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James Stevens Curl: A Champion for Beauty, Tradition, and Heritage in Architecture
28 Nov 2025 04:33 GMT
… in 1968, the imbecilic academic Patrick Abercrombie tried to do the same … was almost universally accepted in architectural circles, like some fundamentalist quasi … that plague the professions of architecture and architectural criticism. His work is …
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Plymouth's hidden gems: The art and architecture you may have missed
19 Oct 2025 05:53 GMT
… Plymouth was envisioned by architect Sir Patrick Abercrombie in 1943.
He … , chair of the Plymouth Architectural Trust, has urged owners … our precious twentieth-century architecture before it fades into … to spot the finer architectural details and artworks in …
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The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’
28 Oct 2024 05:11 GMT
… no exception, although progress on Patrick Abercrombie’s 1944 plan was slow … cult among young interwar British architects. The stylistic debates between classicists … dubbed brutalist buildings “sod you architecture”. Luder’s Tricorn Centre building …
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Wembley isn't just a stadium — it was a vision abd a pioneering adventure in the history of architecture
04 Sep 2024 17:23 GMT
… collaboration and co-operation between architect and engineer, each enhancing … naked material ‘infinitely depressing’. Prof Patrick Abercrombie called it ‘frank and grim … his posthumously published book Interwar, architectural historian Gavin Stamp called it …
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UIA World Congress of Architects concludes in Copenhagen with an awards ceremony
13 Jul 2023 01:56 GMT
… UIA.
The winner of The Patrick Abercrombie Prize for Urban Planning and … category include Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Tianjin University, Tianjin, … the award invited practicing architects and architecture academics from across the …
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Destroying Civilization
26 Nov 2025 16:22 GMT
… modernity”, “progress”, and “slum clearance”, architects, planners, local authorities, and property … grid swept away for Sir Patrick Abercrombie’s windswept “Plan”: broad … justified this was explicit. Traditional architecture was dismissed as “reactionary”, …
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Reclaim Sandymount Strand for apartments, says architect
06 Aug 2019 00:59 GMT
… the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) has said … Browne, a director of RKD Architects, said the beach and estuary … , the New Town Plan, by Patrick Abercrombie, did go ahead, such as …
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Nuno Portas: Wake today in Lisbon and procession to Vila Viçosa on Tuesday
28 Jul 2025 16:04 GMT
… professional practice after graduating in architecture in 1959 from the Lisbon … RTP, highlighting the need for architects to address social inequalities and … Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize from the International Union of Architects.
Together with architect Nuno …
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Call for nominations: 2026 UIA Gold Medal & Triennial Prizes
22 Jun 2025 05:32 GMT
… , and integrity.
- The Patrick Abercrombie Prize for Urban Planning and … any architect, architectural firm, group of architects or collective entity comprising architects. Only …
The UIA Young Architects Prize for Architectural Excellence and Innovation in …
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Plymouth's 'hidden' sights you may not have seen before
04 Jan 2025 07:06 GMT
… shape through the visionary architect Sir Patrick Abercrombie in 1943. He … , Win Scutt, the Plymouth Architectural Trust's chair, … our invaluable twentieth-century architecture before it's … to spot the finer architectural details and artworks in …