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Tolerance and the accommodation of change

by Simon Allford | Jun 18, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Architect

Originally published October 2017. My first column for The Property Chronicle offers a welcome chance to reflect on matters beyond the moment. Which is useful as learning from the past enables us to design for a building’s uncertain future. There is much to consider...

On design awards

by Richard Rose-Casemore | Jun 18, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Architect

Originally published June 2017. There was a feature on TV this week about the grotesque golf trophies that the unfortunate professional is forced to model in front of the cameras should he or she triumph on tour. These ranged in design from various enormous...

Musings on the life of Zaha Hadid

by Houston Morris | Jun 18, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Architect

Originally published May 2017. I first came across ‘Zaha’ when I was a student at the Architectural Association (known as the AA) in the early 1990s. She was always known just as Zaha. She never required a last name as everyone knew who she was. She had rock star...

Is Istanbul closing in on itself?

by Houston Morris | Feb 1, 2023 | Golden Oldie, The Architect

Originally published September 2020. 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...

California fairy tales

by Houston Morris | Mar 9, 2021 | The Architect

This article was originally published in August 2017. I have just returned from my old and dear friends’ week-long 25th wedding anniversary celebration at Wyntoon, the 60,000 acre Hearst estate located near Mt. Shasta in Northern California. William Randolph Hearst,...