In defence of Council Housing – Guardian
February 12th, 2016
Just seen a comment in the Guardian underneath an article about owners who decorate their homes artistically.
A troll calling themselves FloodZilla jumps in and complains about the “wealth” of these tenants and is then shot down in flames by the poster below. Wonderful!
Where we live now – 2016 uploads
January 5th, 2016
This post is redundant and forwards to a new article.
At Home with the British (Home from Home) – BBC4
December 16th, 2015
Please be aware this article is out of date and has been superseded by these three:-
Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British – Pt3 – BBC4 – preview
Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British – Pt2 – BBC4 – preview
Dan Cruickshank: At Home With The British – Pt1 – BBC4 – preview
RIBA Exhibition designers – click link for details
If you choose to read on be aware what follows is information I found while trying to find out about the programme before it was broadcast.
UPDATE 2nd May: Stoneleigh
At the beginning of August it began to unfold: the BBC was interested in using Stoneleigh as the basis for a programme on domestic architecture. A series called Home from Home [At Home with the British], presented by Dan Cruickshank and made in collaboration with [the] RIBA, will be aired on BBC 4 in the New Year and charts the architectural development and social history of three typical British house types – the cottage, the terraced house and the flat.
Over the past eight weeks the director, presenter and researcher have made many visits to Stoneleigh finding out about the village’s history and its past connection to the Abbey. Very many houses have been visited and as this goes to press filming will begin at the Food Beer and Craft Market, at the Club and at the Abbey itself. It already seems that everyone you bump into has chatted to them at some point! It will be interesting to see how the project progresses; watch this space!
https://www.stoneleighvillage.org.uk
Stoneleigh is a Warwickshire village close to Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick and less than 4 miles from the centre of Coventry.There are 68 listed buildings in Stoneleigh.
One Ellesmere St Manchester has started on site
December 16th, 2015
Neave Brown at the Barbican – 23rd July 2015
August 30th, 2015
Click image for audio and see Tweet
https://twitter.com/mossbat/status/632087473024311297
If you want to skip the introductions the interview proper starts at 9m20s in.
Heard through @municipaldreams
Modernism – Collectaholics S2 E1 – BBC
April 30th, 2015
Click image to watch
A clip I found by accident while changing channels on the TV one morning. A quick precis of 1950s architecture.
“Certainly for me understanding more about the history behind this architecture has given me a deeper appreciation and respect for their vision of a brighter tomorrow” – Jasmine Harman
Architectural Review – C20th Housing
April 25th, 2015
This article is worth reading
“As large housing estates are being demolished and the age of great social democracies recedes, taking with it any notion of an architecture for the public, OMA partner Reinier de Graaf asks if there is any alternative to building capital”
Cressingham Gardens: Lambeth’s jewel in the crown
October 18th, 2014
Cressingham Gardens need to be repaired, restored and retained in my opinion for the following reasons.
It was designed and built at a time when housing ideals were at their highest and at a period still influenced by the aftermath of the Second World War when housing need was as great if not greater than now, when some of the best minds of a generation had come together in one place – at County Hall in London under the LCC then GLC and later, the boroughs – to work in the architects departments.
Back to backs are they illegal? – Skyscraper City
March 28th, 2014
There’s a discussion going on and a considerable increase in hits to my blog since somebody posted the link from:-
https://www.skyscrapercity.com
and so I returned to thinking about whether they are illegal or not given that Ellesmere is about to be built, and that Goldhawk Road Mk1 was nearly built.
London’s scissor maisonettes
March 14th, 2014
Not an article just a link to eight photocopies from the AJ 1962. Will be of interest to anybody keen to learn more about purpose built flats. Click the image.