Last chance to see Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings at the Royal Academy of Arts

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings  installation view, 2018. Photo: David Parry.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings installation view, 2018. Photo: David Parry.

Last chance: see the Royal Academy of Arts’ uplifting architecture exhibition, Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings, in the New Year.

This January, escape into the world of Renzo Piano, the inspirational architect behind The Shard in London, the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and the 1.7-kilometre-long Kansai Airport in Japan. During his 40-year career, Piano has made a huge contribution to the modern city centre, not least on his own hometown of Genoa, where his regeneration work truly transformed the industrial harbour into a public space.

This stirring exhibition is like walking into one of Piano’s architectural logbooks. Daylit, bright and airy, the gallery houses 16 tables filled with original sketches, technical drawings, detailed models and in situ photos of some of his most important projects. Highlights include the first sketch of The Shard (which Piano drew on the back of an envelope in a restaurant), as well as 1:1 mock-ups of engineering elements, which his 150-strong team produce to test their scale and surface.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings  installation view, 2018. Photo: David Parry.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings installation view, 2018. Photo: David Parry.

Each of these reveal the vision and invention behind Piano’s pioneering constructions, and the truly global scale of his work. Designed and curated in close collaboration with Piano himself, join us for the first exhibition in London to put the spotlight on Piano in 30 years.

At the centre of the exhibition is a darkened room screening an intimate documentary with Piano, as well as the most imaginative object in the show: a metropolitan ‘Island’, created by Piano and his team, which brings together over 100 of his buildings at a 1:1000 scale into one landscape.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings  installation view, 2018. Photo: David Parry.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings installation view, 2018. Photo: David Parry.

Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings is open until 20 January 2019. 

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Exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in collaboration with Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Fondazione Renzo Piano.

Oh Comely readers can enjoy 20% off tickets using the code ARCHI18.

*This is a sponsored post*

Come join our craft workshop weekender

Get yourself in the festive spirit, and perhaps also ahead on the pressie front, with our craft workshop weekender held in London on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December. 

We’re delighted to have teamed up with Birdsong and Beyond Retro to offer a weekend filled with sessions run by some of London’s most brilliant designers, illustrators and makers. 

Pop along to Beyond Retro’s Dalston Store, and you can join social enterprise Juta to make your own reclaimed leather or vegan shoes, have fun block stamping your own sustainable top with Gabi & Maya and learn more about natural dyeing with SALT Textiles. Get your fingers celebration ready by crafting party rings with accessory and prop maker Rosy Nicholas, while crochet queen Katie Jones will be sharing her pom pom tree decorations (pick up a copy of our forthcoming midwinter issue – out 13 December – for more Christmas treats from Katie).

Grab your friends or come along to make some new ones. Prices start at £10 and you can buy your tickets here. Look forward to seeing you there!

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SELBY: 18 ABBEY WALK  YO8 4DZ

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  • ECKINGTON WAY, CRYSTAL PEAKS S20 7PQ

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  • 78 UXBRIDGE ROAD  SL1 1SU
  • 149-153 FARNHAM ROAD SL1 4XP

SOLIHULL: POPLAR WAY  B91 3BX

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  • SUPERSTORE 1, LORDSHILL DISTRICT CENTRE SO16 8HY
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  • HEDGE END: TOLLBAR WAY, HEDGE END SO30 2UH

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA: 45 LONDON ROAD SS1 1PL

SOUTHPORT: ST. GEORGES PLACE, LORD STREET PR9 0AF

SPALDING: HOLLAND MARKET  PE11 1DA

STAFFORD: CHELL ROAD, STAFFORDSHIRE ST16 2TF

STAINES: THE CAUSEWAY TW18 3AP

ST ALBANS:

  • BARNET ROAD, COLNEY AL2 1BG
  • EVERHARD CLOSE AL1 2QU

STAMFORD: MARKHAM RETAIL PARK, RYHALL ROAD  PE9 1UG

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ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA:  JOHN MACADAM WAY TN37 7SQ

STOCKPORT

  • WARREN STREET SK1 1UB
  • LONDON ROAD, HAZEL GROVE SK7 4AW

STOKE ON TRENT:ETRURIA ROAD, HANLEY ST1 5SA

STREET: Gravenchon Way BA16 0HS

STROUD: DUDBRIDGE ROAD GL5 3HG

SUDBURY: 66 CORNARD ROAD CO10 2XB

SUNDERLAND: RIVERSIDE ROAD, WESSINGTON WAY SR5 3JG

SUTTON COLDFIELD: MERE GREEN ROAD,  MERE GREEN  B75 5BT

SWINDON: OXFORD ROAD SN3 4EW

 

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TADLEY: 30 MULFORDS HILL, TADLEY RG26 3JE

TAPLOW: LAKE END ROAD SL6 0QH

TAUNTON: HANKRIDGE WAY TA1 2LR

TELFORD: FORGE RETAIL PARK,  COLLIERS WAY TF3 4AG

TENBY: TENBY UPPER PARK ROAD,  UPPER PARK SA70 7LT

TORPOINT: ANTONY ROAD PL11 2JW

TROWBRIDGE: BRITISH ROW BA14 8GF

TRURO: TREYEW ROAD TR1 3XL

 

