ARCHIVE EXHIBITIONS
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Exhibition: Tuesday 27 November - Saturday 22 December
Launch & Shopping Event: Thursday 29 November, 17:00 - 20:00
This Christmas, the Architecture Centre is shaking things up
with a lively seasonal exhibition of affordable sculpture, painting,
photography, prints and drawings from established and up-and-coming
artists from Bristol and beyond. >
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Exhibition: 16 October - 18 November, 2007
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World has created
a dynamic exhibition of inspiring examples of contemporary European
timber architecture. >
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Exhibition: 8 October - 18 November, 2007
Growing environmental concern across the UK has led to an increased
interest in the ecological impact of the materials used in construction
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Exhibition: 11 September - 7 October, 2007
The Architecture Centre, the Bristol & Bath Branch of the
Royal Institute of British Architects and Departure Lounge have
come together to present an exhibit that explores the varied notions
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Exhibition: 31 August - 7 October, 2007
The neighbourhoods of Cotham, Kingsdown, Montpelier and St. Pauls,
are split by the Stokes Croft road into north Bristol. Architecture
students from the University of Western England studied this hostile
separation and designed ways to re-use existing derelict buildings
along Stokes Croft. >
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Exhibition: Tuesday 31 July - Sunday 2 September
Liverpool Top 9! explores our relationship with the urban environment.
Consisting of short films, Tsui Kuang-yu’s exhibition plays
with the urban landscape of Liverpool, but will resonate with
people from cities across the UK. >
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 BRISTOL
TOP 9?
Exhibition: Tuesday 31 July - Sunday 2 September
Photojournalist Neil Hall, inspired by Tsui Kuang-Yu’s
films (see Liverpool Top 9!),
whimsically documents urban spaces in Bristol that respond poorly
to the needs of their users and thus beg to be subverted.
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 COMFORT
& JOY
Exhibition: Tuesday 31 July - Sunday 2 September
Researcher Henry Shaftoe asks whether we take comfort from our
community’s shared spaces and if these public spaces have
the ability to bring us joy.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 12 June - Sunday 22 July
The Architectural Review Awards for Emerging Architecture is
the biggest and best award scheme for young architects in the
world and gives £15 000 in prize money.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 5 June – Sunday 1 July
This exhibition celebrates the creative process of making architecture
from a young person’s point of view, focusing on a real
architectural journey.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 3 July – Sunday 5 August
The fruits of a family-friendly workshop that gave thirty people
the chance to their very own pinhole camera from a recycled beer
can and capture images of Bristol's harbourside environment through
the lens of a pinhole.
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June/July Jeweller: Tuesday 5 June – Tuesday 31
July
Alice’s colourful and innovative jewellery combines plastics
and silver. Traditional silversmith techniques are fused with
digital and industrial technologies such as laser-cutting, printing
and photo-etching.
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Exhibition: 21 April - 27 May
Events: Saturday 21 April and Saturday 19 May, 14.00, FREE
Architectural interventions that explore the rituals of daily
life and the stories we discover in the city, exploring the way
film can be engaged in the design and communication of architecture.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 10 April - Sunday 27 May
Room 13 is an innovative initiative that encourages primary school
children to run their own art studios alongside resident artists.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 3 April - Sunday 3 May
The Architecture Centre has delivered the first phase of the
How Places Work visits. Pupils from schools across the region
have taken part in visits, which will act as a catalyst to inspire
the pupils in developing ideas for curriculum linked projects.
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Jewellery Exhibition: Thursday 1 March – Sunday
29 April
Sally’s beautiful silver jewellery is based on geometric
forms and a love of architecture.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 3 April - Thursday 31 May
Clare's beautiful jewellery is made from forged aluminium, anodised
and dyed to create an innovative mix of colour and form.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 30 January – Saturday 7 April
How should we build to protect the future of the planet? What
can we learn from recent sustainable housing developments? And
what is it really like to live in an eco house?
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Exhibition: Tuesday 30 January – Saturday 7 April
Few of us are able to build our dream ‘eco home’
from scratch – but in fact, renovating an existing property
can be an even more sustainable solution.
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Exhibition: Tuesday 4 December - Sunday 28 January
The Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World explores
our changing relationship to Nature through the Arts. Architects
Harris McMillan adapted a 40 year-old wooden shed on a tiny budget,
from design to finished space.
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Jewellery Exhibition: Friday 1 December – Wednesday
28 February
Cindy’s beautiful and innovative jewellery combines silver
and 18 carat gold.
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Jewellery Exhibition: Tuesday 9 January – Wednesday
28 February
Jane’s enamelled silver jewellery is inspired by 1950’s
textile prints.
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Friday 13 October – Wednesday 28 February
Kathie’s work explores ways of combining colour and translucency
in polyester resin.
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Tuesday 5 September – Wednesday 28 February
Alys’s beautiful illustrations have been snapped up by
Habitat and adorn the pages of Elle to name a few. Now you can
wear a little of this magic upon your sleeve with her range of
felt brooches.
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Exhibition: Monday 4 December – Sunday 21 January
2007
An airport, a children's hospital and a private house were among
the six buildings on this year’s shortlist for The RIBA
Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architectural
prize.
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SPICE
PLACES
& SPACES
STOKES
CROFT - FULFILLING THE POTENTIAL
A
SPECIAL PLACE - BUILT WITH US IN MIND
ALICE
HIGHET
ROOM
13 
HOW
PLACES WORK
CLARE
STILES
GREENPRINT:
DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING
ECO-RENOVATING
A BRISTOL HOUSE
CCANW’S
RE-CYCLED SHED
