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Architecture x Music: Simon James

Architecture x Music by Simon James (The Simonsound) “Music, like architecture, is time and space. Music and architecture alike are a matter of measure” Le Corbusier Music and architecture share many things in common and are linked through centuries of cross pollination, interaction and evolution. As Le Corbusier’s quote stated, they are both art forms…

The Deed and Prosper by Elizabeth Kane

The Deed and Prosper – Elizabeth Kane The great swathe of land that makes up London’s Dockland’s is a malfunctioning time machine. Vast glass office walls scrape against the charm of what once was the noble entrance to the London Docks, reiterating the moment the bulldozers beat monuments of Britain’s industrial past to the ground. Ashes…

The Composer’s View: Simon Vincent

Musicity Introduction by Simon Vincent As architecture traverses space, so humans traverse architecture. As music traverses acoustic space, so humans are traversed by music. It is difficult, if not impossible, to formulate an opening sentence that will somehow both describe succinctly the nature of architecture and music, their relationship to each other and the way…

Musicity: Introduction by Nick Luscombe

Musicity – by Nick Luscombe From Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit (2014) in the Olympic Park to Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North (1998) in Gateshead just off the A1, here in Britain we are used to seeing artworks in public places. Architects, property developers, urban planners and regeneration agencies have regularly commissioned visual artists to make work that…

Architect Paul Bavister and his work with Musicity

Paul Bavister from architectural firm Flanagan Lawrence outlines his work with Musicity to help develop the creative response of the commissioned artists to various spaces. Background The design of spaces for listening has not, historically, been a linear process. For thousands of years, built architecture and musical repertoire have formed a coexistent symbiosis, each factor informing…