Building on the Built

#OnThisDay 1983: Riverside went to The Haçienda, to speak with Ben Kelly about its design and Tony Wilson about its purpose.

Dutch artist Tamara Stoffers made a selection of her beautiful collages for our website. We took the opportunity to ask her about her work. #buildingonthebuilt #adaptivereuse #collage #art #tamarastoffers #artandarchitecture

Thanks to @CanalsidePress we have a copy of the latest issue of the fantastic Journal of Civic Architecture to give away. Details of how to enter are on our website, deadline midnight July 5th 2019.

We have a copy of Niall McCullough’s wonderful book ‘Palimpsest: Intervention and Change in Irish Architecture’ to give away. Details of how to enter are on our website, deadline midnight June 28th 2019. #buildingonthebuilt #bookcompetition #architecturewriting #irisharchitecture

Pierre D’Avoine will be our guest in November, speaking about San Salvatore, a villa in Umbria he has been tasked with altering. The evening will include the launch of a book on this project. Details of this event on our website Photo: David Grandorge. #architecture #restoration

Our next guest is Roz Barr Architects who will be speaking about St Augustine’s Church in West London. Join us on Wednesday 3rd July 7:30pm at the offices of Jonathan Tuckey Design. It’s free but places are limited: rsvp@buildingonthebuilt.org More details on the website.

We’ve added more photographs by Karin Borghouts to our website. Karin has been documenting progress on site at the renovation of Antwerp’s Royal Museum of Fine Arts, @KMSKA, a transformation led by KAAN Architecten #buildingonthebuilt #adaptivereuse #architecturephotography

“There must be some lost chord that would open up Irish views about architecture through an engagement with older buildings” - from a short text by Niall McCullough recently added to our website. @mcmarchs are our next guests. #irisharchitecture #adaptivereuse #architecture

Great piece by @eabeaumont on Casal Balguer Cultural Centre in Palma de Mallorca by @floresyprats in the @thearchitecturalreview. Photos by Adria Goula. #architecture #adaptivereuse #spanisharchitecture #restoration #architecturephotography #architecturedrawing

We’re pleased to share a selection of drawings from the archive of Slovenian bureau Ambient who have been conducting an extensive renovation of Ljubljana Castle since the 1970’s. Visit our website (best viewed on a desktop screen). #architecture #architecturedrawing #restoration

Join us on Wed 1st May for a talk by McCullough Mulvin Architects. The talk is hosted by Jonathan Tuckey Design at their office in London. For more details see our website (link in bio). We hope you can join us! #architecturetalks #architecture #adaptivereuse #irisharchitecture

Don't miss tonight's talk by architects Majda Kregar and Martin Ravnikar from Slovenian architectural practice Ambient about the renovation of Ljubljana Castle part of @onthebuilt @Ljubljanskigrad

We’ve added an extract from @officemmx's talk from last December to our website; a case study of their Stele House with photos by Nick Seaton and Max Creasy #adaptivereuse #architecture #londonterrace #reuse #bluesteel

We spoke to the painter @Painting_Frank about a shared interest in layered, wonky, cinematic urban spaces. Read the short interview and see some of his fantastic paintings on our website. #painting #urbanspace #venice #nicholsroeg #architecture #alittleofftopic

The latest episode of the fantastic @scaffold_podcast is with critic Irénée Scalbert. The conversation touches on Scalbert’s thoughts on gardening and bricolage as models for the practice of architecture. A collection of his essays is published by @park_books . #architecturetalks

Join us on Wed 6th Feb for a talk by Simon Henley of @HenleyHalebrown. It’s hosted by Jonathan Tuckey Design in W14, starts at 7:30pm and is free. Please rsvp@buildingonthebuilt.org to reserve places. More details on our website. #architecture #adaptivereuse #architecturetalks

Join us on Wed 6th Feb for a talk given by @SiHenley of Sterling Prize nominated @HenleyHalebrown architects. The talk is hosted by Jonathan Tuckey Design, for details visit our website. #architecturetalks #architecture #architecture_london #adaptivereuse Photo by @nickkane2008

The second issue of #journalofcivicarchitecture from @lyncharchitects revolves around the notion of landscape but there’s plenty on continuity and transformation, including a text by our next speaker @SiHenley of @HenleyHalebrown. #adaptivereuse #architecture

“The most radical thing to do today would be to forget these seductive images and instead insist on the re-use and adaptation of existing structures.” Eddie Heathcote on the #homefutures exhibition at the @DesignMuseum for the @FinancialTimes ft.com/content/c8c074…