Opinion
“Zaha left us ahead of time, but she did everything ahead of time”
“Zaha went from tricky architect to bright star”
“Illustrations have become a key component of the response to terrorist atrocities”
“Mythbusters was a miniature weekly Enlightenment for the modern material world”
“The architectural community cannot remain apathetic to Calais’ Jungle and the refugee crisis”
“New York should give Breuer’s building lasting protection”
“The copy in contemporary culture is both despised and feared”
“No one thinks of themselves as designing clutter”
“Toys have become small plastic tablets of moral code that we hand down to the next generation”
“We’re fed up with being fed unrealistic stories of overnight success in design”
“Wouldn’t buildings be better designed by people who lived in the city where they practiced?”
“We face calls for safe houses, safe communities and safe spaces”
“Disparity in the values assigned to architecture and landscape architecture continues”
“Let’s hear it for temporary architecture”
“It is difficult to feel unreservedly optimistic about the future”
“Smart devices introduce a fundamental ambiguity over who is in charge”
“What to do with old houses?”
“It’s about time we rethink the notion of authorship”
“Nobody plays with form as well as Bjarke Ingels”
“The cult of self-build and do-it-yourself won’t solve the housing crisis”
“Cerebral, self-absorbed, tepid, dull and decorous”
“New Year’s resolutions for architecture and design in 2016”
“What would you do with a piece of Thatcher memorabilia?”
