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SUMMARY:Of Its Time and of Its Place - Richard Murphy OBE\, Director\, Ric
 hard Murphy Architects
DTSTART:20120606T121500Z
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CONTACT:Xiao Rong
DESCRIPTION:The title of this lecture is explained by Richard Murphy Archi
 tects' location between two opposite points of view. There is little in ou
 r work that might be called avant-garde. The office does not subscribe to 
 the high-octane world of the international 'starchitects' depositing iconi
 c buildings in different cultures around the world\, which whilst having s
 ome superficial photo-journalistic value\, rarely repay close inspection. 
 The other position is represented by the society in which we work\, Edinbu
 rgh in particular\, but also elsewhere in the UK. This is a city where man
 y citizens wish that the modern era had never occurred. Modern architectur
 e\, it seems to be universally agreed\, has spoilt the view. However it is
  essential for the health of our culture that we make buildings that are r
 ecognisably of today so that in future there will be some history from thi
 s era to preserve. Rooting recognisably new buildings into old places or p
 articular landscapes\; contributing towards\, rather than damaging\, their
  location\; continuing\, rather than fossilising\, the history of a place:
  there are our objectives. We call it architecture of its time and place.
LOCATION:Ground-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture
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