Bollington - Real:Imagined
We are pleased to invite you to the exhibition opening night on Saturday 21st May from 7pm at Bollington Arts Centre.
Members of the Neighbourhood Plan Committee, Students and Staff from Manchester School of Architecture will be present to discuss drawings, models and interventions with drinks and food.
The exhibition is then open for the following five days and we would love to see you there.
Posted 10 May 2016 08:04
"Casting stone"
Cast iron staircase, seemingly carved into the rock of the Bollington wharf.
Posted 16 Apr 2016 17:47
Tuesday 8th March 2pm - "Time and Context" symposium
Consisting of talks from award winning practitioners and academic.
All welcome, so please come along for an afternoon of inspiring talks and discussion.
Posted 5 Mar 2016 11:58
Material/site studies, carving into the heart of the site. (model by art historian Matthew Simmonds)
Posted 2 Mar 2016 10:17
Material Application model
John Rylands Library
1:1 Cast railing section
(Steve Kirk, Will Priest, Robbie Stanton)
Posted 9 Feb 2016 14:52
Continuity in Architecture and Bollington Arts Centre are pleased to present “Oddments and Epigrams” an exhibition showcasing work undertaken in Bollington by more than 20 postgraduate students at the Manchester School of Architecture.
Posted 15 Jan 2016 20:40
Dry stones walls come in many different forms, materials and construction techniques.
The Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain (DSWA) founded in 1968 runs training courses in the art of dry stone walling.
http://www.dswa.org.uk/about-the-dswa.aspPosted 7 Dec 2015 14:00
Wrapping: Architects Team Up with Khmer Women to Build a Community Centre with Fabric and Concrete.
Posted 23 Nov 2015 16:51
1:20 test model casting shadows in the morning sun.
Posted 21 Nov 2015 19:57
House in the village of Tishkovo, Podmoskovie
Architects: Alexei Kozyr, Ilya Babak
The house is enclosed in the ‘basket-weave’ façade made of bent pine planks on a concrete frame
Posted 7 Nov 2015 17:41
Knitted house at the London Architectural Biennale 2006.
Using a 2-storey high scaffold as a starting point, a group of women knitted the outside walls out of garbage bags, old plastic bags, and rope.
Posted 1 Nov 2015 10:56
Light & Shadows : Bocconi University extension
Posted 24 Oct 2015 14:02
Stunning craftsmanship restoring the Duomo di Milano
Posted 24 Oct 2015 13:54
70s flat in Milan.
Posted 20 Oct 2015 19:35
Popular Milan Expo!
Posted 20 Oct 2015 19:18
Studying a lost space of Bollington
Posted 17 Oct 2015 10:59
Shadows of Bollington
(Drawing workshop with David Connor)
Posted 14 Oct 2015 23:04
White Nancy was built in 1817 by John Gaskell junior of North End Farm to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo.
Posted 10 Oct 2015 15:05
Bollington Station, c.1905
Featured in "looking back at Bollington"
by G Longden & M Spink
Posted 6 Oct 2015 19:36
Interesting coffee shop reading:
“Secret Venice: guide to the city's best campi, or squares”
Posted 3 Oct 2015 16:23
