American Architecture Now: Jonathan Barnett, John Portman, and Richard Weinstein, 1980
Poble Espanyol!
Josep Puigi Cadafalch had the idea for Poble Espanyol: a town in which the architecture, style, and culture of various locations from around Spain were preserved in a single artificial space . The aim… Read More
PLAZA featured on UNMAKING THINGS blog
PLAZA’s recent research trip to Milton Keynes has been featured on UNMAKING THINGS blog. Check it out via the link below: http://unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk/2013/youve-never-seen-anything-like-it-central-milton-keynes-2/
MK Reading: ‘More of Milton Keynes, Building on the Vision’, Cook, Robert
Cook, Robert, ‘More of Milton Keynes: Building on the Vision‘, 2004, Sutton Publishing. ‘BC- Before Concrete AD- After Development’ ‘Predominantly a glamorous place’ Performing in front of John Lewis The High Street, Stony… Read More
Working at The Mall
At PLAZA we’re fascinated with the glamour of the shopping mall. Glistening marble floors, gushing water features and soft soothing music. Do you ever wonder what it’s like for the people manning the… Read More
PLAZA MK Field Trip: Public Spaces
Pedestrian walkways and underpasses are a common feature of the landscape in Milton Keynes making the city easy and convenient to traverse.
PLAZA MK Field Trip: Point of access – The Station
On arriving at Milton Keynes Central Station we were greeted by an icy wind and an open forum, around which were glass and steel buildings on three sides remarkably like the ones seen… Read More
You’ve never seen anything like it – Central Milton Keynes
Composed by Ronnie Bond and released in the 1980′s to promote Central Milton Keynes Shopping Centre now known as thecentre:MK
PLAZA goes to Milton Keynes (MK)
Join us as PLAZA goes on a field trip of the new town Milton Keynes. Further information to follow!
Cumbernauld: A New Town
Made for the Cumbernauld Development Corporation and Films of Scotland in the 1970s, this documentary takes the viewer around the new town of Cumbernauld, New Lanarkshire, created in 1956. Seen as a… Read More
