The Ram Brewery in London is a historic site, although the current environment is pretty grim, as the centre-piece of a piece of unfortunate late 20th century transport planning – the notorious and disliked Wandsworth one-way system. A Ram pub on the site is recorded around 1550 with the first records of brewing of beer […]
Times Out’s “Show of the Week”, and the first new major art exhibition to open in London this year, is Sensing Spaces – Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy. Not only is this a “must see” exhibition, it is a “must experience” as six architects from around the world have created very different architectural spaces […]
In London, the first art fair of the new year is the London Art Fair held earlier this month. A wide range of galleries, mainly British and European, displayed an extensive range of works: photography, prints, painting, oil and sculpture. It had a mixture of the well-known contemporary and modern artists, such as Peter Blake, […]
While there has been much focus on Thomas Heatherwick’s proposed Green Bridge over the River Thames in London, proposed to join the South Bank to Temple, proposals have been developed further upstream for a new £22m bridge over the Thames linking the developing areas of Battersea and Chelsea Harbour. The ” Diamond Jubilee Footbridge” will […]
West Cambridge is a large site for Cambridge University to the west of the city centre of Cambridge in the UK. Following development of a masterplan for the area, which established the infrastructure framework in terms of roads, parking, cycling and the like plus building heights, many of the engineering and science departments have been […]
A highlight of the London Art Fair, held over the last few days, was the work of the leading modern artist, Ghiyu Uemae. Part of the Gutai group of artists, Ghiyu Uemae is 95 years old and still painting. The Gutai Art Collective was founded by Jiro Yoshihara in 1945 at the end of the […]
Delhi’s Museum of Contemporary Art, housed in the former palace of the Maharaja of Jairpur built in 1969 and a modern extension of 2009, has embraced contemporary artists with a series of showcase exhibitions which demonstrate just how active and creative this emerging market is within India. . “Everything is Inside”, an exhibition of the […]
An interesting new design by Aedas for the proposed Xi’an Jiao tong-Liverpool University campus. It is good to see an overseas building for a British University which has references back to the heritage and culture of the host county. Many elsewhere are copies of western architecture, the most extreme being those of Nottingham University where […]
Following the last two articles on industrial landscapes in South Africa and Yorkshire, the Photographer’s Gallery in London will on the 17th of January open an exhibition on the work of the American photographer David Lynch depicting empty evocative, haunting industrial scenes from Germany, Poland, New York, New Jersey and England; buildings left deserted for […]
Three exhibitions run together at Earl’s Court in London. Focussed on the retail trade, Home covers furnishings for the domestic interior with a new section Crafts, including an exhibition on handcrafts from Japan. A third exhibition Top Drawer covers the gift market. In reality, many of the stands do not change much from year to […]
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