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I visited the Imperial War Museum North (Daniel Libeskind 2002) at Salford Quays over the weekend with my daughter who is studying a project on WWII.
Thanks to …

Trinity Bridge in Manchester by Santiago Calatrava represents for me the beginnings of Manchester UK’s introduction to the International architecture stage.
I find it hard to believe that the bridge was built over 13 years ago …

L’Institut du Monde Arabe
This has got to be my most favourite building of the 1980′s – so ahead of its time with a mosaic like facade that incorporates light control diaphragms. Utility combined with culturally …

North City Library Community Project, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

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North City Library Community Project, originally uploaded by fotofacade.
I tried to introduce a bit of deliberate symbolism here. I get the impression that the building is infusing energy into the book shelf and subsequently …

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Pattern and Decoration in Architecture, originally uploaded by fotofacade.

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