Helping People Make Better Places

Craven: Sustainable Art &

Design in the Public Realm
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Bold yet Sensitive Architecture

David Mellor Cutlery Factory: Peak District National Park, Chatsworth

www.davidmellordesign.com
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An Exploration of Technology

Downland Gridshell: Weald & Downland Open Air Museum by Ted Cullinan

www.wealddown.co.uk
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Iconic Art & Architecture

East Beach Cafe: Littlehampton by Thomas Heatherwick

www.eastbeachcafe.co.uk
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An Integration of Art, Design and Engineering

Falkirk Wheel, London Eye and Newcastle-Gateshead Bridge: Industrial design,

architecture or public art?
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Cultural Masterplanning & Animation

Bradford City Park: Architect and artist collaborations to influence the

design & use of a new ‘peoples park’ through interactive and integrated arts
www.bradford.gov.uk
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Housing Innovation

Chimney Pot Park, Salford: turned the traditional terraced street upside down. A bright
linear garden is at first floor level, accessed from the main living rooms.

www.urbansplash.co.uk/chimneypotpark
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‘Grey to Green’ Space Conversions

The High Line: New Manhattan community park created on a disused elevated railway
www.thehighline.org
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A Sensory Experience

Chroma Streams; Tide and Traffic: Is a £300k work of New York lighting artist Leni
Schwendinger in collaboration with Ian Alexander of jmarchitects. Commissioned by Glasgow
City Council. Lights interact with traffic flow data.

www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/kingston_bridge_glasgow.htm
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A Celebration of ‘Place’

Singing Ringing Tree: Burnley Panopticon by Tonkin Liu

www.visitlancashire.com/panopticons
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Micro in Detail

NYC Manhole Covers: by Lawrence Weiner read: "in direct line with another and the
next“ Referring to the grid of New York City's Streets. Can be found in 19 locations.

www.publicartfund.org
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A Myriad of Local Initiatives

Gallery on the Green: Postcard Art in a phone box, Settle

www.galleryonthegreen.org.uk
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Memorials

Buckden Pike Memorial: For the Polish bomber crew killed in a 1942 plane crash. One
survivor was saved by following a fox trail to a farmhouse in the blizzard – hence the bronze.
www.buckdenpike.co.uk/cross.html
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Alternative Live Arts Venues

Mart Theatre and Sheep Town Theatre Company: Innovative integration of cattle mart
and live events and theatre productions

www.themarttheatre.org.uk
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Community Radio Interpretation

Drystone Radio: Audio trail and podcast created by community radio station for Dales
National Park Authority and Friends of the Settle Carlisle Railway.

www.drystoneradio.com
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Man Made Icons

Bolton Abbey, Skipton Castle & Ribblehead Viaduct: Craven Tourism Hot Spots
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Natural Icons

Kilnsey Crag & Malham Cove: Environmental Beacons

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Environmental Sensitivity & Microcosms

Slow Art Trail: Environmental Arts pilot by Chrysalis Arts. Image shows woodland
poetry installation by David Morley

www.chrysalisarts.org.uk/projects_slow_art_trail.cfm
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Popular Culture

Skipton International Puppet Festival: A biennial festival over 3 days with performances in
2009 at 10 venues, with 2,300 tickets sold.

www.skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk
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Playful Arts Activism

Park(ing) Day: an Open Source festival of impromptu parks originated by US artists Rebar.
Parking bays are temporarily converted into mini parks worldwide.

www.parkingday.org
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Public Interaction and Vox Pop

Freedom of Expression: National Monument 2004, by architect Laurie

Hawkinson, performer John Malpede, and artist Erika Rothenberg

Enormous red megaphone occupied square in Lower Manhattan - A

modern day soapbox

www.creativetime.org
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Photography & Aural History Collaborations

Ancoats Stories: Artist Dan Dubowitz collaboration with Ancoats Urban Village and
Manchester Transport Authority to temporarily install photography lightboxes and aural
history recordings onto Manchester Piccadilly Metro platform.

www.civicworks.net
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Contemporary Art for Historic Places

Picture House – Film, Art and Design at Belsay: Contemporary arts programme by
English Heritage for Belsay Hall, Northumberland.

www.english-heritage.org.uk
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Exploratory Public Art

Fourth Plinth: Temporary installations at Trafalgar Square, including this by artist Marc Quinn,
called ‘Alison Lapper pregnant’ - a 4x life size marble sculpture. Lapper is highly respected
artist dealing in her own disability.

www.fourthplinth.co.uk
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Guerilla Lighting & Installation

Heart of Yorkshire: was the temporarily bathing in coloured light projection on York Minster -
highlighting the detail above the central door. The installation by lighting artist Patrice Warrener
was part of a £1.8m plan to illuminate many York buildings.
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Sustainable Cultural Tourism Events

Old Man of Storr on Skye was installed with illumination and sound in summer 2005. For 42
nights this award winning installation The Storr: Unfolding Landscape by artists NVA brought
an audience of 6,500 people, equipped with headlamps, guides and walking sticks to walk to
the top and experience the installation at midnight.

www.nva.org.uk
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Celebratory Arts

The Sultan's Elephant: created by French company Royal De Luxe was the biggest piece of
free theatre ever seen in London, set against the city’s magnificent landmarks in May 2006.
Over 4 days, a 42 ton mechanical elephant roamed the streets of central London in search of
the giant time-travelling girl.

www.thesultanselephant.com/about/royaldeluxe.php
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Arts & Cultural Festivals

Villa Victoria: as part of Liverpool Biennial 2002 by Tatsouru Bashi. Was an elevated and
fully working one-bedroom hotel built around Queen Victoria Monument in Liverpool. 15m
statue of Queen Victoria loomed over the double bed of a ‘bookable’ 1-room hotel.

www.biennial.com
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Regional Tourism & Marketing

Turning the Place Over: Installation by Richard Wilson in Liverpool for The Northern Way
New Icons of the North public art programme. Building owned by NW Regional Development
Agency and due eventually for demolition and redevelopment.

www.thenorthernway.co.uk/icons/default.asp
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Virtual Opera

While London Burns: A fusion of thriller, opera and guided walk, by Douglas Hodge. Set
amongst the skyscrapers of London’s Square Mile, this opera for one took the listener,
equipped with an mp3 player, on a walking audio adventure.

www.andwhilelondonburns.com
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Interactive Gaming

Pong: by Chaos Computer Club in Berlin in 2001 / 02. Office building at Alexanderplatz
enhanced to become world's biggest interactive computer display. Pong used a mobile phone
to play the arcade classic Ping-Pong on the façade.

www.blinkenlights.de