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Saturday, Jul 7th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Me outside a Cardiff church (photo: Simon Sellars).
I’ve always been fascinated by Wales. It’s something to do with my interest in ‘edge culture’, with distorted cultural mirrors sharding mainline nationalism into fragments. I used to hear English people put down the Welsh, mocking their accents and their tradition, and it fascinated me. Not the racism, […]
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Tuesday, Jul 20th, 2004 at 1:46 pm
by Rebecca Cannon
all images © SelectParks
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When new architecture is erected in a city with which we have become familiar through the years (learning its alleys, underpasses and shortcuts as we learn the secrets of a friend), it becomes a labyrinth for exploration. Within us arises a desire to map this complex structure into our […]
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Tuesday, Jan 7th, 2003 at 2:57 am
by Herman U. Ticks
photos courtesy www.greatbuildings.com & http://www.hong-kong-hotels-network.com
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Hong Kong’s new airport on CHEK LAP KOK island was designed by Sir Norman Foster, the British architect also responsible for London’s Stansted Airport. CHEK LAP KOK’s terminal building is the largest covered space on the planet, and the airport has been built t o deal with 80 […]
