As part of the Architecture week, the 2006 biennale started last friday but it was really the sheep drive led by Rogers and Piano that got the party going (Foster MIA, either got stuck in NY dealing with WTC matters or simply got smart and missed the event).
Sheep pics:1 - 2 - 3 - 4 & 5
Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano:
I still don't get the nostalgic attachment of biennale organisers with a medieval London expressed by recreating the routes of animals being walked to the market (two years ago it was longhorn cows) specially when the biennale's topic is 'change'. It does catch the attention though. It was simply amazing to see how many people were interested in a group of sheep being walked through the heart of the city unfortunately the general public didn't really have a clue of what the sheep drive represented and the press seemed to be more interested in the animal right protesters than in the architecture biennale.
The recreation of Bartholomew Fair by Smithfields Market seemed to be much more successful.
More Bienale photos here>
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wow, I take it all back. they really are still bad boys...
Renzo Piano "Loves Southwark" the site for 'the shard of glass' a tower designed by his practice. During his "sermon" lecture at Southwark cathedral Piano wanted to demonstrate the contextualism of the tower and the benefits of regeneration that it will bring to the area.
The shard is intended to stand at least symbolically as the spire to the Cathedral on the skyline of the city. Read more>
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