The Architectural Review N° 1427 (2016)

4 What culture is to a city
In a digital world, has the role of cultural buildings in the city really changed?
Tim Abrahams

14 Defensive lines
At Fort Vechten, Anne Holtrop has hewn a museum out of the landscape, creating a singular experience for the visitors.
Manon Mollard

24 Adding up
MAMM’s extension by Ctrl G and 51-1, characterized by overlapping volumes, was inspired by the architecture of the slums of Medellín
Felipe Walter

33 ‘The last thing grand avenue needs is another icon’
Diller Scofidio + Ranfro’s Broad Museum in Los Angeles is a fine home for artworks, but sadly does nothing to animate the street.
Edwing Heathcote

44 Reputations. Walt Disney
The master of amimated conversation through the language of caricature.
Paul Davies

47 Scarpa
As Italy sought to forge its cultural identity, Carlos Scarpa was part of an architectural movement in museum design reinventing the display of Italian art in historic spaces.
Orietta Lanzarini

58 Typology cinemas
Gloriously kitsch picture palaces engulfed the masses in darkness, while opening virtual space through the screen.
Tom Wilkinson

81 Culture

92 ‘From empty shell to community hot spot’
Following the financial meltdown in Iceland Harpa became the sole jewel in Reykjavík’s ambitious East Harbour Project crown.
Jon Astbury

100 ‘You want to penetrate the cave and discover its extents’
National Sawdust and what it represents has been born of a love music, musicians and musical integrity.
Amelia Stein, Sophia Mitchell.

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