Once one of London’s centres for art galleries, Cork Street in Mayfair has been suffering recently. Galleries such as Alan Cristea have gone elsewhere and those who have remained, such as Waddington Custot, Flowers and Mayor on the first floor above Flowers have suffered from an environment of building contractors, construction hoardings and vehicles with […]
The Lisson Gallery is located in the “edgy” multi-cultural area to the north of the A40 flyover at Edgeware Road in two purpose-designed complexes in Bell Street which are cultural anchors for the area around them as it goes through regeneration. Indeed a former pub, laundry and telephone box immediately adjacent to the modern gallery […]
The Hansahuis, built in 1568, was the economic heart of the Hansa towns in Antwerp until it burned down in 1893. Today, on the same site a new building has risen up – the MAS (Museum aan de Stroom // Museum on the River) which brings together the collections from the former Ethnographic Museum and […]
Manchester is achieving a social and economic renaissance with a multi-faceted strategy that includes science and innovation in partnership with its universities and culture through new arts facilities, building on the successful extension of the Manchester Art Gallery designed by Hopkins Architects and completed over a decade ago and HOME, the new £25m arts centre […]
Clerkenwell in the east end of London is awash with architects, designers, buyers and students hunting the latest design trends, innovations and products. Clerkenwell Design Week 2015, now in its sixth year, is better than ever, reinforcing how this area of London has been regenerated as a “Design District” blending with “Tech City” around Old […]
Located between the city centre and the university in Newcastle, The Core, designed by architects Faulkner Brown opened in November 2014 as the first building of Science Central, providing 2.750 sq m of serviced office space for high technology and scientific companies, aiming to bring 400 jobs and £20m of economic benefit to the local […]
Given that Britain is an island, it is surprising that there has not been greater use of wave technology to generate electricity; instead there has been an emphasis on wind generation. There is however something surreal about a land or seascape which has been conquered by wind turbines, which stand like alien beings, looking down […]
Boston in Massachusetts is breathing new life into many of its old areas. One of the most successful is the former manufacturing and warehouse district in South End, whose name SoWa (South of Washington) was first used by the developer and GTI Properties president Mario Nicosia. This area is being revitalised with an arts-led renaissance […]
Glasgow has ensured that the Commonwealth Games are an exemplar of long term sustainability – 70% of the 2014 Commonwealth Games venues were already existing, including Celtic Park which saw the spectacular Opening Ceremony tonight, Ibrox Football Stadium, Hampden Park, and the Scottish Exhibition Centre complex in Glasgow, the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh and […]
While ongoing political clouds swirl around the Labour Party and the trades unions in Falkirk, a ray of artistic sunshine has broken through the gloom in the form of two huge sculptures of horses’ heads, called “The Kelpies” after mythological animals having the strength of 10 horses. These are located in”The Helix“, a community regeneration […]
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