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Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, by Haworth Tompkins
24 June 2014Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, an institution that’s been at the heart of the city’s dramatic landscape for 50 years, has been torn down and replaced with a new building by London-based practice Haworth Tompkins. But the firm has stayed true to the original intentions of the Everyman’s creators
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Pure Folly: a new generation of artistic architecture
17 June 2014The building of follies is not a phenomena restricted to the times of recklessly spending sons of wealthy fathers, full of potty ideas fresh from their Grand Tour. Some were satirical social statements, others have actually served a purpose, and now there is a new wave of artistic structures that are proud to bear the moniker...
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Ray Eames: In the Spotlight
17 June 2014Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, until May 4 Review by Brooke Hodge
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Zeev Aram: A Design for life
17 June 2014Now celebrating its 50th year of existence, the Aram Store is a perfect reflection of the sensibilities of its owner and originator, Zeev Aram, who has never compromised his beliefs in design. Architecturally trained, he chose instead to champion outstanding design by relative unknowns, and hoped would-be buyers would share his beliefs. Fifty years on, it’s probably safe to say they did...
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Public art should be more than just an add-on, says Ossian Ward
9 June 2014During the 14th International Architecture Biennale in Venice this year the Lisson Gallery, in collaboration with Berengo Studio, will present an exhibition of sculpture and installation that aims to address the complex spheres of the public realm and the built environment, under the title Genius Loci - Spirit of Place. Its head of content, journalist Ossian Ward, argues that public art need not be a decorative add-on but can be used to form meaningful relationships between people and their surroundings
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Meet: Pitman Tozer Architects
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Aberrant Architecture: play for today
9 June 2014Humour has become something of a signature for the work of David Chambers and Kevin Haley, collectively known as Aberrant Architecture. And while finding the fun in the projects they work on, from interactive installations to studies of the British pub, the duo approaches them through historical research and storytelling.
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When it comes to revenge, truth is stranger than fiction, says Erik Spiekermann
3 June 2014And we all thought the new American-based drama House of Cards was fiction... Well let’s look at what happened for real when alleged retaliation got out of hand in New York, says Erik Spiekermann. Erik Spiekermann set up MetaDesign and FontShop, and is a teacher, author, designer and partner at Edenspiekermann
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Henri Matisse: A cut above
3 June 2014He broke convention after convention within the art world, and was raising eyebrows right up to the end of his long life. Artist Henri Matisse had turned away from painting completely by 1948 and replaced his brushes entirely with scissors and paper, producing designs for windows, murals and religious garb for a Dominican chapel, plus magazine covers, an illustrated book and more. Now an exhibition at Tate Modern is celebrating the work of Matisse’s late period.
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Massimo Listri's stunning interior photography
3 June 2014An exhibition of stunning interior photography by Massimo Listri was the backbone of this year's Milan showing by Mooi
