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Architecture

Tom Bloxham: “We are not delivering units”

Kasper de Graaf - 7 May 2020 0

The railway arches at Mayfield, a stone’s throw from Piccadilly Station, is what all of Manchester was like when Urban Splash...

Architecture

RIBA North-West Awards: a poignant celebration

Kasper de Graaf - 25 May 2017 0

In these days immediately following the mindless attack at Manchester Arena, it is impossible to write about anything Mancunian except in...

Cities

Finsbury Park heritage programme concludes

Kasper de Graaf - 10 October 2020 0

In 2019-20, 2NQ – the community non-profit co-directed by Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – delivered People + Heritage, a programme...

Culture

Communities

Safe Space: art for vulnerable adults in lockdown

Document News - 25 May 2020 0

Safe Space, a new art workshop programme for older or vulnerable adults and carers designed “for lockdown and beyond” is launching...

Design

How the Bauhaus changed the ’80s

Kasper de Graaf - 2 May 2020 0

The first ever creative collaboration between Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – the October 1981 edition of New Sounds New...

Culture

Coming : Being : Going. The Michael Clark Company IG Takeover

Malcolm Garrett - 11 May 2020 0

On 4 and 5 May, the designer Malcolm Garrett was invited to take over the Michael Clark Company Instagram account to...

Design

Culture

“I did it any way”: what punk taught me

Malcolm Garrett - 25 February 2016 0

Punk sprang up all around me in Manchester, seemingly in answer to questions I was already beginning to pose in early...

Culture

Coming : Being : Going. The Michael Clark Company IG Takeover

Malcolm Garrett - 11 May 2020 0

On 4 and 5 May, the designer Malcolm Garrett was invited to take over the Michael Clark Company Instagram account to...

Design

Design & society: “local community should be involved”

Document Features - 4 May 2020 0

“When they're designing things in cities, local community people should be involved, because it is we that are actually going to...

Politics

Cities

Northern Powerhouse Mk. III

Kasper de Graaf - 29 June 2019 0

The Northern Powerhouse Mk III is just around the corner, but how will it compare with its predecessors? The...

Communities

Covid-19 Threads #1: Arnav Agarwal

Mutiny Projects - 4 May 2020 0

https://vimeo.com/414228008 Covid-19 Threads is a series of short films presenting twitter posts that have appeared with...

Politics

Covid-19 Threads #4: Amelia Hennegan

Mutiny Projects - 19 May 2020 0

https://vimeo.com/420111140 Covid-19 Threads is a series of short films presenting twitter posts that have appeared with...

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