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C20 has worked closely with 6a Architects to ensure the key surviving elements of James Stirling’s design for @tateliverpool will be retained and sensitively resited. Read more about the ambitious plans for Britain’s first national museum of modern art in this excellent @FT article by @edwinheathcote
Why redesigning Tate Liverpool is Britain’s most important cultural project via @FT on.ft.com/3UpOujH
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What a venue. Grand Palais, Art Basel Paris. Mostly dry.
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Cathedrals of industrial power are ripe for reimagining on.ft.com/3zUtjPp | opinion
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Avebury Series No. 4 1973 Derek Jarman
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Ernő Goldfinger, born on this day in Budapest in 1902. I've written about Balfron Tower in this post ... municipaldreams.wordpress.co…
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The Eppich House II By Arthur Erickson Vancouver, British Columbia
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NYC, 1960
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PoMo piazza. Charles Moore’s Piazza d’Italia, New Orleans, 1978. Looking soggy in the rain but at least intact. Strange space, the planned development around it never happened leaving it as a gated public space, open till dusk.
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Drukkersweekblad en Autolijn Kerstnummer 1956, No 52 , 1956 Inner Spreads designreviewed.com/artefacts… #graphicdesign #dutchdesign
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Little of Bracknell’s new town centre survives, but I like this car park concrete lettering.
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IM Pei, Hong Kong review — much more than just the Louvre Pyramid via @FT ⁦@mplusmuseum⁩ on.ft.com/3M0UiLB
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Inside the hidden Modernist houses of São Paulo. Aberto, a new annual art show staged amid the fragile remnants of the city’s architectural legacy, opens up striking unseen interiors. By @edwinheathcote #PayWall ft.com/content/071569d5-42b3… via @ft
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The wonderful Henry Steiner — the graphic designer behind ‘brand Hong Kong’ via @FT Great little exhibition ⁦@mplusmuseum⁩ on.ft.com/4fuDZo8
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So sorry to hear that Kenneth Grange has died. A great designer and a truly lovely man.
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In conversation here with @timabrahams on the public realm, street furniture and my last book, ‘On the Street’ published by @HENI @On_the_Street_i It was fun.
Latest on Superurbanism. @timabrahams and @edwinheathcote talking about public space in London and Eddy’s book, On the Street: In-Between Architecture published by HENI. machinebooks.co.uk/portfolio…
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The Centre Pompidou prepares for a controversial revamp via @FT Moreau Kusonoki and Frida Escobedo, seem a slightly odd choice. on.ft.com/3VynePB
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Profession architect. Ukrainian career guidance poster, 1989.
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'It is a city that understands how to maintain that mix of perfection and potential, the palazzo and the perfect espresso in a neighbourhood café' on.ft.com/4d3CkVn
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Milan Metro bits. Magic. Franco Albini and Franca Helg.
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Quotidiana. Milan.
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