Opinion
“The only living Russian architect well-known abroad is a former fantasist”
“Can a house be beautiful simply because of what we know, not because of what we see?”
“Does architecture have a Harvey Weinstein hiding within its ranks?”
“The architecture of the Americas is not white”
“Middle-class guilt is weaponised to keep architectural labourers from demanding reform”
“Chicago Biennial shows us how we might find building blocks for a new architecture”
“Architecture as intellectual inquiry needs to take more risks”
“Let’s save some of the Whitechapel Fatberg”
“The more we build in areas that endanger us, the more we erect defensive systems”
“Urban design caused the Hurricane Harvey disaster”
“We have much to learn from the ‘timber constructivists'”
“Designers, contractors or the local authority could all be blamed for breaching a duty to warn”
“London streets don’t need to look like a 1940s that never happened”
“Now is not the time to be indulging in postmodern revivalism”
“Designers can contribute to a better world, but not if we dictate how they do it”
“A war against branding is a war against people”
“Seoullo is no High Line, but it is of equal importance”
“Can designers save the world?”
“Why are designers whining about design thinking?”
“Astana is a metropolis of obsolescence”
“The Garden Bridge’s cancellation provides an opportunity that mustn’t be wasted”
“The architectural world seems to be responding to Charlottesville with deafening silence”
“You could imagine Theresa May looking with profound sympathy at Britlins”