Benjamin Carter

architect @gortscott - architecture, urbanism, history, art and C20 stuff - studied at @themsarch @cdr_studio 🏳️‍🌈

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

putting the final touches on my thesis and thought I would share some images - examining the urban composition of the case study campuses

1. University of York
2. University of East Anglia
3. University of Essex
4. Illinois Institute of Technology

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

@willjennings80 @helenbarrett For sure - I’ve recently moved near to Cressingham Gardens, there are some pretty clear parallels between the two estates

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

My article on the Central Hill Estate has been published in The Modernist’s latest issue, themed around neglect

https://t.co/Kvus68tQTL

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The article examines the theme through the neglect of the estate itself, the misogyny felt by its architect - Rosemary Stjernstedt - and the ignored voices of its current residents

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

I’m one of twenty six to have work in this exhibition @modernistsoc and it’s still open for a few more weeks - send me a message if interested in buying a print

[the modernist® @modernistmag]

In Case You Missed It Twenty-six artists have come together to celebrate their affection for Manchester's former UMIST Campus.
https://t.co/D6a2CdHfUk

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

@eamonncanniffe Construction? Festivities? What’s this for?

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Did not know they spun it into position - I love this bridge even more now

[Architext @architext14]

What ove arup considered his finest work. Kingsgate footbridge, Durham where 2 legs of the bridge are constructed on shore and swung into position and touch at the most elegant of expansion joints.

[the modernist® @modernistmag]

the modernist x BDP present - The BDP Talk Series. 2.2
'The Case for Listing' with the Twentieth Century Society
https://t.co/x4QFXpczLn

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

I’ll be presenting my thesis next month in Manchester @modernistmag @C20Society at an event focused on listing post war architecture and landscapes - tickets below

https://t.co/U8aeF9FMSt

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

RIP Hopkins - whose understated, sober and more contextual high-tech felt very English, as if it grew from the Victorian machine obsession.

[Simon Phipps @new_brutalism]

Roger Stevens Building, University of Leeds; designed by Chamberlin Powell and Bon, built 1970
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Photo: Simon Phipps
#brutalnorth

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

Great to work with Phil, especially on this featured project.

Communication on the project was always easy as it was via a sketch, often abstract, but more lucid than verbal description could ever be

[Architects’ Journal @ArchitectsJrnal]

Sketchbook: Philip Etchells https://t.co/yFDIB8IeNg

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Most British estates don't rival this quality of housing and streetscape, even 100 years later

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De Dageraad worker's housing, where the Amsterdam School still feels modern

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

@Erin_bee Hello Erin, thanks for the interest and glad you liked the piece. Would definitely recommend looking into Richard Brook’s research if you found this relevant

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

Following my thesis which concerns postwar university campuses generally, I am now beginning to re-examine my project site at the UMIST Campus, Manchester, starting with its historical relationship to the Cold War, 'white heat' and urban renewal.

https://t.co/ygcaLnPKFH

[Lukas Novotny @LukasNovo89]

A huge treasure throve of @BarbicanCentre original graphics, drawings and photos was released: https://t.co/6WWsYOJIDS

[Marianna Janowicz @marianna_jano]

‘Cities are measured by what you can do in them for free’ - paraphrasing Alejandro Aravena in conversation with Sumayya Vally hosted by @AJEnglish

A rudimentary but productive metric, I think

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

Never not impressed by the scale of Whitworth Street

[rebuildingmanchester @rebuildingmcr]

Whitworth Street - 14 December 2022

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

Congratulations Yousuf, consistently beautiful work! Great to see a project to reimagine UMIST also winning

[Architects’ Journal @ArchitectsJrnal]

Congratulations to the winners of the AJ Student Prize!
- Undergraduate: Joe Russell, the Bartlett
- Postgraduate: Yousuf Khalil, University of Cambridge
- Sustainability: Elle Thompson and Ali Francis, University of Sheffield
Supported by @MarleyLtd @LancsArc

[Benjamin Carter @_BenjaminCarter]

Excited to visit Mayfield, seems Manchester’s most transformational built environment project in years is not architectural at all

[Architects’ Journal @ArchitectsJrnal]

Studio Egret West’s new Manchester park opens to public https://t.co/U9U602Lc4Z

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Surprising that not only are these buildings unlisted, but also have COIs blocking their listing in the future

[Otto Saumarez Smith @OSaumarezSmith]

There are currently two major postwar buildings named after Queen Elizabeth II with live Certificates of Immunity from listing, which new culture secretary @michelledonelan ought now to rethink.

1. Powell & Moya's splendid QEII Conference Centre, Westminster (1981-6)