Open Now: The Great Bath Mall Bath’s very own luxury shopping destination! Bath’s leading destination for leisure, life and business; a model of modern, sustainable urban regeneration attracting an estimated 9.3 million… Continue reading
Located within West Edmonton Mall in Canada, the Fantasyland Hotel offers a range of exuberantly themed rooms, including African Luxury, Igloo Luxury and Polynesian Luxury. Our favourite is the Roman Luxury suite which… Continue reading
PLAZA will be featuring in the group show TallTales, as part of Fringe Arts Bath 2014. PV Friday 23rd May, through to Sunday 8th June. Further information can be found at http://www.fringeartsbath.co.uk. Hope you… Continue reading
The decline of Detroit, USA, has been well documented, having since the 1950s lost over 1 million of its inhabitants and lately filed for bankruptcy. Vast buildings lie abandoned and derelict as businesses… Continue reading
The work of the SITE architecture firm has long fascinated me with their witty and fun approaches to the facades of what are typically mundane structures. Their best-known work is a series of… Continue reading
The quest to create green public spaces in New York’s famously dense urban fabric requires thinking outside the usual parameters. After the success of the High Line, which has now become a much-loved… Continue reading
We have featured similar notorious ‘Sink Estates‘ like Park Hill on this blog as examples of post-war urban regeneration gone wrong. Saved from demolition after it was awarded grade two listed status in… Continue reading
In a vision similar to that of the man-made islands off Dubai, Khazar Islands are an ambitious project aiming to assert Azerbaijan as a hot spot of luxury and modernity. Rising… Continue reading
Click on the link below to be taken to BOXPARK’s article about the PLAZA + Gateau Shop event on the 5th September 2013. We hope to see you see there! http://www.boxpark.co.uk/plazagateau/
‘An introduction to the techniques of mass-persuasion through the unconscious’ Written by Vance Packard in 1956, Hidden Persuaders looks at the behaviour of consumers and how it was mined by Motivational… Continue reading
Fascinating BBC documentary looking at ambitious and foresightful projects with the aim of transforming Britain. The first episode looks at two projects designed to combat London’s congestion and pollution problems in different ways:… Continue reading
Particularly prevalent in Southern California are mobile phone (or cell phone) masts disguised as Palm Trees. It seems fitting that something as utilitarian as a phone mast be hidden behind the facade of… Continue reading
‘Showcasing great British art across the UK, Art Everywhere is the largest exhibition of its kind in the world. From the 12–25 August 2013 some of the nation’s greatest art is on display… Continue reading
A fascinating series looking at how the work of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud and Edward Bernays influenced the way corporations and governments have analysed, dealt with, and controlled people. http://vimeo.com/61857758
A selection of PLAZA prints and the Milton Keynes publication can be found at Gateau Shop’s online store, and their pop-up store at Boxpark, Shoreditch, London. Pop along for a look! http://www.gateaushop.com http://www.boxpark.co.uk … Continue reading
Our new publication: MILTON KEYNES is available for sale through BLURB. Click on the link above or visit: http://www.blurb.co.uk/books/4419077-milton-keynes
