Uxbridge, UK John Heywood for Sheppard, Robson and Partners (1966) The Grade II listed Lecture Theatre Block was built in 1966 by John Heywood for Richard Sheppard, Robson and Partners as part of Phase I of Brunel University’s new campus. It has been immortalised in Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 ‘A Clockwork Orange’ as the hospital building… Read More
London, UK Sir Hugh Casson (1965) A series of circular brick pens arranged around a central viewing area, with an S-shaped walkway weaving through it. The paddock features a pick-hammered concrete shell – possibly imitating an elephant’s hide – ribbed to dissuade the animals from damaging the structure. The ensemble features conical copper roofs that… Read More
Aluminium of Greece (AL) was launched in 1960 as a joint venture between the government of Greece and an industrial conglomerate led by the historic French firm Pechiney, a world leader in aluminium manufacturing. As a result, the first aluminium production facility in the country opened on the northern coast of the Corinthian Gulf in… Read More
In the sunlit Arcadian plain close to the ancient city of Mantineia in Greece, there’s a church like no other. It’s an astonishing melange of styles, combining elements of Classical, Byzantine and Modern architecture, and yet remaining true to none. Its construction is the life’s work of architect and iconographer Kostas Papatheodorou, who has delivered… Read More
Be a Socialist Modernism, Brutalism, and World War 2 history fanboy like I am. Be in Kyiv during wintertime, and with only 3 hours to spare. What would you do, and where would you even begin? Read More
Raw, atypical, and brutally honest – as never experienced before. Are you ready to see Greece in its darker shades of blue? Read More
