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There’s Live… and there’s Virtually Live
On a recent trip to London, I set out to look at how live music venues had been affected by two years of intermittent shutdowns. I had expected to find changes, hardships, and closures, and indeed there had been well-known, … Continue reading
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Tagged alltogethernow, architecture, music performance, popular music, temporary stages, venues
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A Week in the Shard
The Shard, London ©Robert Kronenburg I recently found out that I am one of six winners of an RIBA competition in which entrants were asked to reflect on the impact of the pandemic on their lives, practice and the general world … Continue reading
This Must Be The Place: CBGB and OMFUG
My book This Must Be The Place: An Architectural History of Popular Music Performance Venues (Bloomsbury, New York) is published today 7th March 2019. It tells the story of the places and spaces where popular music has been performed and … Continue reading
MEA (Minimal Effort Architecture)
The phrase Renaissance woman/man is sometimes overplayed but I am fortunate to know someone who genuinely deserves that accolade. Jim is an architect, a gifted water colourist, a teacher and a superb chef. He is also by far the best … Continue reading
Armchair or Being There
I’m just recovering from an extended period of slouching around watching TV and streams via BBC’s extended broadcast of the Glastonbury Festival. It was for the most part an easy listening experience, sitting there with a drink (and toilets) close … Continue reading
Shows, People and Architecture in Las Vegas
A couple of years ago when I was working on my book Live Architecture, I spent a week in Las Vegas looking at new performance buildings designed by the Canadian company Scéno Plus. Vegas (why is the ‘Las’ left off … Continue reading
Staging the Spectacular – music and festival scenography at the V&A
‘Good design happens when you are happy’ – with this simple but uplifting message Es Devlin, designer of the Olympic Closing Ceremony and creative director for numerous high profile pop music artists such as Kanye West and the Pet Shop … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, festivals, stage sets
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Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress.com! This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you … Continue reading
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Robert Kronenburg 