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| World's first inflatable folly installed at the RIBA An 8 metre inflated black sphere punctured by a half-timbered structure has landed at the RIBA. The too-big structure is squashed awkwardly into the 7 metre high space of the Florence Hall at the heart of the RIBA's Arts Deco headquarters in London. The installation, which is entitled In a Lonely Place, has been designed by Fat (Fashion Architecture Taste), who describe themselves as 'a company that makes architecture and art (and all kinds of things in between)'. In a Lonely Place is the first in a series of installations specially commissioned by the RIBA Trust. In a Lonely Place combines different kinds of architecture: high tech inflatable and nostalgic historicism, which creates ambiguities of form and formlessness, of narrative and abstraction, and of object and experience. The result is a modern day folly that explores the idea of architecture as a series of experiences made richer by drawing on diverse references, materials and techniques. In a Lonely Place has been produced by inflate. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |