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Final Frame: California Modern
Kurt Helfrich on the work of architect Rudolph M. Schindler… This coloured presentation sketch by Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953) features an unrealised hillside home overlooking San Francisco Bay. Born in Vienna Schindler trained under Otto
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Final Frame: Claremont House mausoleum
Vicky Wilson writes about the summer house that became a mausoleum for Princess Charlotte… The premature death of Princess Charlotte in 1817 after giving birth to a stillborn son plunged the country into mourning, as
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Explore and Draw: Park Life
Drawing can happen anywhere and inspiration for creativity is always close by, especially in the city. Last weekend the RIBA held its first Draw and Explore workshop, open to all members of the public,
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Edwin Lutyens in 1913
“A foreign critic said not long ago that the domestic architecture of Great Britain to-day is not only a finer thing than that of any other country, but better than any period of history.” Houses
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Final Frame: Gardens at Moor Close by Oliver Hill
Today we start a new regular feature on RIBA Blogs. From over 70,000 images available on RIBApix, curator Fiona Orsini has selected a drawing by Oliver Hill… The gardens at Moor Close are a hidden
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Closer Look talk: Decimus Burton
Architect Decimus Burton (1800-81) deserves to be better known. His contribution to architecture includes the Athenaeum Club in Waterloo Place, Palm House in Kew, Wellington Arch and the Colosseum in Regent’s Park. Not only
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News from the archive of the Periodicals Collection: Architecture at the end of 1912
Discover the history of architecture through the RIBA’s collection of 2,000 periodical titles. Today, the British Architectural Library looks at what happened in architecture in 1912 and makes comparisons with the events of 2012: Richard Norman Shaw (7 May
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RIBApix image of the month: Palazzo Tursi, Genoa
A new image every month celebrating architecture, chosen from RIBApix, where you will discover over 70,000 images on architecture, landscape and the decorative arts. History can obscure the origins of a work, and for a while
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Sketch in the City: Drawings inspired by the RIBA’s collections
How members of the public came to the RIBA to draw London’s skyline. Usually the RIBA’s collections at the British Architectural Library are used for research, while individual items are put on display at the
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Colonel Richard Seifert: His recipe for a successful practice
“I have suffered the pain and anguish of architectural personal criticism – quite undeserved – and I have also enjoyed the euphoria of praise.” Colonel Richard Seifert, ‘Architects Approach to Architecture’ talk, RIBA, London, 11 November
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