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Height: between possibility and responsibility: height is the subject of the thematic exhibition at the inaugural World Architecture Festival in Barcelona this month. Curator Jeremy Melvin introduces the theme in relation to tall buildings around the worl
'The new skyscraper is a miracle of power, technology and art. Why on earth does anyone oppose it?' Martin Pawley (in The Architects' Journal, 4...
Architectural Review, The, 10/01/08 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Torre Mexicana: OMA'S new landmark tower for Mexico city is a powerful symbol of identity, allied to propositions about density, history and the modern city
Mexico City is one of the world's largest conurbations and its sprawling growth seems set to continue. OMA point out that it--and Latin America in...
Architectural Review, The, 10/01/08 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Cecil Balmond: Unfolding New Dimensions
EXHIBITION By Jeremy Melvin Cecil Balmond: Unfolding New Dimensions. At the Louisiana Museum, Humlebak, Copenhagen, until 21 October In this first...
Architects' Journal, The, 07/19/07 by Melvin, Jeremy · More from publication -
The great American dream
THE MODERN AMERICAN HOUSE: SPACIOUSNESS AND MIDDLE CLASS IDENTITY THE MODERN AMERICAN HOUSE: SPACIOUSNESS AND MIDDLE CLASS IDENTITY By Sany...
Architectural Review, The, 06/01/07 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Sound as a pound
BUILDING THE BANK OF ENGLAND: MONEY, ARCHITECTURE, SOCIETY 1694-1942 BUILDING THE BANK OF ENGLAND: MONEY, ARCHITECTURE, SOCIETY 1694-1942 By...
Architectural Review, The, 06/01/06 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Compendium: The Work of the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture
EXHIBITION Compendium: The Work of the University of Cambridge Department of Architecture At the RIBA, London W1, until 18 February I hadn't...
Architects' Journal, The, 02/09/06 by Melvin, Jeremy · More from publication -
View from Krakow
Every hour, a trumpet call resounds around central Krakow. Just as it is about to reach its climax the music dies, commemorating a trumpeter who,...
Architectural Review, The, 01/01/06 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Teaching by example
MODERN: THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN MODERN: THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN BRITAIN By Alan Powers. London: Merrell. 2005. [pounds sterling]35 A...
Architectural Review, The, 09/01/05 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Value: culture and commerce; Led by Richard MacCormac, the RA Forum set out to unpick architecture's relationship with value, culture and commerce, concluding with a discussion of one manifestation of values within architecture, the icon
Architecture seems caught in a trap between culture and commerce, or between its ability to express diverse and complex values, and the obligations...
Architectural Review, The, 08/01/05 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication -
Filling the void
THE CHARGED VOID: URBANISM THE CHARGED VOID: URBANISM By Peter and Alison Smithson. New York: The Monacelli Press. 2005. [pounds sterling]45...
Architectural Review, The, 07/01/05 by Jeremy Melvin · More from publication
