Conference on vernacular architecture

by Hugh Conway Morris | Jun 29, 2024

Folk Architecture and the Future International Conference in Veszprém, Hungary Our director Hugh Conway Morris was invited to speak at the international conference on Folk Architecture and the Future, held in the beautiful city of Veszprém in western Hungary in the...

Of Poems and Pillars

by Hugh Conway Morris | Jul 6, 2020

Of Poems & Pillars A lecture on the survival of the Gothic and the Victorian imagination A talk given to the Clanfield and Bampton Historical Society, this lecture ranged over a swathe of history, culminating in the great flowering of the Gothic revival in the...

Lecture on Great Coxwell Barn

by admin | Aug 8, 2019

Lecture on Great Coxwell Barn Grand-scale timber framing and the Cistercian legacy. Manifest gave a presentation to the Clanfield & Bampton Historical Society on Great Coxwell Barn, one of the most impressive (not to say staggeringly beautiful) medieval barns in...

Lecture on Woodsmanship

by admin | Feb 15, 2019

Lecture on Woodsmanship & Timber Framing The history of timber in woods and buildings in England. Manifest were invited by the Clanfield & Bampton Historical Society to give a talk on the history of woods and woodsmanship in England, from earliest times to the...

Lecture on Mathematics & Medieval Architecture

by admin | Feb 15, 2019

Lecture on Mathematics & Medieval Architecture Traditional stonemasonry and symbolism Manifest were invited by the University Church of Oxford to present their findings on the Medieval architecture of the church, in two talks given in the nave of the building...