tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183333472024-03-08T02:21:06.866+00:00f o t o f a c a d earchitecture photography culture designBA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.comBlogger584125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-1667749374270351992009-01-07T08:03:00.001+00:002009-01-07T08:03:34.608+00:00Queens Cross Church by Charles Rennie Mackintosh<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3174806980/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/3174806980_e1e8cf9a79.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3174806980/">Queens Cross Church by Charles Rennie Mackintosh</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Taken from a recent trip to Glasgow :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=1249" target="_blank">See The Yin and Yang of Queen's Cross Church</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-58279901009618816732008-12-17T09:29:00.001+00:002008-12-17T09:29:18.296+00:00Reading Moderne Bauformen (1906) - for Edgar Wood (architect) researchBA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-22933847236650857492008-12-17T07:57:00.001+00:002008-12-17T07:57:45.728+00:00House For An Art Lover, Glasgow<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3111304294/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/3111304294_5091c8283d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3111304294/">House For An Art Lover, Glasgow</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=1218">More on Rennie Mackintosh here.....</a><br /><br />The House for an Art Lover was built in the 1990's based upon a 1901 competition entry by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The subsequent design was showcased in several European magazines and heavily influenced the European avante-garde movement initiating buildings such as Palais Stoclet in Belgium</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-4429152680848168232008-11-28T16:54:00.001+00:002008-11-28T16:54:10.554+00:00Manchester Town Hall Miniplanet<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3065716764/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/3065716764_2bd7ba1f0c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3065716764/">Manchester Town Hall Miniplanet</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Coming in to land...<br /><br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=1051">More Gothic Stuff here.....</a><br /><br /><br /><br />.</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-61942606585516489452008-11-16T15:11:00.001+00:002008-11-16T15:11:17.392+00:00Beverley Minster Sextych<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3034153131/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3229/3034153131_43ebf691f3.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3034153131/">Beverley Minster Sextych</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=721">More here.....</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-53916385072476763412008-11-14T14:25:00.001+00:002008-11-14T14:25:53.270+00:00Paris Exposition: Salle des Fetes, Paris, France, 1900<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2486868676/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2089/2486868676_4b41870c67.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2486868676/">Paris Exposition: Salle des Fetes, Paris, France, 1900</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/brooklyn_museum/">Brooklyn Museum</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Every now and again as a photographer I come across a set of images which raise the hairs on the back of my neck. One such set has been made available via the flickr Commons project, which is a growing hub for the world’s public photo collections.<br /><br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=876">Click here for my article on this remarkable archive of images</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-32883803339181098512008-11-12T18:16:00.001+00:002008-11-12T18:16:10.713+00:00The Gallery Door<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3025591898/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/3025591898_b4e553f5e2.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3025591898/">The Gallery Door</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=644">Read the full article here</a><br /><br />I'm surprised there is no shake on this pic - too many pigeons in the access tower to the Gallery at the very photogenic Masonic Monolith of Saint Edmunds. Check out the Saint Edmund's set for more or read the recently completed article :-)</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-71622327281911670022008-11-12T08:13:00.001+00:002008-11-12T08:13:03.655+00:00Saint Edmund: Tower Staircase<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2402334569/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2402334569_3c182c1fcf.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2402334569/">Saint Edmund: Tower Staircase</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <br /><br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=746">MASONIC INTRIGUE (PART 3) NOW SHOWING AT MY NEW BLOG HERE.....</a><br /><br /><br />.</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-29279352413379323622008-11-10T19:11:00.001+00:002008-11-10T19:11:14.838+00:00Pro Patria<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3020046888/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3136/3020046888_d28d2979ec.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3020046888/">Pro Patria</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=755">See more of this remarkable memorial here...