Wang Shu. Who?
Wang used his reclusive decade to reinvent himself as ‘a scholar, a craftsman, and an architect, in that order’. He emerged as a self-professed member of the literati.
What if Architects became Developers?
A well-informed examination of our current situation with frequent comparisons to historic precedents
Free Will: An Illusion?
Free will is an illusion. Quite a claim, and one that dominates much contemporary scientific thinking.
Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy
In October of 2010, Ai Weiwei filled the turbine hall at the Tate Modern with 100 million handmade porcelain sunflower seeds.
Context by Eric Parry
A gathering of Eric Parry’s personal preoccupations on specific locations and projects.
Tianjin in perspective
“Disasters on the scale of (this) tragic explosion … tend to provoke a brief wave of statements that such things must never happen again.
Playing Rough
The installations all seem to be a bit of fun, but there does seem to be a sinister undertone.
A Tale of Two Cities
Are soaring property prices that push young Londoners out of their city, simply a price for London’s global success?
‘What is public space’ Future Cities Salon, Porto
Early 20thC Modernism sought to provide public open space within cities as a release from the confines of overcrowded, unsanitary slums.
The dangers of ‘resilience’
‘Resilience’ is a buzzword sweeping the entire industry and seemingly provides solutions for everything
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