Obituary: Colin Fournier (1944-2024), who educated every way he could2 October 2024CultureRenowned educator and urban designerRenowned educator and urban designerRegion: United KingdomMore: Colin FournierArchigramEducationProfileBernard TschumiUrbanismGraciela Moreno
Unesco’s 21st century refit stays true to Prouvé11 September 2023ProductsWindows and facades updated for climate crisis eraWindows and facades updated for climate crisis eraRegion: EuropeMore: Jan-Carlos KucharekRetrofitPatriarcheJean ProuvéUnescoParisFranceDesign construction & technologySustainable architectureBernard Zehrfuss
Take it from the top3 March 2017BuildingsTop down construction used on site of a legendary recording studioTop down construction used on site of a legendary recording studioRegion: United KingdomMore: Maison de VerreBernard BijvoetChassay Last ArchitectsSymmetrys
Beauty and the beasts20 April 2017CultureThe brutalism of Paris mapped outThe brutalism of Paris mapped outRegion: United KingdomMore: UNESCOMarcel BreuerBlue Crow MediaPériphériqueOscar NiemeyerParisLe CorbusierBrutalismPier Luigi NerviBernard ZehrfussGerard GrandvalJean RenaudieMarius DespontJacques Kalisz
Brian Mooney, 1928 - 201723 May 2017CultureLast surviving partner of prolific church architecture practiceLast surviving partner of prolific church architecture practiceRegion: United KingdomMore: Religious buildingCatholicismManchesterManchester School of ArchitectureReynolds & ScottSt Bernard, BurnageChrist Church at Heald GreenFrederick GibberdLiverpool Metropolitan CathedralSaints Peter and Paul, Boultham
Parliament’s predicament10 May 2017BuildingsRefurbishment will cost billions. No wonder Parliament is ditheringRefurbishment will cost billions. No wonder Parliament is ditheringRegion: United KingdomMore: Allies and MorrisonBDPCharles BarryAugustus PuginAECOMWestminsterHOKGovernment buildingsDeloitteFoster + PartnersQEII Conference CentreNorman Shaw buildingsGenslerHawkins\BrownThe ReichstagGreater London AuthoritySir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of PoliticsWelsh National AssemblyScottish Parliament building
Nigel Coates’ inspiring titles1 March 2019CultureThree books that influenced the renowned designerThree books that influenced the renowned designerRegion: United KingdomMore: PiraneseLondonRomePeter AckroydMoMALiteratureEducationNigel CoatesItaly
Past pleasures8 June 2015CultureFrom hedonism to melancholyFrom hedonism to melancholyRegion: United KingdomMore: CoastalPierPublic spaceLeisure
Why Pharrell Williams’ house is good for architectural poetry14 May 2020CultureEveryone’s talking about curtain wallingEveryone’s talking about curtain wallingRegion: United KingdomMore: Pharrell WilliamsBeverley HillsHouseSchoolBuilding typologyCurtain walling
Hindsight: Robert Adam - 'The minute we got into competitions, we’d know we had no chance'16 November 2022CultureReflections on a life spent working to make the traditional an accepted type of architectureReflections on a life spent working to make the traditional an accepted type of architectureRegion: United KingdomMore: Adam ArchitectureRobert AdamTraditional buildingClassicismArchitectural practiceINTBAUMangnalls ArchitectureBusiness clients and servicesSustainabilityHindsightPamela Buxton
Evolution of our towns captured in collection of historic drawings7 September 2020CultureMedieval to industrial: ancient drawings chart how towns changedMedieval to industrial: ancient drawings chart how towns changedRegion: United KingdomMore: UrbanismManchesterBristolDrawingsUniversity of OxfordLiverpoolHerefordHereford Cathedral Mappa Mundi library
Robert Harbison 1940-2021, enthusiastic authority on the history of architecture5 August 2021CultureRenowned writer and teacher who found poetry in the everyday as well as grand designsRenowned writer and teacher who found poetry in the everyday as well as grand designsRegion: United KingdomMore: Architectural AssociationLondon Metropolitan UniversityColin DaviesTeacherAuthorRobert HarbisonProfile