The business of architecture
What is it? A residential project completed this year by MAS Arquitectura in A Coruña, Spain. We became aware of it through the excellent architecture blog, Coolboom, though cannot be certain who gave the project its name, either Coolboom or the architects themselves. What do we think? The term, Chiaroscuro, has a rich history in... Continue Reading →
What is it? A 2009 final year art / design / science project by Thomas Thwaites, an alumnus of the Royal College of Art, Design Interactions department, London. His aim was to construct a toaster from scratch, starting by mining the raw materials and finishing with a product that resembled an off-the-shelf toaster available from... Continue Reading →
Entering this exhibition is like walking into one of Piranesi's works. Dark, moody, extravagant - I am not really sure where to look first or what I will discover. Walls upon walls of his etchings hang in soft pools of light. They draw me in close, into Piranesi's world of antiquities and what a place... Continue Reading →