BAAD? Wicked

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The headquarters building of the Simon Jersey garment business near Accrington, England, was initially designed as a steel shed, according to architect Philip Bintliff, whose Studio BAAD practice has gained a strong reputation for an improvisatory approach to the rhythms of form and detail. Before design development was completed, it was decided that the building would be a quality-control centre, so the design had to be changed. Its most striking feature is an array of sails placed at an angle just outside the translucent end wall of the warehouse block.

Manufacturing and Industrial Building Construction, Industrial Buildings, Industrial buildings and warehouses, Officials and employees, Interview, Design and construction, Architects, Architectural firms, Architectural services, Industrial construction, Simon Jersey, Studio BAAD, Bintliff, Philip

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A tale of two model cities

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Matthias Muller's 14-minute film 'Vacancy' presents the architecture of Brasilia, Brazil, showing both the solid and the invisible. Martha Rosler's film 'How Do We Know What Home Looks Like' presents Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation block of flats in Firminy, France.

Multifamily Housing Construction, Multifamily Housing, Residential construction, not elsewhere classified, Residential construction, Portrayals, Apartment houses, Apartment buildings, Brasilia, Brazil

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A tale of three (new) cities: men from the ministry reward the urbanly mobile

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The granting of city status to the towns of Wolverhampton, England, Brighton and Hove, England, and Inverness, Scotland, is discussed. Questions are raised about whether these towns will truly benefit from their new status.

Cities and towns, Brighton, England, Inverness, Scotland, Wolverhampton, England

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