EXPLORING
During ‘08, the city’s heritage revealed itself in many ways, internationally via Cities on the Edge and locally in Around the City in 80 Pubs. The city’s modern day resurgence also emerged in new contemporary architecture from John Moores University’s Art and Design Academy, the landmark waterfront and Echo Arena Liverpool and Liverpool One – providing a new landscape for everyone to explore, discover and debate.
— Le Corbusier – the Art of Architecture — The Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. October 2 ‘08 – January 18 ‘09 The first major exhibition of Le Corbusier’s life and work seen in Britain for more than 20 years premiered in the dramatic crypt of the Metropolitan Cathedral, organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust in collaboration with Vitra Design Museum, Basel and the Netherlands Architecture Institute and supported by the Liverpool Culture Company.
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