Perspectivist Peter Sainsbury
An unexpected enquiry led to a rediscovery of Peter Sainsbury’s architectural perspectives for Salford’s 1964 masterplan.
Campus Planning
Tropical modernism
Guest post: Peter Halliday transports us back to the 1950s when his Dad worked under Maxwell Fry and Jane Dew in Nigeria.
Viva Space, Hope, and Brutalism
Elain Harwood (1958–2023) and her untimely death, reflecting on her work Space, Hope and Brutalism: English Architecture.
York: Punting, alas, is forbidden
Guest post: York's architecture and pedagogy was one of enigmatic restraint. Ben Britton discusses the collegiate campus.
Campus art gallery
Guest post: William Mitchell's Minute Men brought the atmosphere of the stars and space travel. An artistic tour with Natalie Bradbury.
Birks: Building the New Universities
Several years after Beloff's The Plateglass Universities, architectural historian Tony Birks published, Building the New Universities.
Leeds: A whole of three parts
Guest post: architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon understood the fundamentals at the University of Leeds. Lisa Brown investigates.
Sheffield: A new chapter
Guest post: Barely a week goes by at Sheffield Modernist HQ without an image of The Arts Tower. Helen Angell takes us on a campus walk.
Swansea: waterfront campus
Guest post: Swansea University's Fulton House and residence halls were designed by architect Percy Thomas, responsible for Salford Civic Centre. Catrin James takes us round the campus.
Keele: Plateglass pioneer
A trip to Stoke-on-Trent provided a perfect opportunity to visit nearby Keele University - a pioneer among the new universities.