Olly Wainwright
@ollywainwright.bsky.social
Architecture and design critic of the @theguardian.com
oliver.wainwright@theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliver-wainwright
oliver.wainwright@theguardian.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliver-wainwright
How interesting, thanks!
May 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
How interesting, thanks!
(Cited in this French doctoral thesis core.ac.uk/download/pdf...)
core.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
(Cited in this French doctoral thesis core.ac.uk/download/pdf...)
The curatorial statement begins:
Little toad, little toad / I will give you an old house / In return for a new house;
Little toad, little toad / Go fetch some water / I will build your house;
Little toad, little toad / Your house is on fire / Wend your way here with a pitchfork.
Little toad, little toad / I will give you an old house / In return for a new house;
Little toad, little toad / Go fetch some water / I will build your house;
Little toad, little toad / Your house is on fire / Wend your way here with a pitchfork.
March 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The curatorial statement begins:
Little toad, little toad / I will give you an old house / In return for a new house;
Little toad, little toad / Go fetch some water / I will build your house;
Little toad, little toad / Your house is on fire / Wend your way here with a pitchfork.
Little toad, little toad / I will give you an old house / In return for a new house;
Little toad, little toad / Go fetch some water / I will build your house;
Little toad, little toad / Your house is on fire / Wend your way here with a pitchfork.
It was very entertaining! Looking forward to more episodes...
January 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It was very entertaining! Looking forward to more episodes...
Reposted by Olly Wainwright
Which turns out to have been designed by Kenzo Tange (who designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial). @ollywainwright.bsky.social wrote a story about it in 2013:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Assad's palace: an empty, echoing monument to dictator decor
Oliver Wainwright: Designed by celebrated architect Kenzō Tange, what does the Syrian presidential palace say about the Assad regime?
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Which turns out to have been designed by Kenzo Tange (who designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial). @ollywainwright.bsky.social wrote a story about it in 2013:
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
So you are! 🧐
November 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
So you are! 🧐
Nice, where’s that going to be?
November 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Nice, where’s that going to be?
Woo, great! 🌴
November 21, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Woo, great! 🌴
Oh nice! I look forward to seeing that...
November 20, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Oh nice! I look forward to seeing that...
Yes! And the final transition into his disco-fabulous final form of mylar, faux fur and sparkles ✨
November 19, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Yes! And the final transition into his disco-fabulous final form of mylar, faux fur and sparkles ✨
My favourite Rudolph fact is that when he wasn’t designing heroic works of muscular brutalism, his favourite hobby was painting Japanese toy robots. Here’s some of his collection
November 19, 2024 at 5:17 PM
My favourite Rudolph fact is that when he wasn’t designing heroic works of muscular brutalism, his favourite hobby was painting Japanese toy robots. Here’s some of his collection