=SRCH

+ Urban Hut by Takehiko Nez Architects / http://www.dezeen.com/2012/01/05/urban-hut-by-takehiko-nez-architects/

+ The Occupied Times - A Paper for our Times / http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/january/occupied-times-of-london

+ Bowie and the Advertising Industry - Bartle, Bogle, Bowie and Hegarty? / http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/january/bartle-bogle-bowie-hegarty
> Bowie at 60: Sixty things about David Bowie / http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6230201.stm

+ No Ripcord: Top 100 debut albums / http://www.noripcord.com/features/top-100-debut-albums-part-five

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+ Coldwater Studio by Casey Hughes Architects26 September 2011
www.dezeen.com/2011/09/26/coldwater-studio-by-casey-hughes-architects

+ Quite a lovely new website from Feilden Fowles
www.feildenfowles.co.uk

+ Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre by Pavilionby Snøhetta
www.dezeen.com/2011/11/01/norwegian-wild-reindeer-centre-pavilion-by-snohetta

+ Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 at The Royal Academy of Arts
www.royalacademy.org.uk/events

> The constructivists and the Russian revolution in art and architecture www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/04/russian-avant-garde-constructivists

> After the Final Curtain: Abandoned Theaters by Matt Lambros
www.archdaily.com/181303/after-the-final-curtain-abandoned-theaters-matt-lambros

Jerwood Gallery, Hastings

Fisherman huts / A palette of black(Taken October 2011)The new Jerwood Gallery by HAT Architects currently in construction in Hastings nestles itself between the historic Stade fishermen huts which adorn many of the town's postcards. The project has received a mixed response from its local populous, seen by many as an invigorating torch of progress, yet to others an impeding blemish on the historical coastline.The Gallery plays with the striking black silhouette of the huts, clad in hand glazed tiles (a nod to the hand built huts) resembling the wet pebbles of the beach whilst a series of roof lights emulate the existing roof scape. Incomplete its not possible to tell fully how these buildings and spaces will interact once complete. Currently its scale seems to impose clinging fairly close to it's surroundings, although this feeling may well be alleviated when the gallery becomes penetrable to its visitors and begins to interact with it's seaside setting.

Information/images from HAT architects can be found at: www.hatprojects.com/jerwoodgallery
RIBA Journal review at: http://www.ribajournal.com/index.php/feature/article/adding_that_extra_polish

Lot, France

Taken September 2011
Holiday Home / Stray

Of interest 12

+ Illustrated Statistics by Sarah Illenberger / www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/august/sarah-illenbergers-illustrated-stats
+ Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990 at the V&A / http://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/26/postmodernism-style-and-subversion-1970-1990-at-the-va/
+ Russian Carpet Blog / www.russiancarpet.com/
+ Formwork by Architecture Republic / http://www.archdaily.com/171112/formwork-architecture-republic/
+ Academy of Art & Architecture by Wiel Arets Architects / http://www.archdaily.com/171315/flashback-academy-of-art-architecture-wiel-arets-architects/

Academia Site Insertion

Set of drawings which each explore an aspect of the insertion of the final proposed design for the Academia de Tauromaquia within its territory on the outskirts of Madrid. Site location within the context of the urban fringe of La Peseta, Madrid / Aerial impression of proposal / Site Incision scans revealing the depth of the final proposal / Process of construction.

Of interest 11

Westminster Studio 12 blog / http://studiotwelve.wordpress.com/2011-madrid-etc/
New Cultural Centre by Fündc / http://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/12/new-cultural-centre-by-fundc/#more-132381
Santa Isabel House by Ricardo Bak Gordon / http://www.archdaily.com/142378/santa-isabel-house-ricardo-bak-gordon/
San Telmo Museum Extension by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos / http://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/18/san-telmo-museum-extension-by-nieto-sobejano-arquitectos/

Academia Incision Model

A plaster model produced to explore the incision to be made on site through the construction of the submerged Academia and Galería de Toro.The model divides along a sectional cut which passes through the centre of the Galería de Toro (the datum point of the Academia) which reveals the vast scale of this hidden element buried beneath the Academia.

Academia de Tauromaquia Prospectus

A guide to the José Tomás Academia de Tauromaquia for prospective students which details the key points of the Academia's manifesto including; a testimony from Academia director José Tomás, teaching personnel breakdown, Academia uniforms, explanation of Academia crest and motto, teaching plan in relation to professional bullfighting, related Tauromaquia coach trips (to bullrings, bull ranches, matador tailors and the Chapel of Los Macarena in Seville) and an example of a student report.

The José Tomás Gift Shop

As they exit the Academia de Tauromaquia, visitors will pass through the gift shop where they will be greeted by staff in fancy dress and tantalised by a vast array of José Tomás branded merchandise for them to take home. Gifts will be adorned with the Academia crest as well as the Academia motto, elegance, honour and devotion, spreading the name of the Academia throughout the bullfighting world.

The Desk of José Tomás

Within the ceremonial office of the Academia de Tauromaquia lies José’s desk littered with personal mementos, items from the José Tomás gift shop and relics of the Academia design process, each concept drawing checked and signed off by José himself.

Submerged Academia Sections

A pair of sections which explore the realm of the student at the Academia de Tauromaquia. The first cuts through the student preparation block revealing the rituals of dressing and worship at the chapel of Los Macarena (the Patron Saint of Matadors), followed by inspection before their Maestros before they they can progress into the submerged Academia. The second then explores the variance of teaching spaces within the Academia and the relationship which exits between it and the ground level public frontage of the Academia.

Arena Scoreboard

Pair of score boards within the submerged Academia's display arena. For the students an understanding of the opinion led manner in which bullfighting is scored by the crowd’s approval is as essential as is the receiving of feedback and awards. Students will use the score boards to grade one another, both for their skill as a matador and their ability to understand and act out the part of the bull.

Galería de Toro Exit

The final display within the Galería de Toro will be absent of a bull's head and instead will commemorate the goring which José Tomás suffered in 2010. This will include a a display of the equipment used during the fight, the blood lost from José and information on the bull Navegante. The exit lifts from the gallery will be signposted with a typical green exit light, removing visitors suddenly from the gallery and taken directly to the ground level José Tomás gift shop.