Tag archive for London
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Your Building is Too Small, Mr. Piano
When Le Corbusier arrived in Manhattan, he remarked that the buildings were too small. This was not to say that they were not tall enough but that they were not wide enough; referencing his
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The ‘mania’ for railways, May 1863
A record of over one and a half centuries of architectural history, the RIBA’s Periodicals Collection reveals news from 150 years ago this month about new buildings from across the the British Isles… 150 years ago in
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The Barbican – Drawing inspiration
The Barbican is not only a unique part of the London, it is a source of inspiration for artists and architects – and more recently, a competition-winning drawing. Strong impressions are generated by the Barbican,
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Building Futures Debate – 6 November
This House Believes that… London will become more trouble than it’s worth. The UK needs more than one global city: Unequal investment is undermining the true potential of UK plc Earlier this year, the core cities in
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Run, Jump, Shoot: The winning photographs
One of the skills of an architect is to design good-quality, sustainable spaces which can be readapted for other uses. These spaces will evolve as their occupants change or even disappear, sometimes with unforeseen results.
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RIBApix image of the month: August 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. 75 years ago this month, this image appeared in the August 1937
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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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Building big in London: Mies van der Rohe and Renzo Piano
Watch a filmed conversation between the RIBA President Angela Brady and Renzo Piano. Last week in front an audience at the RIBA, architect Renzo Piano was interviewed by Razia Iqbal for the BBC World Service (listen to the
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Run, Jump, Shoot: Photography, parkour and architecture
At 66 Portland Place Architecture can be used and experienced in a surprising multitude of ways, as a RIBA event showed last weekend. On Saturday 19 May the RIBA British Architectural Library organised a public workshop bringing
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