Architecture – Jessica Rosaleen Broughton

Pop up brief: Connecting the book Home: A short history of an Idea and the post-modern manifesto and studio practice

Pop up brief: Critical Modernism – Where is Post Modernism Going? by Charles Jencks, The Origins of Post-Modernism.

In his book, Charles Jencks talks about the different categories of Modernism and Post Modernism and how there is often a call for a third. The meaning of each named movement has a different and changing usage, concept and dynamic. 3 Connected PMS: Post-Modernism Movement in the arts, and architecture Post-modernity Today’s social condition, networking,ContinueContinue reading “Pop up brief: Critical Modernism – Where is Post Modernism Going? by Charles Jencks, The Origins of Post-Modernism.”

David Adjaye: Making Memory

David Adjaye’s exhibition at the Design Museum is content rich. There is so much to see and read, that it is a lot to digest. I focused on what interested me and that was the Holocaust memorial proposed for Westminster. Interestingly, the UK is the last EU country to build a memorial. Given the factContinueContinue reading “David Adjaye: Making Memory”

Eric Parry: Drawing, Sir John Soane’s Museum

During a visit to the Soane Museum today I came across the Eric Parry Drawing exhibit within the building. My entire experience was fascinating: from the socially awkward steward who welcomed guests by asking them to put their bags in clear plastic bags without explanation (later I learnt it was to protect the interiors), toContinueContinue reading “Eric Parry: Drawing, Sir John Soane’s Museum”

Film treatment

Le Sirenuse hotel stands in picturesque Positano: the Amalfi Coast. The brainchild of a poor Neapolitan man to create a luxury hotel. With his family, they have refined and expanded over the years to create a 5* experience that is incomparable to anything in the area. Visitors are ordinarily wealthy sun seekers who have anContinueContinue reading “Film treatment”

Where is this?

On my walk to work I have passed this interesting raised modern building amongst traditional redbrick work of Sloane Sq and wondered what it is. Further investigation has lead to Peter Jones, John Lewis. The building itself comprises of five different buildings constructed between 1895 and 1965 that have been combined with a Modernist facade thatContinueContinue reading “Where is this?”

Victorian Turret roofs, Battersea

I am going past this house every week when I am nannying for some extra money. The children first introduced me to the ‘witche’s’ house as they fondly called it which features all of the components of a victorian London terrance house. On a corner, it connects two roads of architecture that are varying slightly.ContinueContinue reading “Victorian Turret roofs, Battersea”

Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano Exhibition: Royal Academy of Art. Visited 17.10.18 In Thomas Riedesisheiner’s film for the exhibition, Renzo Piano describes the importance of light and drawing ‘like giving a baby 9 weeks instead of 9 months, changing the gestation time. The 16 minute and 46 second film is an exploration of many of Piano’s works duringContinueContinue reading “Renzo Piano”

Highpoint, Highgate & 2 Willow Road, Hampstead

Yesterday I visiting Highgate and Hampstead to see the two buildings suggested in Thursday’s stairs lecture. Both buildings share similar surroundings of picturesque old English homes in London. They stand out in contrast as modern boxes with minimalist detail, focusing primarily on functionality. Highpoint was designed by Berthold Lubetkin who founded the Tecton practise. 2ContinueContinue reading “Highpoint, Highgate & 2 Willow Road, Hampstead”

St Albans Architecture: Window frames and door frames

St Albans in Hertfordshire is a fantastic city to visit if you are interested in architecture. Small scale details like picturesque curved doors on buildings and quaint Tudor properties engulf the city. The main event is the Cathedral which I visited on a very dull day. The many aspects of this intricate building show offContinueContinue reading “St Albans Architecture: Window frames and door frames”