</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-91132374002913372362008-11-10T11:07:00.001+00:002008-11-10T11:07:05.195+00:00Compare and Contrast<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3009824403/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/3009824403_5315e4fb9f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3009824403/">Compare and Contrast</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://fotofacade.com/">NOW SHOWING ON THE NEW BLOG</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-82357098024708668602008-11-07T14:19:00.001+00:002008-11-07T14:19:39.025+00:00Pattern and Decoration in Beverley Minster<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3008326970/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/3008326970_d01c5c255b.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/3008326970/">Pattern and Decoration in Beverley Minster</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=721">Now showing at the NEW BLOG</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-62490723294750864232008-10-30T10:12:00.001+00:002008-10-30T10:12:25.872+00:00New Blog<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2985694651/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2985694651_1925fd9a1a.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2985694651/">New Blog</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I'm very proud (and a little embarassed in that English sort of way) to announce my <a href="http://fotofacade.com/">new blog</a> - which is humbly dedicated to all things architectural and photographical. Hope you like it! :-)<br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/">Check it out here</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-12924120776068104902008-10-27T14:51:00.002+00:002008-10-27T14:53:10.045+00:00Masonic Intrigue (Part 2)<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2414588446/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2038/2414588446_c1c44a6e5e.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2414588446/">Saint Edmund's Falinge</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div><div class="flickr-frame"><br /></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://fotofacade.com/?p=694"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Masonic Intrigue (Part 2)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> has now been posted on the new fotofacade blog</span></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p class="flickr-yourcomment"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-75184438069105056402008-10-25T14:39:00.004+00:002008-10-25T14:47:21.382+00:00ON THE MOVE!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/395638693_0d41ea30bd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 349px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/395638693_0d41ea30bd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >I have now moved my blog to my fotofacade site. The new site, I believe, gives more access to the posts and topics which are of interest to the architectural and photographical community.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://fotofacade.com/">Here is the link - let me know what you think :-)</a></span>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-35872386008021356182008-10-22T08:38:00.005+00:002008-10-22T08:52:15.099+00:00Masonic Intrigue (Part 1)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/2414589244_61246ac573_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/2414589244_61246ac573_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Built upon the proportions of Solomon's Temple?</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2038/2414588446_59cd07781b_o.jpg"></a><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><p id="ajma" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span id="q3w:"><b id="dtpo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Falinge is a small district of Rochdale</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, Lancashire which lies just outside the town centre. It has recently acquired the dubious mantle of ‘</span><i id="u9i4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Benefits Capital of the UK</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">’, which brought swiftly upon the concrete laden streets, the vagaries of national press attention. Just 50 metres away from this hotbed of scrutiny was a photographer with an entirely different subject framed within his lens.</span></p><p id="ajma" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2038/2414588446_59cd07781b_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></p><p id="ajma0" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p id="ajma2" class="western" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The exterior geometry only hints at the symbolic wonders within</span></span></p><p id="ajma2" class="western" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma2" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Andy Marshall explains: “ I am a photographer with a background in historic architecture and its conservation, and every now and again I get a call to help record a building which is under threat. On this occasion the building was the church of Saint Edmund in Falinge.”</span></p><p id="ajma2" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma2" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2413761941_e391264146_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></p><p id="ajma3" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Unconventional tracery at the Royd's Chapel</span></span></p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Andy is getting particularly used to photographing churches which are under threat, but this church overwhelmed him with the sheer quality, individuality and distinctiveness of its interior.