CivicArts / Eric R Kuhne & Associates: Water under the bridge?: Read Bluewater press cuttings from the EKA archive

Background

CivicArts / Eric R. Kuhne and Associates is a research and design firm founded in 1983 as an international design consultancy dedicated to the reintegration of architecture, landscape and the civic arts. With projects in North America, Europe, Australasia and the Middle East, Eric R. Kuhne and Associates is renowned for its efforts to build great civic spaces in retail, leisure, commercial office, waterfronts, public buildings, parks and gardens. Each project claims a significant restoration of the story-telling qualities of architecture and the landscape through an aggressive civic arts program.

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Water under the bridge?: Read Bluewater press cuttings from the EKA archive

As the last, and most ambitious out-of-town shopping centre in the UK, Bluewater attracted the interest of critics and journalists from every field.
Inspiring impassioned debate about issues and ideology in architecture, design, planning and retail, it remains a benchmark for the sector; a point of reference that no one can ignore.
Over a decade since its doors opened, it is still a centre of attention, with around 28 million visitors each year.
In keeping with the reflective spirit of the imminent New Year, we present a cross-section of the media coverage that greeted Bluewater's arrival on the retail scene.

Read articles:

Shopping Centre Magazine, October 1997

Design Week – 28th February 1998

Building – 24th April 1998

SEN: The Magazine for Retail – September 1998

The Guardian - Monday December 28th 1998

The Guardian - Thursday February 18th 1999

SEN: The Magazine for Retail – March 1999

RIBA Journal - March 1999

Financial Times, Weekend FT, March 6th-7th 1999

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