Posts by Robert Bevan
Iconoclasm as genocide warning
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World Heritage Convention at 40
Is the world heritage convention having a midlife crisis? Published as: World Heritage at 40: success or mess? in THE ART NEWSPAPER Number 240, November 2012
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Neues Museum, Berlin
David Chipperfield’s masterpiece used Bevan’s book, The Destruction of Memory as a guide to its critical reconstruction.
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Minaretphobia
Racism is behind the fight against building minarets in the West.
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The Destruction of Memory
One of the ten best architecture books says The Independent. This analysis of attacks on architecture helped define a new field of study.
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9/11 Memorial
High finance and low politics undermines commemoration at Ground Zero.
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Common Ground
An essay on Islamophobia and the stand-off between heritage and the avant-garde commissioned for a critical reader accompanying the 2012 Venice Biennale.
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Heritage Journalism
Journalism about historic architecture and places and issues relating to material culture, including looting and provenance and human rights, is a consistent element of Robert Bevan’s heritage advocacy.
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Gehry’s architecture business
Gehry’s business school in Sydney prioritises branding over architecture.
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Tasmania’s cheekiest devil
MONA is part of the reinvention of Tasmania as a cultural and foodie destination. The Observer Magazine.
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National Gallery of Australia
The new Aboriginal wing makes a less than impressive entrance.
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Bubbling under
Snorkelling for beginners on the great, great, Great Barrier Reef.
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Walking Wales
How to convince an Australian that Britain has beaches worth a look.
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Art’s secret passage
The hidden Vasari corridor kept the Medici free from assassins. It was also a convenient place to hang a portrait or two.
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Cairo the victorious
The city’s ancient centre is as fascinating as the pyramids at its edge.
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Marseille
Vogue Living on the 2013 European Capital of Culture.
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Group Hygge
Copenhagen for the design traveller.
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Cultural Genocide
Why culture should be central to the definition of genocide.
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Art in the office
Durbach Block’s creative HQ for Melbourne fashion maven and art patron Naomi Milgrom.
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Hepworth & Turner
Chipperfield’s architectural double act. The Hepworth is a fine follow up to Berlin’s Neues Museum.
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North Bank South Bank
Australia’s arts complexes under the spotlight.
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Lightbulb moments
Changing a light bulb is easier than building a green power plant but the new globes bring their own problems.
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WOHA
Singapore finest. WOHA profiled in The Australian’s Wish magazine.
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RMITvUTS
Sydney and Melbourne’s architectural cultures go head-to-head
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Zaha Hadid
The diva of decon’s first Australian interview.
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Design scene: Copenhagen
An architectural travel guide to design central.
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Thomas Heatherwick
The inventor behind the Olympic torch.
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Bushfire House
You dont have to build concrete bunkers to balance risk and fire safety.
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Brooklyn’s design scene
America’s fourth largest city has become the hipster heart of art and design.
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Venice Biennale 2012
Architecture’s new mood. For The Australian newspaper.
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Cycling Copenhagen
How Denmark’s capital made the sustainable stylish. From The Australian’s Wish supplement
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New Orleans
New Orlean’s history and identity are in danger from its misconceived rebuilding programme.
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