Archive for 2011 May
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The changing fashions of shop design
Sustainability and consumption Sustainable development is an important issue for the RIBA, in response there is a growing body of information about sustainability for architects being made available online through the RIBA’s Sustainability Hub. But what
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Regent Street Windows Project at night
This weekend is you last chance to catch the Regent Street Windows Project. As mentioned in a previous post, it is a collaboration between architects, students and retailers. This event has been organised by
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Olympic Park: From Athens to Stratford
The recent trip by the RIBA to the site of the London Olympics provided an opportunity to photograph the finishing touches to the architecture that will greet the world in 2012. A second glance at
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BDP: A new exhibition at the RIBA
New exhibition The 50th anniversary of BDP was today celebrated with the opening of a new exhibition ’61/11 Continuous Collective: BDP at 50′ at the RIBA. Half a century of work is explored through models and images of
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James Stirling: Tate exhibition and his links to the RIBA
Tate Britain Tate Britain’s current exhibition on James Stirling has renewed debate about his work and life, including: the retelling of his sometimes outrageous behaviour by the Guardian’s Rowan Moore; recollections by friends and colleagues in Architecture
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What are we talking about today?
Want to see what we talk about at the RIBA and join in the discussion? Have a totally unscientific look using word clouds from Wordle, of this blog and the homepages of the RIBA and RIBA
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Better high streets: Architects and shopaholics unite!
Architects can lead the way With the news that retail consultant and television presenter Mary Portas has been asked to help revitalise Britain’s high streets, the recent opening of the Regent Street Windows Project is
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The views from RIBA HQ
A question and half an answer “What is it made out of?” The question was asked earlier this week by an architecture student gazing out on a startling gold-coloured façade, part of MAKE Architects’ renovation
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The in-between spaces at 66 Portland Place: photographs by UEL students
First-year architecture students from the University of East London have shared their photographs from their recent visit to the RIBA. The images record the in-between spaces they discovered at 66 Portland
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Adolf Loos model completed (finally)
Though almost a week later than planned, a completed scale model of Adolf Loos’s Doppelhaus is now on display at the RIBA headquarters. The model can be disassembled to reveal each floor. Although the model
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