British photographer and filmmaker Alasdair Ogilvie spent more than 20 years recording the dying traces of prefabricated iron churches.
Invented in 1844 by Phoenix Iron Works in England, corrugated galvanized iron churches, ordered through catalogues, were meant to be temporary. A prefabricated iron church could cost from £150 for a 150-seat chapel to £500 for a 350-seat chapel - a bargain compared to conventional building materials. British photographer and filmmaker Alasdair Ogilvie spent more than 20 years recording the dying traces of these buildings, which are featured in Pentagram Papers 35: Tin Tabernacles and Other Buildings.
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Retrospective: London Design Festival
London Design Festival has been an annual celebration of the power of creativity for over 20 years. Since 2008, Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa has served as the LDF’s creative director, responsible every September for the design of a new visual identity. By inventively remixing a few key elements — typography, a signature red (“the colour of London”), and LDF's simple monogram — the program unifies hundreds of events while reaffirming London’s status as a global design capital.
Retrospective: London Design Festival
London Design Festival has been an annual celebration of the power of creativity for over 20 years. Since 2008, Pentagram partner Domenic Lippa has served as the LDF’s creative director, responsible every September for the design of a new visual identity. By inventively remixing a few key elements — typography, a signature red (“the colour of London”), and LDF's simple monogram — the program unifies hundreds of events while reaffirming London’s status as a global design capital.
