On architecture, space and affective experience. […]
How does it make you feel? On architecture, space and affective experience
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We need to talk about storage
Warehousing is a rapidly growing requirement, and we must find more space to accommodate it within the urban fabric. Much has been written about how the retail and office sectors are being transformed by the sudden acceleration in e-commerce and remote working, but a more modest asset class undergoing its own disruption has received scant […]
Is Istanbul closing in on itself?
My first visit to Istanbul was part of an architectural tour while studying at the Architectural Association. We were ably led by my tutor, Mark Prizeman, who was a founding member of the avant-garde architectural group NATO (which stood for Narrative Architecture Today). NATO took a serious although somewhat anarchic view of architecture so our […]
Blueprint for the modern embassy The British Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen
This article was originally published on 30 April 2018. The recent completion of the hugely expensive new US Embassy in London and the continued controversy around the US decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem brings back memories of our own British Embassy project in Yemen; one of the first of a new generation of […]
Architecture without architects On Scandinavian design influences and how our surroundings affect us
On Scandinavian design influences and how our surroundings affect us. […]
City thoughts: part one How did the Great Fire of 1666 shape London's architectural history?
How did the Great Fire of 1666 shape London’s architectural history? […]
Buildings I love The Barcelona Pavilion, by Mies van der Rohe
The Barcelona Pavilion, by Mies van der Rohe. […]
California fairy tales Travels in Wyntoon, Disneyworld and downtown Los Angeles
Travels through the architecture of Wyntoon, Disneyland and downtown Los Angeles. […]
The responsibilities of architects in relation to their clients Thoughts raised by a recent trip to Spain
Much has been written in the Spanish press recently about the Valle de Los Caidos (the Valley of the Fallen), the monument to those who died in the Spanish Civil War (1936-9) which is a one hour drive north of Madrid near the Escatorial Palace, Philip II’s summer residence. It is built from the same […]
Cardboard Architecture Rebuilding a cathedral with natural resources
This piece is written from ‘Fiddlesticks’, one of the busier bars in Christchurch, New Zealand, having visited a remarkable building today: the Transitional Cathedral, also known as the ‘Cardboard Cathedral’. I wasn’t sure what to expect to find as Christchurch continues to rebuild after the devastating earthquake in February 2011, and there is extra poignancy as […]
