Brian Clarke, Buxton Thermal Baths above Cavendish Arcade (1984-87), Buxton, Derbyshire.

Photo: www.brianclarke.co.uk © Brian Clarke

Brian Clarke, detail of barrell vaulted ceiling, Buxton Thermal Baths above Cavendish Arcade (1984-87), Buxton, Derbyshire.

Photo: www.brianclarke.co.uk © Brian Clarke

Cavendish Shopping Arcade in Buxton, Derbyshire

Address

Cavendish Shopping Arcade, The Crescent, Buxton SK17 6BQ

Recommended by

Léonie Seliger ACR (10)

Highlight

Barrel vaulted arcade roof

Artist, maker and date

Reason for highlighting

A spectacular expanse of glass by one of the most famous and internationally acclaimed artists of his generation. The roof completed the transformation of the nineteenth century Natural Baths into a new shopping centre, and demonstrates how to marry the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ to great effect.

Artist/maker notes

Brian Clarke (b.1953) is a world renowned, painter and architectural artist. Born in Oldham, his studies in England were enhanced by a scholarship to study contemporary continental stained glass, which helped open him to the potential for stained glass and its application to both religious and secular buildings.

Subsequently, his practice in architectural and autonomous stained glass, often on a monumental scale, has led to successive innovation and invention in fabrication, in a way that has radically stretched the boundaries of what the medium can do and express.

Sources:
Brian Clarke website
Colours of Architecture – Coloured Glass in Contemporary Buildings by Andrew Moor, Mitchell Beazley, 2006

Derix Glasstudios, Taunusstein, Germany, was founded in 1866 and has a fine reputation for operating at the forefront of technology to realise the designs of artists and architects.

Source: Derix Glasstudio website

Highlighted dates at this location

1987 (Go to date search)