All Culture articles – Page 21
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ReviewSemi-precious: The Freedoms of Suburbia
There’s plenty of special pleading in Paul Barker’s new book celebrating suburban life
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ReviewWhat have we done to deserve this?
Cabe’s 10th birthday event featured Simon Schama on Dutch history, a satirical view of procurement and the poetry of localism
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ReviewThe state of clay at the V&A
Stanton Williams’s refurbishment of the V&A’s ceramics galleries is an elegant backdrop for a lesson in the history of pottery
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ReviewVriesendorp leads these high-rise distractions
This east London installation plays with ideas of technology but ultimately leaves one wanting more
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ReviewLand Architecture People - Nothing is what it seems
As the Land Architecture People exhibition opens at the Ambika P3 Gallery in London, we look back on Ros Diamond’s review of the show when it opened in Copenhagen last year.
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ReviewTracing the influence of urban design and the CIAM architects
An analysis of the development of urban design in Eric Mumford’s new book highlights our current failings
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ReviewBBC2 series showcases the battles over Britain’s places
Tom Dyckhoff’s show Saving Britain’s Past charts the turbulent relationship between people and place
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural Week- September 14 to September 20
Get up close and personal with the Gherkin or familiarise yourself with the intricacies of Goldfinger's Trellick Tower, with this year's instalment of London's Open House weekend. If that sounds like too much hard work, then maybe take a leisurely stroll along the forgotten Leeds to Liverpool canal.
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ReviewFarewell to brutalism
A new book on the Tricorn Centre raises some difficult issues about conservation
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ReviewWhy the Repromotion exhibition at Brussels’ Bozar fits the space
Jan de Cock’s vast flatpack installation is holding a minimalist conversation with its own gallery
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NewsHow sex shaped the city
Did the sex industry make a major contribution to 18th century London’s architecture? That’s the theory being expounded by historian Dan Cruickshank, who was speaking this week ahead of his forthcoming book, Sex and Architecture.
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ReviewArchitecture is a star of Edinburgh’s International Book Festival
Architecture and design are too often overlooked, but this year top commentators, including Deyan Sudjic and Dan Cruickshank, were invited to contribute to the culture series
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ReviewCan the Accordia housing model be repeated elsewhere?
A new book on the Stirling Prize-winning development in Cambridge explores the possibilities
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ReviewOne planet theory goes into orbit
Hailed as real-life guide that cuts through the confusion surrounding sustainable development, Pooran Desai’s new book, One Planet Communities, is assessed by three architects
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ReviewLooking under the skin at the South London Gallery
Work by seven international artists interacts with the South London Gallery
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ReviewExploring the Bauhaus odyssey
The Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model exhibition in Berlin sheds light on the contradictions at the heart of utopianism
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ReviewTales of the unexpected at the V&A
V&A Telling Tales exhibition explores contemporary designers’ attempts to create functional objects with narrative character and associated meanings
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ReviewBlue plaque book a fitting tribute to the scheme
Emily Cole’s Lived In London reveals the stories behind the houses
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ReviewScience and sensibility - exploring architecture as mathematical practice
A new book and exhibition show how England’s Renaissance transformed architecture
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ReviewPhaidon’s new 10x10 prompts a weighty debate
The newest big architecture book aims higher but still fails to overcome the limitations of its format