</span></p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family:Georgia;"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2383/2414587970_6ea340d523_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></p><p id="ajma5" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </p><p id="ajma8" class="western" style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">More symbols in the form of vine scroll, acorn and oak leaf motif's</span></span></p><p id="ajma8" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma8" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">“I remember first meeting the key holder there and discussing the history of the building as we entered the vestry. When we walked into the chancel I soon realised that Saint Edmund wasn’t the average Victorian church. I remember having to hold my excitement until I had the pleasure of being all alone in this remarkable space”.</span></p><p id="ajma8" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p id="ajma8" class="western" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To be continued.....</span></p></span>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-30196950543038724572008-10-19T08:07:00.008+00:002008-10-19T08:28:03.586+00:00The Glory of English Gothic Architecture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/286910202_509ffb5c90_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/286910202_509ffb5c90_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/286910478_eae56803e9_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/286910478_eae56803e9_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Saint Mary, Studley Royal by William Burges was built between 1871 and 1878. It is a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic with an interior which is a visual delight.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/369936361_cf9a22b56d_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/187/369936361_cf9a22b56d_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The chancel and sanctuary are richly decorated with angelic hosts and golden lions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/290655273_d8b2b84c01_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/290655273_d8b2b84c01_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />This wonderful example of Anglo-Catholic architecture is often overshadowed by its neighbour Fountains Abbey but is well worth the 20 minute walk to see its interior delights<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/374683526_9b8e45be96_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/374683526_9b8e45be96_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/107/289461703_c13f097dc8_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/107/289461703_c13f097dc8_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-87309264336269192362008-10-18T12:29:00.007+00:002008-10-18T13:14:54.818+00:00Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2848596385_3df4ecefb4_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2848596385_3df4ecefb4_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Built for a Swiss banker in 1925 to house his art collection, Villa La Roche, Paris provided Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret to extend the concept of 'total art'. Like the Arts and Crafts movement and the Secessionists of Vienna, Le Corbusier believed in the sythensis of the arts - the fusion of architecture with painting, interior design, sculpture and even film.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/525010701_66900399cf_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/525010701_66900399cf_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Villa is an inconic example of Le Corbusier's revolutionary vision which made him the C2oth most important and influential architect. His style is without precedent in terms of historical references and looks remarkably fresh and contemporary to this day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/393084056_0cf65b5904_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/393084056_0cf65b5904_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/526246125_27331c60e3_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/526246125_27331c60e3_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The villa was built as part of a scheme (only one other was built - Villa Jeanneret) on an overlooked site with tight boundaries.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/524925682_c7735c2088_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/214/524925682_c7735c2088_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/399871825_d974c01f1f_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/399871825_d974c01f1f_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The exterior imparts clean simple lines in geometric forms which adds to a plain simplicity which gives the building a grandeur rooted in classical architecture. Cleverly positioned expanses of glass show views into the building which elucidate the elasticity of the interior plan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/525010457_6c846fd11e_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/525010457_6c846fd11e_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/393796179_12d6198f4b_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/393796179_12d6198f4b_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The interior is dynamic - it moves when you move. Light is just as important a part of the artistic synthesis as structure - the intangible combined with the tangible. Whilst walking along the ramp and observing the works of art on the wall, you are aware that the wall's that form a backdrop to the art are a work of art in themselves.