Rook Lane Blog

August 21, 2017

  Architcture Club Presents…Unbuilt Bath with Dr Cathryn Spence. Dr Cathryn Spence is a museum professional, writer, lecturer and heritage consultant. She has published 5 books and countless articles on Bath’s history, including Bath in the Blitz: Then […]

June 22, 2017

An Exhibition of David Chandler’s Collages for Yapp Brother’s Wine Merchants Over the last four decades West Country wine merchants Yapp Brothers have commissioned a variety of celebrated artists to illustrate their annual wine list. This year they […]

June 7, 2017

Barefoot Architects : ‘Housing the Future : Who, What, Where, When, Why’ Barefoot Architects is an RIBA Chartered Practice run by Directors Sam Goss and Rob Hankey based in Bristol. The aim of the studio is to influence […]

June 7, 2017

Into the Forest- paintings and drawings of magical creatures and sacred trees. For Those in Peril- a series of small paintings inspired by images of migration past and present. Private View Saturday 8th 18:00 – 21:00 Open Daily […]

May 4, 2017

The Future of Creativity Join us for the launch night Saturday 24th 6.00pm – 9.00pm Opening Times: 26th: 9.30am – midday 27th to 28th: 10.00am – 2.00pm The students from Frome Community College in their final year are […]

March 22, 2017

Architecture and its Side Effects Alison Brooks has earned global reputation for her achievements in the field of design and architecture: from her first one off houses to her work in urban regeneration and housing, arts and education projects. Her […]

March 22, 2017

For a few days in May, Emma Chapman jewels ,The Chapel Collection, Samarkand Design, Richard Allan  Art and Scarves, Miranda Berrow ceramics, Annabelle Thom bags and belts, The Ottoman Collection clothes and Mama Jo make up, will be […]

March 21, 2017

In the 1970s Walter Segal developed a radical approach to affordable housing which allowed community groups to build their own cheap, easy-to-construct timber-framed homes on sites that were unsuitable for conventional housing. As an architecture student Duncan Roberts […]

March 11, 2017

Join Archaeologist William Filmer-Sankey and Architect Rhys Brookes to find out how good design marries the technical requirements of a modern railway with the need to preserve the beautiful historic infrastructure of the Great Western Line.

June 20, 2016

Julia Oborne’s paintings combine dreamlike colour and strange composition with solid, tangible objects, and have the aim of creating surreal scenes which do not quite ‘work’ whether this be because of an ill-fitting form or an unbalanced composition.