“Turning the Place Over” – Richard Wilson

 

“The most daring piece of public art ever commissioned in the UK, Turning the Place Over is artist Richard Wilson’s most radical intervention into architecture to date, turning a building in Liverpool’s city centre literally inside out. One of Wilson’s very rare temporary works, Turning the Place Over colonises Cross Keys House, Moorfields. It is on a light sensor and will run during daylight hours.

Co-commissioned by the Liverpool Culture Company and Liverpool Biennial, co-funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency and The Northern Way, and facilitated by Liverpool Vision, the project is a stunning trailblazer for Liverpool’s Year as European Capital of Culture 2008, and the jewel in the crown of the Culture Company’s public art programme.” 

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(Source: www.archi-idea.blogspot.com)

Les sauvages à la BAnQ

 

“Publicité Sauvage et Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) ont signé un partenariat pour conserver les affiches en tant que trace de l’histoire culturelle de Montréal.

Depuis octobre, Publicité Sauvage remet à BAnQ deux exemplaires de chaque affiche qui lui est confiée. BAnQ recevra ainsi, sur une base régulière, des affiches créées au Québec pour les archiver dans une base informatique.”

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(Source: Bulletin électronique de Grafika du 12 décembre 2007)

UN-HABITAT established world’s most complete urban archive with Canadian university

 

“UN-HABITAT and the University British Columbia have announced a partnership to create the UBC / UN-HABITAT Archives which will be the world’s most complete online repository of information on building sustainable cities.

In a statement read on her behalf, UN-HABITAT’s Executive Director, Mrs. Anna Tibaijuka said she was delighted to learn that the Vancouver-based university had taken initiative to build a virtual human settlements information centre containing critical print and electronic material from Habitat’s first conference held in1976 up to and including the 2006 World Urban Forum III both of which took place in Vancouver.

The resulting web-based UBC / UN-HABITAT Archive will provide an invaluable resource for learning, teaching and practice on our towns and cities locally, nationally, and globally, she observed.”

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(Source: Nicolas Marier)