Would the loss of Sainsbury’s eco-store be a blow for sustainability?
This Opinion piece was originally published in BD:Online, 14th March 2014 In 1999 the industry rallied to ensure that it was Stirling...
A return to convention at Tate Britain
The French have an expression, comme il faut, meaning in accord with convention and existing standards; as it should be. The contemporary...
The view from the airport
Yet another government commission, this time to decide the future of London’s airport expansion programme. A number of airports are...
The Farrell Review: No-one likes us, and we do care
The architect, Terry Farrell, has been commissioned to produce a government sponsored report on how architects might be more successful...
Bothered by a small detail, at the New Court, London
In living memory, though not my own, the greater part of the City of London was a dense collection of narrow lanes containing a variety...
New York City’s Soundscape
My first visit to New York provided an initial insight. We arrived in the afternoon on a very hot day. The taxi that took us from JFK to...
In bright bright house, there is a dark dark room: Strawberry House, Twickenham
Strawberry Hill in Twickenham was the Geogian home of Horace Walpole, son of Sir Robert. The building has recently undergone a...
Book Review: Edward Durell Stone – Modernism’s Populist Architect by Mary Anne Hunting
This review originally appeared in BD:Online, 15th April 2013 Edward Durell Stone is no longer a household name, though Mary Ann...
Poetry: Architecture
A room with deciduous walls betrays The expectations of hauled feet, pushed Through distance towards safe ground. Unsteady murmurs,...
Drumming at Gillett Square, Dalston
Gillett Square is not a traditional London public square of the Georgian or Victorian type. Darkened bricks and clean oil painted...
