"The Cage" hunting lodge at Lyme Park originally built in 1580 where the ladies of British nobility could look out at the menfolk as they hunted stag on the surrounding hills
Posted 14 Nov 2015 21:16
Milan 2015/16
Robert Venturi, Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, 1966. Thinking about the manifestation of contradiction between the interior and exterior.
Posted 11 Nov 2015 12:33
Monadock's Landmark, Nieuw Bergen. Just a lovely building. Tower for tower's sake.
Posted 9 Nov 2015 19:07
Sketching a section, the importance of the contextual relationship evident
Posted 8 Nov 2015 21:58
The tetraconch (meaning 'four shells' in greek) of Basilica San Lorenzo, Milan, and its now lost courtyard.
Posted 2 Nov 2015 14:46
Porta Ticinese in 19th Century Milan, looking north at San Lorenzo Maggiore (left) and the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio (right)
Posted 29 Oct 2015 15:01
Aldo Rossi's proposal for restoration of San Lorenzo's square and colonnade (1986). (1)
Posted 29 Oct 2015 14:57
Aldo Rossi's proposal for restoration of San Lorenzo's square and colonnade (1986). (2)
Posted 29 Oct 2015 14:57
The entrance to San Lorenzo Maggiore in the 19th Century - passing through the roman colonnade and private houses, into its courtyard, finally reaching its doorways.
Posted 29 Oct 2015 14:53
Yellow spiral staircase inside Baukuh's House of Memory, Porta Nuova District
Posted 26 Oct 2015 11:27
Project site (corner building on the left side of the road) in Milan, south east view.
Posted 25 Oct 2015 11:05
The agora at David Chipperfield's MUDEC. We managed to slip in ahead of the buildings' opening next week.
Posted 24 Oct 2015 20:20
Donato Bramante's trompe-l’œil in Santa Maria presso San Satiro creates the illusion of a cavernous space upon entering the church. In reality the choir is less the a metre deep. Thinking about theatre sets.
Posted 24 Oct 2015 20:17
'House of Memory' by Baukuh in Porta Nuova. Historic photos from the archive inside are recreated with brick pixels in the facade. (Featuring Kris James and Ketil Rage)
Posted 24 Oct 2015 20:06
Filling the gaps in our Darsena Design Guide with a little help from a local.
Posted 17 Oct 2015 19:56
Striking concrete ramp in the Archbishopric Museum of Hamar, by Sverre Fehn, looking up at the living.
Posted 15 Oct 2015 19:50
Talking shadow with Stephen Kite, Welsh school of architecture. Among others, Hawksmoor, Ruskin and Rossi in reference.
Posted 13 Oct 2015 18:07
Simultaneously learning about the UK planning system and diagramming Milanese Banister House typology.
Posted 13 Oct 2015 16:17
Thankful for being let in on this golden secret - a beautifully nurtured church in ruins is a sacred haven from the bustle of life in central London
Posted 12 Oct 2015 20:41
Some gorgeously rugged two-storey beach huts greet boats on the shore at Teignmouth.
Posted 12 Oct 2015 20:30
Totnes,at the head of the River Dart Estuary in South Devon, is said to have more listed buildings per head than any other town. Having visited the town on numerous occasions the regular use of slate cladding throughout the town is newly noted - no doubt in place as a defense against weathering.
Legend has it that the mythical founder of Britain, Brutus of Troy, first came shore at the "coast of Totnes" -Here I stand and here I rest. And this town shall be called Totnes-
Legend has it that the mythical founder of Britain, Brutus of Troy, first came shore at the "coast of Totnes" -Here I stand and here I rest. And this town shall be called Totnes-
Posted 12 Oct 2015 20:29
Looking into layout for our Darsena Design Guide. Book borrowed from Suzanne.
Posted 10 Oct 2015 17:16
Very strange acoustics for a room specifically for quiet study. I wonder the experience without the sprayed acoustic dampening finish. [in the central reading room of Central Library]
'Exalt her and she will promote thee'
'Exalt her and she will promote thee'
Posted 10 Oct 2015 14:43
INA Casa by Gio Pont, 1955. Prototype for social housing in Milan. Influence seen through Darsena/Navigli region.
Posted 8 Oct 2015 16:47
Re-visiting Villa Savoye - putting together material gathered in summer 2015
Posted 8 Oct 2015 08:55
Re-visiting Villa Savoye - putting together material gathered in summer 2015
Posted 8 Oct 2015 08:55
Paddington Reservoir Gardens, Sydney: A former 19th Century pumping station and water reservoir reimagined by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer into a reservoir of calm within the city.
Posted 8 Oct 2015 00:49
Diagrams by Maria Grazia Corsini for Urban Morphology exploring the development of the courtyard typology in medieval Milan.
Posted 7 Oct 2015 19:32
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore publishing house was founded in 1907 Milan. New headquarters design by Oscar Niemeyer, construction 1970-1974.
Posted 7 Oct 2015 15:23
Design for the Spanish Porta Ticinese by Francesco Maria Richini, 1633
Posted 7 Oct 2015 12:49
Porta Ticinese, drawing showing the only remaining section of the roman walls in Milan
Posted 6 Oct 2015 10:33
The Italian Townscape, Ivor de Wolfe - Applying Cullen to the urban realm of Milan with Sam Beddingfield
Posted 5 Oct 2015 17:06
Looking at building typology and composition with Sam Beddingfield.
Posted 5 Oct 2015 17:04
'The use of marble was necessary during this period to restrict the use of iron that was needed for armaments' Università Bocconi
Posted 5 Oct 2015 16:58
Early investigations into Milanese typology around the Darsena with Kris James.
Posted 5 Oct 2015 16:53
The August/September issue of Mark magazine has a large feature on the ongoing cultural resurgence in Milan and the Expo - ‘an extravagant temple to consumption, waste and the corporate dollar’.
Posted 4 Oct 2015 11:29
Revisiting the New Art Gallery interior for traces of Loos. Lots inwards and backwards glances throughout the Garman Ryan Collection. Much of the gallery, including the main double height space, can be observed from this single window up the staircase to the next gallery.
Posted 4 Oct 2015 11:24
Creating a digital prototype for our Privacy + Publicity model. This was where we uncovered the fun scale of that first floor cantilever and that the facade above the third floor was pretty much floating.
Posted 4 Oct 2015 11:15
Transport route along the Ticino and Naviglio Grande (14th century)
Posted 3 Oct 2015 19:19
