Amazing Place – St Gregory’s, Morville.
What is remarkable about St Gregory’s is that it’s not remarkable, just a small parish church. It’s nothing special: just one parish out of 16,000.
Gimmick merchants, status salesmen and hidden persuaders
Design Declares and Architects Declare are the worst kind of manifesto, signalling their faux-virtue, commercialism, PR, and prejudice.
ARB Use of Power
The concept of academic freedom, long held to be the essence of a university education, is nowhere to be seen.
Review: Leighton House, London
Go and see this inspiring example of true multi-culturalism. Let it inspire you to discover – and evaluate – more about the cultures of our world
The Bartlett Report: Anonymous accusations & recriminations
Unsubstantiated grudges, decades-old grievances, personal animosity, professional resentment and even calculated attacks are not healthy in any university.
Pu Miao: Traditional Chinese Modernism
A Dialogue Between Architecture and Landscape. Not for him the kind of traditionalist literalism or pastiche but a dynamic, context-driven architecture that respects tradition and yet moves it forward.
Straight Line Crazy – A Review
Written by David Hare, directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Ralph Fiennes, recounts the life and times of controversial urbanist Robert Moses
Shanghai Lockdown: A photo-diary
These evocative photos by Zhu Runzi conjure up how Shanghai has changed from one of the world’s most dynamic cities into a ghost-town.
Olympic Meddles
Brave investigative journalism is essential for our understanding of what is happening in China. Unfortunately, factual accuracy can be drowned out by emotionally attached storylines and guesswork.
Most interesting reads from 2021
A few of the recommended readings from the Future Cities Project in 2021
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