William Temple Memorial Church

William Temple Memorial Church, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

Chapel, William Temple Memorial Church Wythenshawe, UK - George Pace (1960 -1966)

MANCAT Campus Harpurhey

Here is a short slideshow of the MANCAT Campus, Harpurhey near Manchester by Walker Simpson Architects. The photo's were taken last week. It was completed in 2006 at a cost of 7.1m.

In my opinion, in some areas, it bears a resemblance to the Bauhaus building in Dessau. See earlier posts.

Hexagon Tower, Blackley Manchester

The Hexagon Tower Blackley Manchester is a beautifully crafted building. It was built by Richard Seifert and Partners for the chemical company ICI in 1971. I took the photographs last week and have put them into the slideshow below. Click the play button twice to view.

The Bauhaus, Dessau

Below is a video linked from Google Video. It is of the Bauhaus at Dessau, Germany built in 1926 by Walter Gropius. Just click the play button (sometimes you need to do it twice) and enjoy. Its 27mins long and there are some breathtaking shots of this beautiful building. Thanks to The East Coast Architectural Review for spotting this one.

I'm sure that the striking £7.1m Mancat College in Harpurhey (2006) by Walker Simpson Architects has its genus in the Bauhaus building at Dessau.

If you can't see the video below then go to this link to view the video

Space

David Chapel Llandaff Cathedral Wales, George Pace

'We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the utility of the wheel depends. We turn clay to make a vessel; But it is on the space where there is nothing that the utility of the vessel depends. We pierce doors and windows to make a house; and it is on these spaces where there is nothing that the utility of the house depends. Therefore, just as we take advantage of what is, we should recognise the utility of what is not.'

Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching C6th BC


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One Bird That Won't Get Flu

This is a shot I took last year of the famous Liver Bird on the Liver Building Liverpool UK.

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Latest Sale

Here is one of my latest sales to a magazine. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral by Frederick Gibberd was built between 1962 and 1967. One of the first cathedrals to have a centralised plan for the liturgy. Between 1963 and 1965 Gibberd also built an almost identical structure at Hopwood Hall College near Middleton, but without the flying buttresses.

See all of my photos of the Metropolitanc Cathedral Liverpool