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/396746814_ea17eb0907_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/396746814_ea17eb0907_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The villa is open to to the public and is administered by the <a href="http://www.fondationlecorbusier.asso.fr/fondationlc_us.htm">Fondation Le Corbuiser</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">All photograph's copyright Andy Marshall.</span><br /></span>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-77706022561958436902008-10-11T08:04:00.031+00:002008-10-17T13:36:59.270+00:00Re-discovering Edgar Wood<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8fU_YNIzfbcs5n-TVk-_5sUR7LHYjzhIHA41szJU_8-ywadtz6JNkTCZHUpsRHaT0BK0XAso6xGWrf8Skuzdxi0n_C4VPzrj0maSps0kHfP9c5FpdKUMS3Dquyqg3dUcFHNR/s1600-h/cornerstone.JPG"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/296434724_baf33d00b9_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/106/296434724_baf33d00b9_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Long Street Methodist Church, Middleton by 1899-1901 by Edgar Wood</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I love architecture for more than just the visual delights it entails. I also love it for the journey that it takes me upon. One such journey is with the architecture of Edgar Wood (1860-1935). I have a strong relationship with his Long Street Methodist Church of 1899-1901. I am a 'Friend' and recently had an exhibition put on permenant display within the school rooms which form the southern wing of a courtyard linking the spiritual with the secular.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1371/1355653327_dd3a5fa755.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Redcroft and Fencegate, Middleton 1895 by Edgar Wood</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The journey I have had with this particular architect has been enlightening to say the least. Wood was born in Middleton where I was brought up from the age of 3. As a child I was aware of his buildings and went to the infant school at Durnford Street which he built in association with James Henry Sellers. Our local news agents was also built by Wood and stands opposite a house he built for himself at Redcroft. I sort of knew, but didn't know (if you know what I mean) that these buildings looked different than the others around the town.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Walking into Middleton as a teenager I would peer through the gates of the Methodist Church at the Nirvana within. The gates reveal a courtyard which has a real magical sense of enclosure; a haven and oasis in the middle of urbanity.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1086/1355658639_1689fb05a8.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Detail from gates to the courtyard at Long Street Methodist Church</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Later, as an adult I became involved with Long Street Methodist church as a 'Friend' and as a part of the group helped develop strategies to try and raise the profile of a building which is under threat because of a dwindling congregation and increasing costs.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ8fU_YNIzfbcs5n-TVk-_5sUR7LHYjzhIHA41szJU_8-ywadtz6JNkTCZHUpsRHaT0BK0XAso6xGWrf8Skuzdxi0n_C4VPzrj0maSps0kHfP9c5FpdKUMS3Dquyqg3dUcFHNR/s400/cornerstone.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258114790313279458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cornerstone Magazine for the Friends of Long Street Methodist Church</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have to admit that it was always the exterior which fascinated me. It was some way expressive of an individual spirit - real cutting edge architecture. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/296434439_5c9f68f2dc_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Long Street Methodist Church exterior detail</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">During September I had my passions re-ignited for all things Wood related and met some wonderful people during the Heritage Open Day who fuelled my interest in expanding my knowledge about the wider context of Wood's work. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am always fascinated by associations and sources of inspiration and in researching these for Wood I came across a list as long as my arm:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mackmurdo, Mackintosh, Voysey, Olbrich, Wagner, Lutyens, Sellers, Parker and Unwin, Wilson, Whall, Townsend, Crane, Wallis, Gilbert, FW Jackson, Madox Brown, Loos, Klimt, Muthesius, Roller, Bohm, Hoffman......</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_Zb5Qc_QkjsrG_MMs1LvNXoH36WU2u-PRQrVlukM8YtAU66fPbZaChaEp9PBtepHa8Bgc-ov_pVZMwJdR63Eth1xQFwiSv4nClAR9STFemRgfBOLTmM923QJJ_h5awiOpTrn/s400/_MG_2608.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258104224803763266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Detail from Saint Martin's Marple design by Henry Wilson (1895)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Buildings</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Palais Stoclet, Rochdale Town Hall, Saint Leonard's Middleton, Kartner Bar Vienna, Saint Martin's Marple, Sanatorium Perkersdorf......</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2131/2105363803_ddf2a246e8.