Phineas Harper
“Glastonbury is not an escape from the real world but a snapshot of what is to come”
“When was the last time the Serpentine delivered a banger?”
“Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure”
Opening buildings to strangers is “a funny thing” say Open House Festival curators
“Awarding the Pritzker to a team synonymous with refurbs marks an important shift in architectural values”
“Extinction Rebellion’s tensegrity structures have rekindled the spirit of early high-tech”
“Traditional architecture has frequently been leveraged to support violent political agendas”
“We’re seeing an unprecedented mobilisation of architects in the fight against climate change”
Ten architecture breakthroughs you might have missed in 2018
“The world’s most sustainable office building isn’t enough to save the planet”
“Architects are not just relaxed about cultural appropriation, we’re experts”
“Middle-class guilt is weaponised to keep architectural labourers from demanding reform”
“Why do so many architects think they are more privileged than they really are?”
“Britain’s architects should refuse to let moralising snobbery define their approach to laundry”
“There are far more radical forms of digital art than the cultural dead end of NFTs”
“RIBA upgrading Portland Place is an expensive solution to the wrong problem”
Architecture “is more elitist than the most elite university in the world” says Phineas Harper
Phineas Harper appointed director of Open City
“The vision of the home as a tranquil respite from labour is a patriarchal fantasy”
“The arms race for cultural dominion has reached new levels of absurdity”
“What if houses were designed like bikes?”
“Architecture schools are the punching bags of the industry”
Free New Architecture Writers course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities