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WAKEFIELD

  • TRINITY WALK MARSH WAY WF1 3LJ
  • 50 INGS ROAD WF1 1RS

WALTHAM CROSS: 72 SHOPPING PAVILLION, HIGH STREET EN8 7BZ

WALLINGTON: STAFFORD ROAD  SM6 9AA

WALTON: RICE LANE, CAVENDISH DRIVE L9 1HW

WANTAGE: LIMBOROUGH ROAD  OX12 9AJ

WARLEY: FREETH STREET, OLDBURY B69 3DB

WARRINGTON

  • 100 CHURCH STREET WA1 2TN
  • SANTA ROSA BLVD, GREAT SANKEY WA5 3AG

WASHINGTON: THE GALLERIES, TYNE AND WEAR NE38 7RU

WATERLOOVILLE: HAMMLEDON ROAD PO7 7UL

WELLINGBOROUGH: 260 NORTHAMPTON ROAD NN8 3GZ

WELWYN GARDEN CITY: 44 CHURCH ROAD AL8 6PS

WESTON-SUPER-MARE: NORTH WORLE SHOPPING CENTRE, QUEENSWAY  BS22 6BL

WEST WICKHAM: 163-164 WICKHAM HIGH STREET BR4 0LU

WHITSTABLE: REEVES WAY, OFF THANET WAY, CHESFIELD CT5 3QS

WHITBY: STAINSACRE LANE YO22 4PU

WHITCHURCH: LONDON ROAD SY13 1NJ

WHITLEY BAY: NEWSTEADS DRIVE, MONKSEATON NE25 9EX

WIGAN: WORTHINGTON WAY, MARUS BRIDGE WN3 6XA

WILMSLOWL 67 ALDERLEY ROAD SK9 1NX

WINCHESTER: BADGER FARM ROAD SO22 4QB

WIRRAL: BROOK STREET, NESTON CH64 9AR

WITNEY: WITTAN WAY OX28 4FF

WOKING: REDDING WAY KNAPHILL GU21 2QT

WOKINGHAM: WINNERSH CROSSROADS, READING ROAD RG41 5AR

WOLVERHAMPTON: HEATH MILL ROAD, WOMBOURNE WV5 8AQ

WORCESTER: WORCESTER ST JOHNS, SWANPOOL WALK WR2 4EL

WORKSOP: HIGHGROUNDS ROAD RHODESIA S80 3AT

WORTHING: DOWNLAND BUSINESS PARK, LYONS WAY BN14 9LA

 

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YARM: 88 HIGH STREET TS15 9AP

YORK

  • FOSS BANK, YO31 7JB
  • THE BALK, POCKLINGTON YO42 2GG

 

 

Oh Comely x Bailey Nelson – through the lens: a conversation with interesting women

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To celebrate International Women's Day, Oh Comely and Bailey Nelson are hosting an evening of conversation with interesting women who have featured on the pages of Oh Comely, more information to be announced soon...

Profits from ticket sales will go to Bloody Good Period, which give menstrual supplies to asylum seekers, refugees and those who can't afford them.

Hosted by Editor, Alice Snape and Commissioning Editor, Bre Graham

From 6.30pm on Friday 9 March, £15 includes drinks.

Buy tickets here

This is an intimate event of just 50 people. Watch this space for more information on our panel of guests. 

Brighton Art Fair / MADE BRIGHTON 2016

Fancy some creative inspiration this weekend? Brighton Art Fair / MADE BRIGHTON is happening from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 September at Corn Exchange at the Dome, Church Street, Brighton.

Tutton and Young are hosting a joint art, craft and design fair, featuring fifty each of the best contemporary artists and designer/makers from the UK and abroad. Showing and selling their work directly to the public, they promise an inspiring balance between established and emerging artists and makers. 

Tickets are £7.50. Find out more and buy your tickets here

Culture Monday

With the aim of brightening up your Monday, we bring you a selection of delightful cultural offerings for the week ahead. Diaries at the ready...

Art

- Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond @ Wellcome Collection, London (15 September to 15 January 2017). Read our feature 'Putting Pen to Paper' in issue 32 of Oh Comely.

- Prints Charming @ Hamilton House, Bristol (14 to 19 September)

- Hurvin Anderson: Dub Versions @ NAE, Nottingham (until 18 September)

- Maria Lassing @ Tate Liverpool (until 18 September 2016)

- Metamorphosis @ Morley College, London (until 22 September), featuring Oh Comely contributor Eleni Kalorkoti

 

Film

Station to Station @ Hoxton Square Bar, London (12 September)

London Fashion Film Festival @ Courthouse Hotel, London (14 September)

 

Music

Sunflower Bean on tour @ Bristol, Brighton and London (13 to 15 September)

 

Books

In Pursuit of London @ Waterstones Piccadilly, London 

 

'Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond' opens at Wellcome Collection on 15 September. Photo: Lara Watson

'Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond' opens at Wellcome Collection on 15 September. Photo: Lara Watson

 

Events

Roald Dahl Day @ nationwide (13 September)

Estuary Festival @ Various venues, Essex (17 September to 2 October)

D.I.Y. Art Market @ Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London (17 September)

Open House, London (17 & 18 September)

 

Show us where you've been and tell us what we should include in next week's round-up via our Twitter or Instagram.

Join us for an evening of watercolours

After talking to watercolour artist Meera Lee Patel for Issue 31, we felt inspired to pick up our paint brushes and splosh some paint on paper. The results were not quite as beautiful as Meera Lee's. 

So, we've called in the help of London based artist, Liz Temperley of Blank Inside, to teach us how to turn our sploshing into framed-stuck-on-the-wall-Instagram-worthy paintings. And we're inviting you along too. 

Whether you fancy yourself a seasoned pro or like us, a total novice come along, roll your sleeves up and get painting. We'll be at Habitat's King's Road Store on Wednesday 6th July ready with our paint brushes at 7pm. 

We've only 20 places so grab a ticket while you can! Tickets include materials.