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Rochdale Town Hall</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Literature</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ver Sacrum, Das Englische Haus, Academy Architecture, Moderne Bauformen, The Builders Journal, The Studio, The Hobby Horse .......</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxugJp-yBuW-QJIKqu9wn__tWDdURKZvPNkvj96Z8C9tmTo_-JbV3sgt-Okh8DV4siHsZApIYjiPb_uRgNYByizHO1ofH-cd-bvUHT8XyMdgt9i9f18CnIwvdWk_BCiw7s0m9/s400/_Scan10009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258113143244186994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Detail from 'The Studio' 1898 showing some of Wood's furniture design</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Movements and Organisations</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Secessionists, The Century Guild, Northern Art Workers Guild, Manchester Society of Architects, Birmingham Architectural Association......</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9vkZrDuOrvWk1XDdqskgjei7nPECKFtiCDi_Wth_fQb1ovtAJb4pn-EVxwkbxEUQWk8tfP6S18DKvF33jDN4vAuWVl7AKyrxhN6M3u166XFwmBmO-9aq_sjFRJru9Y-lJAu5/s400/_Scan10008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258112156574348690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Pattern detail by Kolo Moser co-founder of the Secessionists</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Events</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Century Guild Liverpool 1887, Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition 1887, Northern Art Workers Guild Exhibitions, Arts and Crafts Exhibition</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeRadkv2LrCmCE4l1DadgbdlPXFuN0PzJPAaMAXDls2eRd13ywALQcSs6QIHBCeIzq-zUPYOy-yUiJm4yxzna3LxjzSlrnzuNcwQmkv1enKEqBryXGQIHg58j7Kctp83F6pKK/s400/_Scan10007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258107381750881746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Poster for the Northern Artworkers Guild Exhibition</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are so many and the relationships are so complex I have started a mindmap combined with a timeline</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR4GWMi6bDIIJRep7UUGrP8fzlTd03Z7k_7DP1G5Iu4Bt4WeZm8sq7p4jh3wb0pRetN3vy4RnhzVTBALRDPPjn54xbnuHL6kQY6pV_a-EPbWlpISa9kkhADpeXMQ13cXhfVC-/s400/ewmindmap.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258108154269004306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Edgar Wood Mindmap - showing relationships and influences</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH84Hn9BBpcS7KX6AfGAjRc9goSmc3BuiLfMeRNE4bH-5Tv7jR7Iuza_gfmSn3RY-Ds2zaVmM_LiUaSN7pT35I1fwE50wg-GzDHNDWOwAHfoxdz753lpWZcBLiSRmIr8jrs7FT/s400/EW+timeline.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258108660728772002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A small part of my Edgar Wood Timeline</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">With my brain buzzing with movements, people, ideologies and events I felt the urge to go back and photograph the interior of the school buildings attached to the Church. I felt that these buildings (more than the church itself) were in some way more expressive of Wood's development towards his exemplary contribution towards the modern movement.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am sure that this is well known amongst the archi academics - but I had to somehow learn this for myself.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What has resulted is a series of images which have in turn taught me something about the architecture of Edgar Wood. I chose to display the images in black and white (not my usual choice) because of the advantage of black and white imagery to enhance form and line and reduce the visual impact of contemporary clutter. I wanted to connect with the freshness of the form and space as it would have been seen in 1901.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2928541851_be3a744740_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2928207651_cfb87c6ddf_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What I now see in the school buildings at Long Street is the transition between the "decorative sweetness of the C19th and the dry objectivity of the C20th". Here we have a strong influence of Mackintosh (via the European filter of the secessionists?) pared down into an English sensibility. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2928541927_ed8b4b5376_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3203/2929403098_44b3072110_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Wood is almost unhampered in allowing the plan to dictate the form. It is the roof structure which is holding back the complete transition into unrestrained modernism.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2928175877_cd2e9692eb_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2929513290_af8b3c0666_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2929513214_86a9588bd5_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is wonderful when you witness the moment of an individual's discovery; and I suppose that it is appropriate that within the walls of Wood's unique contribution to architecture that I have had the same revelation.</span></span></span></div>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-62150222153968690092008-10-10T12:35:00.001+00:002008-10-10T12:35:10.392+00:00Long Street Methodist Church Interior<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2928175877/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2928175877_378b2f85b2.