Joseph Kohlmaier: Variations on a theme. The mediumship of sound in architecture >
11 April 2011, 1:00pm
Part of the Everday Extraordinay series of lunchtime talks. The interdisciplinary study of music and architecture has a long and interesting history. What …
CHAMBERS 07/04/2011 >
7 April 2011, 7:30pm
Join Musarc’s choir and guest performers for an evening of new and old music, performances, readings and a rare screening of Beckett’s Film at the …
Prof. Peter Carl: Architecture and the phenomenon of horizon >
6 April 2011, 6:15pm
Professorial Inaugural Lecture Prof. Peter Carl Lecture followed by reception The Forum, Spring House 40-44 Holloway Road London N7 8JL RSVP by 30 …
Event horizon
Notes on ‘Architecture and the Horizon’, inaugural Lecture by Professor Peter Carl, 6th April 2011 Professor Carl’s lecture was a truly amazing piece of work. Though, as my title implies, it went well beyond the point at which my knowledge ends, I’m afraid. My grasp of philosophy and its terminologies is somewhat shaky at best, and the wealth of wonderfully expressed and fascinating ideas and connections – from prehistory to Zaha – were difficult for me to keep up with. I just couldn’t write fast enough! This being the case, I think the …
In a different light – Yamamoto at the V&A
One enters into a large single room, aggressively lit from above, and is left without clues on what do next. The Yohji Yamamoto exhibition at the V&A replicates the setting of a Tokyo boutique, which in terms seems to replicate the backstage area of a fashion event. This is a party for the connoisseur, it will leave gatecrashers exposed, so fake it! One is compelled to mingle and admire, look at ease while constantly on display - a strange world at best. About half the bodies in the room are wonderfully gracious mannequins, mounted on a single pole …
Shared spaces + Shared conversations – a review
As part of a celebratory week of events and exhibitions organised throughout the school, level zero (extended degree) and level one (first year students) joined for a collaborative workshop part of ‘Shared spaces + Shared conversations’. Coming at a time when deadlines are already on the horizon for many, the workshop gave both years the opportunity to present, discuss and develop their projects in small groups before the real challenge of facing the critics at the end of year. With a strict timetable in place and groups established, the pressure …
Real Time 2007–2011
Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Design
London Metropolitan University
