Archive for 2012 July
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Architectural news from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: The Olympic Stadium of 1908
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. This month the British Architectural Library looks back at 1908, when London’s first Olympic stadium was opened: A new stadium in Shepherd’s Bush London hosted the Olympics for the
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Online Workshop 4: ‘Picturing London’ – Imagining, experiencing and representing the metropolis
For several centuries, architects and artist have been capturing London on paper and other media, and some of these have persisted as key images associated with historic events. This summer, not everyone can be present
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Body Building: Architecture and the Body
Watch a video of the workshop and see what these young designers achieved during ’Body Building: Architecture and the Body’ In an earlier post we asked: When should children start learning about architecture? Of course, the answer was
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RIBA Education Fund – how it supports students of architecture
On 28 June, RIBA President Angela Brady hosted a summer party at the RIBA in London to raise funds for the RIBA Education Fund. The RIBA Education Fund provides grants to students who are experiencing
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King’s Cross in popular culture
‘A comedy about optimism, in the face of pessimism’ Eight dishevelled figures stare back from a poster hanging in the Victoria and Albert Museum. They are the actors in Mike Leigh’s High Hopes, pictured above is a caption: ‘A
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RIBApix image of the month: July 2012
A new image every month celebrating architecture, chosen from RIBApix, where you will discover over 60,000 images on architecture, landscape and the decorative arts. Last month Denys Lasdun was declared one of the greatest architects
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