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2928175877/">Long Street Methodist Church Interior</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Interior to the ancillary buildings to the church. Built in 1899-1901 by Edgar Wood. Middleton</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-67476198878469020122008-10-08T10:07:00.001+00:002008-10-08T10:07:27.129+00:00Sunday School, Edgar Wood and J H Sellers. 1910<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2907020222/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3155/2907020222_c5c6f18dd8.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2907020222/">Sunday School, Edgar Wood and J H Sellers. 1910</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School, near Holmfirth Yorkshire by Edgar Wood and James Henry Sellers. <br /><a href="http://www.fotofacade.com/lydgate/index.html">Full Set Here</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-36348002355325444802008-10-04T15:13:00.001+00:002008-10-04T15:13:29.157+00:00Sunday School, Edgar Wood and J H Sellers. 1910<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2906175263/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3039/2906175263_1e43be06d3.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2906175263/">Sunday School, Edgar Wood and J H Sellers. 1910</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School, near Holmfirth Yorkshire by Edgar Wood and James Henry Sellers. <br /><a href="http://www.fotofacade.com/lydgate/index.html">Full Set Here</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-52033468380664306612008-10-02T13:53:00.001+00:002008-10-02T13:53:13.609+00:00Sunday School, Edgar Wood and J H Sellers. 1910<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2907020574/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/2907020574_f7540b1cab.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2907020574/">Sunday School, Edgar Wood and J H Sellers. 1910</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School, near Holmfirth Yorkshire by Edgar Wood and James Henry Sellers. <br /><a href="http://www.fotofacade.com/lydgate/index.html">Full Set Here</a></p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-26384004320220688432008-09-29T13:58:00.001+00:002008-09-29T13:58:29.421+00:00Saint Edmund's - The full scheme<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2891764729/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3189/2891764729_1b0c486d17.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2891764729/">Saint Edmund's - The full scheme</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <a href="http://www.fotofacade.com/stainedglass.jpg">SEE IT LARGE!</a><br />Saint Edmund's, Falinge near Rochdale - is a real tour-de-force. Built in the 1870's for £28,000 (when a good church cost £4000). It is a Masonic Church and Pevsner says that it has symbolism to rival the Da Vinci Code Rosslyn Chapel. I am photographing the interior because it is due to close soon. "Almost every fitting and feature has reference to the Lore of masonry." Says Pevsner. The listing also states - Internally and externally such reference extends not only to the front, lectern and communion rail but to roof trusses, stained glass and more abstract qualities such as proportions which are said to relate to those of Solomon's temple Listed Grade II* - THIS BUILDING SHOULD BE LISTED Grade I</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-32544145444923504442008-09-26T15:57:00.001+00:002008-09-26T15:57:26.457+00:00Stained Glass Miniplanet<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2889482057/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2889482057_a948be9aaa.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2889482057/">Stained Glass Miniplanet</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Well I thought that I would do this miniplanet to celebrate completing processing the full scheme of stained glass at Saint Edmund's, Falinge near Rochdale.<br /><a href="http://www.fotofacade.com/stainedglass.jpg">Here's a link to the full scheme in one photo</a><br />Saint Edmund's, Falinge near Rochdale - is a real tour-de-force. Built in the 1870's for £28,000 (when a good church cost £4000). It is a Masonic Church and Pevsner says that it has symbolism to rival the Da Vinci Code Rosslyn Chapel. I am photographing the interior because it is due to close soon. "Almost every fitting and feature has reference to the Lore of masonry." Says Pevsner. The listing also states - Internally and externally such reference extends not only to the front, lectern and communion rail but to roof trusses, stained glass and more abstract qualities such as proportions which are said to relate to those of Solomon's temple Listed Grade II* - THIS BUILDING SHOULD BE LISTED Grade I</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18333347.post-61282132583335278372008-09-22T13:01:00.002+00:002008-09-22T13:02:51.647+00:00Mantra<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2869170201/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3127/2869170201_a31c5a2f29.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofacade/2869170201/">Mantra</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/fotofacade/">fotofacade</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> ******************************************************************<br /><br /><a href="http://issuu.com/fotofacade/docs/mantra-1issuu?mode=embed&documentId=080903112451-ed3e560263a14952838e6bd40d75601d&layout=grey">Check it out :-)</a><br /><br />********************************************************************</p>BA(Hons)Lit.Hist; DipBldgCons(RICS)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00657667245664085860noreply@blogger.com0