Interviews
Residential architecture is getting more playful says Kevin McCloud
“We want to be a global furniture brand, but not in the Hay or Muuto or Vitra area of expensiveness” says Omhu CEO
London design “an international success story” says Sadiq Khan
How London designers are making it work
Dyson toothbrush updates “a cleaning routine that has remained largely unchanged for decades”
Groninger Museum “deserves to be more famous” says artistic director Roos Gortzak
“I still say to myself ‘I have achieved a lot'” says Diébédo Francis Kéré
“Future challenges” lie ahead at Sagrada Familia says lead architect Mauricio Cortés
“Lo-TEK is reframing how we think about water” says Julia Watson
Parametricism “changed how we think” as architects says Melike Altınışık
“Of all the projects in Saudi Arabia, this was the one capable of meeting its deadline” says architect behind 1km-tall skyscraper
“For a long time, we were the youngest people in our studio” say Barber and Osgerby
“It’s time Norway realises that we also need to change” says Line Ramstad
London has “the best architecture and interior design community in Europe” says Duncan Riches
“In these conditions, how can we be optimistic?” asks Anab Jain
“Industry in Germany is no longer open to what design can do” say Currents Berlin organisers
Heavily stylistic approach to stadium design “should die down” says Populous global director Jonathan Mallie
“There has not been cultural change as a result of Grenfell” says ARB CEO Hugh Simpson
Sainthood puts Gaudí “in too small a box” says God’s Architect author
“I’ve always been the black sheep here in Copenhagen” says Tableau’s Julius Værnes Iversen
“I have a lot of sympathy” for young designers says Jasper Morrison
“I’m not happy” with how fast parametricism is being adopted says Patrik Schumacher
“Repetition is a big part of my design language” says Kelly Wearstler