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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13927 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 10:30:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13927-storeys-field-community-center-and-eddington-nursery-by-muma MUMA’s refined brickwork and limestone benches enliven the facade of the nursery’s administration wing. Photo © Alan Williams The main hall, in pale timber and textured brick, commands views of Cambridgeshire’s agricultural landscape. Photo © Alan Williams A circular air inlet set into a hollow garden wall provides ventilation for the main hall. Photo © Alan Williams The center sits on the edge of the new district of Eddington and has access to a network of cycling paths. Photo © Alan Williams Peaked roof classrooms and a cloistered arcade define the nursery’s playground. Photo © Alan Williams Inside the classrooms, perforated acoustic ceilings rise to skylights. A clerestory, positioned above the cloister roof outside, admits additional daylight. Photo © Alan Williams   Image courtesy MUMA Image courtesy MUMA Image courtesy MUMA Image courtesy MUMA The Whitworth Gallery, in England’s booming second city, Manchester, is a cultural institution that took a walk in the park back in 1889—it was the first English art museum to adopt a parkland rather than urban setting.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11489 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11489-the-whitworth The Whitworth Original architect J.W. Beaumont’s 1906 gallery frontage is now home to a new sculpture terrace. Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth The H-shaped extension accommodates a second entrance. Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth The new Art Garden sits between the extension and the red brick-clad Landscape Gallery. Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth The central Exhibition Gallery opens to the new Promenade Gallery. Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth The new café was designed to sit among the trees in Whitworth Park. Its highly polished stainless steel reflects the greenery so the structure visually dissolves. Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth The roof-lit central Exhibition Gallery has a new view to the park. Photo © Alan Williams The Whitworth Image courtesy MUMA The Whitworth Image courtesy MUMA The Whitworth Image courtesy MUMA