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The Sesquipedalist: 80 years of AD in 1100 words
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. 80 years of AD in 1100 words. As promised (and promptly forgotten), here's my potted history of 80 years of AD as published in the AJ a couple of months ago. Charles Jencks had shown glimpses of his forthcoming book, The Language of Post-Modern Architecture. I enjoyed the summary. Just to add a piece of oral history to your work, AD was quite popular in Turkey in the 1990s and probably before. I remember that many...I lov...
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The Sesquipedalist: The Browne Report Wordled
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. The Browne Report Wordled. Click on the image to get a bigger one on wordle's web site. If you enjoy what you read (or if you want to buy a 5seventy3 for £6). Ardour of the layman. Rightness of wayward sentiment, the. John Wiley and Sons.
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The Sesquipedalist: 5seventy3
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. 5seventy3 is almost ready for printing. S Sheffield chapter from his forthcoming book, "A Guide to the New Ruins Of Great Britain". Copies are £6 (which doesn't even cover printing and p&p! To get one, donate £6 using the paypal button at the top right, I'll send you one. I recently received a copy of this publication, and its a great read. Thought provoking and enlightening. Worth every penny. Recommended!
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The Sesquipedalist: Concrete Quarterly
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. My dad would proudly recount the story of the construction of the nearby Harworth Colliery. Pit head - the longest continuous pour of concrete ever at the time - every time we passed it on the A1 back to Sheffield, and a little further south on the same road, he'd point out Sam Scorer's hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell roof. The rise of CQ. On 25th May 1940, it became illegal to start a new magazine due to paper ratio...
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The Sesquipedalist: 21st century archimag circulations
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. 21st century archimag circulations. Following on from my last post, here are the average circulation figures of the main architectural magazines in the UK, except for icon, for which the ABC doesn't seem to have figures for some reason. Click on the graph for a slightly larger version). Since the recession, the Architects' Journal. Have been particularly hard hit. The advertising-funded Architecture Today.
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The Sesquipedalist: AR & AD Advertising 1954-76
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. AR and AD Advertising 1954-76. The above graph shows the number of pages of adverts, averaged over the previous 6 months (for a smoother curve seeing as I only have access to about 90% of the issues), for the Architectural Review. During the period I'm studying for my PhD, circa 1954-76). AR. Was consistently 1,000 copies behind the AR. These anecdotal figures are impossible to check but are the best I can do. Had several...
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The Sesquipedalist: 80 years of AD
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. 80 years of AD. 2010 is the 80th anniversary of Architectural Design (AD). Magazine - the mag that forms the case study for my PhD (whose title today is "the role of the architectural magazine in the construction of modern architectural history - a case study of Architectural Design 1954-1972"). I'd hoped to finish my PhD and get it published on this year, but that's clearly impossible. Here's the official press release:.
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The Sesquipedalist: La tour d'art ce matin
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On the sociology of the architectural profession and the mediation of its products. La tour d'art ce matin. The scaffolding is coming down from the University of Sheffield's Arts Tower and it's looking glorious again. Architecture's not moving in until next year, however, and I'm kind of sad that means I won't be back in it. Crikey. It actually looks. like it used to. Somehow Im disappointed I cant kick up a fuss about that. Thanks learning - corrected :). Ardour of the layman. John Wiley and Sons.
