daniel

I just noticed that the archined site has an article on E1027 one year after the Herzbergers visited. It seems not to have been damaged any further which is a relief.
You can reach it at http://www.archined.nl/endex.html

it is on the dargle river and it is true that it has fallen into disrepair.
A friend had to study it in college and it was a shame to see the state of the building from the photos.

There are some really great exhibitions on there at the moment. I am currently staying in Edinburgh at the moment so have managed to see one or two.

there was a really great one called ‘ Food, Design & Culture’. It went through the whole history of food packaging and design to aeroplane food and space food and then on to GM food – which was presented in an unbiased manner. It also focused on loyalty cards and the various marketing schemes used to create customer loyalty and finally included a bit on restaurants – with mock ups of a few ones such as pharmacy and Yo Sushi!.
What was wonderful about the exhibition was just the manner of teh presentation which was very lively and included lots of shopping sounds etc.

Dundee also has a great show on Frank Gehry as he has been commissioned to design a new Maggie’s Centre in Dundee by Charles Jencks.
It emphasises Gehry’s work method not his final buildings. The show is full of little models and first sketches. You can also sit down and look at various press clippings on his designs for Dundee in his cardboard chairs.

It also is appropriate that the show is in teh new Dundee Contemporary Arts centre by Richard Murphy as Murphy was the architect responsible for the previous Maggie’s Centre in Edinburgh.

Should winners of the AAI medal, or RIAI Gold Medal get automatic preservation status for their contribution to Irish Architecture and as representing the architectural debate at a particular time in the city. Building styles come in and out of Fashion with time, but it is good that examples are there for the future to explain the debate, rather than let them fall into a similar state as is happening to all of those Moderne buildings from the 30’s.

you know the buildings in these buildings remind me alot of Dudok’s town hall in Hilversum. Maybe there is a connection with that. I know that that particular building was quite influential for Irish architects as an example in civic architecture – though Dudok’s hall is more Frank Loyd Wright to Art Nouveau.