Catherine Slessor
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The best art and architecture of autumn 2026 (opens the original)
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A self-confident woman strides on to the Fourth Plinth, Nan Goldin captures sex, cats and death and even the Turner Prize shows promise this year See all of our unmissable autumn arts recommendations here The most anticipated exhibition of the year centres on an embroidered epic of war and conquest that miraculously preserves an intimate window on the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066. Yet, you may find yourself simply fascinated by the artistry of the Anglo-Saxon women who used coloured wool t
Wilem Frischmann obituary (opens the original)
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Structural engineer who worked with the architect Richard Seifert on striking modernist buildings As a modern high-rise city, London had its skyline shaped through the acumen of the pioneering structural engineer Wilem Frischmann, who has died aged 95. Widely considered among the most influential engineers of his generation, he was best known for his work with the modernist architect Richard Seifert. The 34-storey slab of Centre Point at the east end of Oxford Street, and the City’s NatWest Towe
Climate-saving wonder â or â¬240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks (opens the original)
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MVRDV â the firm behind Marble Arch Mound â says Rotterdam ROCKS! will inspire visitors to live sustainably. But in an era when the greenest building is the one that already exists, this tottering cairn looks set to misfire âIt looks like something Shrek would throw up,â sniffed one online commentator, unflatteringly comparing Rotterdam ROCKS!, the recently unveiled proposal for a waterfront site in Europeâs largest port, with the vomitings of a cartoon ogre. Designed by Dutch architec
Climate-saving wonder – or €240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks - AOL (opens the original)
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‘It looks like something Shrek would throw up,” sniffed one online commentator, unflatteringly comparing Rotterdam ROCKS!, the recently unveiled proposal for a waterfront site in Europe’s largest port, with the vomitings of a cartoon ogre. Designed by Dutch architectural firm MVRDV, which gave London the supremely underwhelming Marble Arch Mound in 2021, Rotterdam ROCKS! (the use of EMPHATIC CAPITALS connoting an in-your-face energy) is the winner of a major architectural competition intended to
Thar she blows! Hull Maritime Museum resurfaces with a walk-in whale and a âmonkey mermaidâ (opens the original)
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The £20m reboot shows off exhibits ranging from a giant whale skeleton to tiny âscrimshawsâ of carved bone to a very strange mermaid, all telling a gripping tale of a great seafaring city The star attraction of Hullâs revamped and revitalised Maritime Museum is a colossal 40ft-long skeleton of an North Atlantic right whale, beached more than a century ago. The remains of this leviathan dominate an exhibition space scarcely large enough to contain its stupendous bulk. Children can crawl in
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