The great experiment

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The early housing schemes at Milton Keynes reflect the experimental attitude of the town's planners and designers. The styles, materials and designs vary but are underpinned by common concerns about the need to accomodate cars, segregation of people and vehicles, open communal spaces and low density of housing. The architects employed were young with reputations for experimental work. Generally, the houses are well designed but short of private outdoor space and somewhat compromised due to financial constraints. Despite the faults, the estates are liked by their occupants, with the footpaths and communal spaces making them especially suitable for families.

Housing, Dwellings, City planning, Urban planning, Milton Keynes, England, Architecture, Modern, Modern architecture

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A museum design informed by history

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Architect, Daniel Liebeskind has designed an extension to the Berlin, Germany Museum that will house the City's Jewish collection. The museum extension is Liebeskind's interpretation of the complexity of Berlin's history and the contribution that Jews have made to its culture, society and art. The zinc clad building is zig-zag shaped and contains a void, representative of the Holocaust, that intersects and breaks into the structure. It is connected to the exisiting museum by a symbloic underground labyrinth. Liebeskind described his design in a lecture to the Architectural Association.

Museums, Art museums, Works, Berlin, Germany, Deconstructivism (Architecture), Liebeskind, Daniel

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Clear-sited design

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Woodlea Primary School, Hampshire, England, has a new building designed by Nev Churcher and his colleague, Sally Daniels. The school is built around a natural bowl in woodland and there are three levels within the building deriving from the slope of the site. The building has a hard side of brick walls and concrete floors cut into the slope and a soft side of timber-frame construction with timber balconies. The landscape is an integral part of the design and there are several entrances to the building. The open design required some of the teachers to adjust their teaching methods.

School buildings

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