Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Architectural Review (August 2010)

The latest issue of The Architectural Review is now available for loan from the Learning Centre.

Contents:

VIEW
  • Introducing the AR's new website
  • Yawning under the awning: Nouvel's pavilion fails to wow
  • Obituary: Günther Behnisch, hero of place-making architecture
  • Kengo Kuma makes the case for local, sustainable building
  • Antony Gormley's statue gazes out at the Alaskan wilderness
  • Surrealism and the house: dream homes should stay as fantasies
  • Alain de Botton invites you to bed down with an architect
  • Japan wins the inaugural Silver Pigeon Award at the London Festival of Architecture

BUILDINGS

  • Map
  • AR House Awards introduction
  • Matharoo Associates House with Balls, Ahmedabad, India
  • Gianni Botsford Architects Casa Kiké, Cahuita, Costa Rica
  • Michael Maltzan Architecture Pittman Dowell Residence, Los Angeles, USA
  • Li Xiaodong Atelier The Water House, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China
  • Deca Architecture Aloni, Antiparos Island, Greece
  • Takeshi Hosaka Architects Love House, Yokohama, Japan
  • Simon Conder Associates El Ray, Dungeness Beach, Kent, UK
  • Marlon Blackwell Porchdog House, East Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
  • TNA Passage House, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
  • Boyd Cody Architects Bohermore House, Graiguenamanagh, Country Kilkenny, Ireland
  • Mamostudio Studi-O Cahaya, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • C-Laboratory Chen House, Sanjhih, Taipei County, Taiwan
  • Johnston Marklee/Diego Arraigada Arquitecto View House, Rosario, Argentina
  • Paulo Henrique Durão House In Pedrogão, Torres Novas, Portugal

MARGINALIA

  • Decoding the Chinese city; AA graduates rebel against 'housing comfort'; Italy's abandoned Fascist camps; Moretti comes to MAXXI

DELIGHT

  • In praise of the pub: a great British institution becomes an object of study

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