MUNICH LECTURE
MARCH 2017
On the 27th April Niall will be a guest speaker for the main lecture series at the architecture faculty of the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM PROGRESS
MARCH 2017
Below are some from the Natural History Museum site showing the scaffold ‘tunnel’ going up at the Museum. This is the framework required to lift, manipulate, and move the blue whale skull into position in a few weeks.
Though the main hall has had a sperm whale in it before, this was only around 15m long. In contrast, the blue whale, the largest known animal to have ever existed, is about 30m long once assembled.
Unfortunately, due to the various extensions and alterations to the Museum over time, the skull can only come in via the front doors. And – much like a very large, very heavy, very valuable sofa – it’s a case of squeezing it in at strange angles.
NAZRIN SHAH BUILDING
MARCH 2017
The BBC World Service took over the Nazrin Shah Building during the Oxford Literary Festival, with John Simpson leading a live transmission from the Auditorium. Please click here for the broadcast.