So I went to see Avatar, a satire on mankind’s acquisitiveness and obsession with technological progress. I wanted to catch it at the IMAX, but the Christmas traffic was too heavy. (If you’re hearing a funny noise in the background, it’s just the alarm on my irony meter.) continue
Showing all entries tagged ‘Architecture’
Civilisation: less isn’t more
on 29 January 2010
Digipop
on 10 June 2005
Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific product designers of the day, best known for mass-market barnstormers like the Garbino dustbin, which sells for under a tenner. continue
Zoomorphic
on 19 September 2003
We like the bonkers stuff here at Twenty/20, and you don’t get much nuttier than an exhibition of contemporary architecture inspired by animals. Who the heck, for example, revamps a 1930s house to replicate the lifecycle of a butterfly? continue
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
on 13 June 2003
Unusually for a cutting-edge British architect, Rick Mather has had most of his best work built in England, including award-winning projects at the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the National Maritime Museum. continue
Baltic
on 9 August 2002
In case you’ve been living in a cave, the UK’s largest contemporary art space outside London opened last month in a converted flour mill on the Tyne. Arriving on the second day, Twenty/20 found a half-hour queue, undermining architect Dominic Williams’ intention of encouraging all to wander in. continue
ArchiLab’s FutureHouse
on 28 June 2002
This is one ugly book. It’s the wrong size and the wrong thickness, with the wrong picture on the front at the wrong resolution. The layout is wrong and the typography is wronger. continue
RIBA Stirling Prize 2001
on 30 November 2001
I’d better be careful what I say about this. Deyan Sudjic made a few sniffy remarks in the Observer and was savaged by an Architects’ Journal columnist within minutes. continue
Space Invaders
on 24 August 2001
Britain. To you and me it’s the world centre of cutting-edge design. To most Americans it’s kind of an island thing somewhere near Paris where they eat fish and chips off of [sic] the Times. continue
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