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Book Review
London’s South Bank: The History
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 431–432
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Newman, Jon (Newman, Jon)
Subjects
places:
London
subjects:
Urban history / Urban management / Urban planning / Maps / Paintings / Prints
Reviewed Items
subjects:
8. Thames Arachnid, by John Bryce. 2009. Engraving, 25 by 25 cm. (© John Bryce). | :
Exhibition Review
The Farrell Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 797–799
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Reviewer:
Harrison, Ewan (Harrison, Ewan)
Subjects
artists:
Farrell, Terry
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
The Farrell Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
subjects:
Architecture / Architectural components / Ecology / Urban planning
Reviewed Items
subjects:
More With Less: Reimagining Architecture in a Changing World, 22nd April–10th September 2023. | :
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The Farrell Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne From 22nd April | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. The Farrell Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2023. (Photograph Jill Tate).
Attributed works:
24. Installation view of Liberate/ insulate, by Dress for the Weather, at the Farrell Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2023. (Photograph Jill Tate).
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25. Installation view of Luxurious thrift, by Office S&M, at the Farrell Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2023. (Photograph Jill Tate).
Book Review
Dividing Paris: Urban Renewal and Social Inequality, 1852–1870. By Esther da Costa Meyer
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1299-1300
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Reviewer:
Ribner, Jonathan (Ribner, Jonathan)
Subjects
patrons:
Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 / Haussmann, Georges Eugène, Baron
places:
Paris
subjects:
Urban history / Urban management / Urban planning / Architecture / Social history
Reviewed Items
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Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :
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Attributed works:
5. Rue Gervais-Laurent, by Charles Marville. c.1865–66. Albumen print, 27.2 by 36.6 cm. (Bibliothèque de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris).
Book Review
The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 942-944
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
places:
Latin American / Architecture / Urban history / Urban planning / Architects
places:
Buenos Aires / Havana / Santiago de Chile / Mexico City / Rio de Janeiro / Lima
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The Metropolis in Latin America, 1830–1930: Cityscapes, Photographs, Debates Edited by Idurre Alonso and Maristella Casciato. 324 pp. incl. 154 col. + 24 b. & w. ills. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2021), £55. ISBN 978–1–60606–694–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. ‘Raymond Special’ on the Metlac Bridge, Mexico CityVeracruz, by Charles Betts Waite. c.1897. Gelatin silver print, 19.7 by 24.1 cm. (Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles).
Book Review
Why Cities Look the Way They Do
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1212-1213
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Reviewer:
Calder, Barnabas (Calder, Barnabas)
Subjects
subjects:
Cities / United Kingdom / Urban planning / Urban history / Architecture
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Boom Cities: Architect Planners and the Politics of Radical Urban Renewal in 1960s Britain By Otto Saumarez Smith. 208 pp. incl. 37 b. & w. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2020), £22.99. ISBN 978–0–19–883640–7. | :
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Why Cities Look the Way They Do By Richard J. Williams. 192 pp. incl. numerous ills. (Polity, Cambridge and Medford MA, 2019), £15.99. ISBN 978–0–7456–9181–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Central area redevelopment, Blackburn, Lancashire: the car park access stair tower on Lord Square. 1970. (Photograph Peter Baistow; Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections).
Book Review
Boom Cities: Architect Planners and the Politics of Radical Urban Renewal in 1960s Britain
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1212-1213
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Reviewer:
Calder, Barnabas (Calder, Barnabas)
Subjects
subjects:
Architecture / Urban planning / Cities / United Kingdom
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Boom Cities: Architect Planners and the Politics of Radical Urban Renewal in 1960s Britain By Otto Saumarez Smith. 208 pp. incl. 37 b. & w. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2020), £22.99. ISBN 978–0–19–883640–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Central area redevelopment, Blackburn, Lancashire: the car park access stair tower on Lord Square. 1970. (Photograph Peter Baistow; Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections).
Book Review
Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an Embedded Modernism
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 636-637
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Reviewer:
Kocialkowska, Kamila (Kocialkowska, Kamila)
Subjects
artists:
Gan, Aleksey
subjects:
Russian art / Constructivist / Politics / Art theory / Social history / Typography / Urban planning / Film (cinema)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an Embedded Modernism By Kristin Romberg. 312 pp. incl. 72 col. + 38 b. & w. ills. (University of California Press, Oakland, 2018), £54. ISBN 978–0–520–29853–8. | :
Exhibition Review
The Mayor and the Architect. Archives Municipales de Lyon
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 152-154
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Reviewer:
Saint, Andrew (Saint, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Garnier (1869-1948), Tony
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Archives Municipales de Lyon, Lyon, France
patrons:
Herriot, Edouard
places:
Lyon
subjects:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Urban planning / Modernism
subjects:
French architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Mayor and the Architect Archives Municipales de Lyon 16th October 2019–21st March | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. The cattle market at La Mouche, Lyon, by Tony Garnier. 1928. Photograph, 13 by 18 cm. (Archives municipales de Lyon).
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20. Detail from Une cité industrielle, by Tony Garnier. c.1919. Photogravure, 34 by 46 cm. (Archives municipales de Lyon; photograph Gilles Bernasconi).
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21. Centre for infectious diseases at the Grange-Blanche hospital, Lyon, by Tony Garnier. c.1919. Pencil on paper, 33 by 104 cm. (Archives municipales de Lyon; photograph Gilles Bernasconi).
Book Review
A Companion to Early Modern Rome 1492–1692. Edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch and Simon Ditchfield
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 76-77
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
dates:
1490-1549 / 1550-1649 / 1650-1699
places:
Rome / Rome (historical region)
subjects:
Art / Architectural history / Music / Urban planning / Italian Renaissance architecture / Renaissance Italy / Baroque / Churches / Palaces / Villas / Collecting / Art market
subjects:
Popes
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Companion to Early Modern Rome 1492–1692 Edited by Pamela M. Jones, Barbara Wisch and Simon Ditchfield. 653 pp. incl. 29 col. + 90 b. & w. ills. (Brill, Leiden, 2019), £155. ISBN 978–90–04–39195–6. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
3. Corpus Christi procession in St Peter’s Square at the time of Pope Innocent X. c.1646. Oil on canvas, 101.5 by 86.5 cm. (Palazzo Braschi, Rome).
Book Review
South-East Marylebone (Survey of London, 51 and 52). Edited by Philip Temple, Colin Thom and Andrew Saint
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 171-172
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Reviewer:
Bradley, Simon (Bradley, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
Ashbee, Charles Robert / Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 / Adam, James, 1732-1794 / Adam, William, 1738-1822 / Chambers, William / Butterfield, William / Harris, Thomas
dates:
1800-1899 / 1900-1999 / 2000-2099 / 2000-2009 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Drawings / Maps / Interiors
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Urban history / Urban planning / Cities / Architects / Architectural historians / Houses / Surveys / Illustrations / British architecture / Georgian
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