Draw your own conclusions

20 February 2019

Sam Jacob’s intriguing drawings are an architectural stream of consciousness

Region:: London

More:: Sam Jacob Studio; Betts Project; Architectural art; Architectural drawing

Communities take command

15 February 2019

Local activists need public-spirited architects

Region:: London

More:: Communities; Community architecture; Places planning & community; Takeshi Hayatsu; Making it Happen; Apparata; dRMM Architects; Processcraft; Old Manor Park Library; Coniston Institute; The Lookout; Hastings Pier

What do David Adjaye’s memorials make you feel?

12 February 2019

Ideas rather than projects characterise Making Memory

Region:: London

More:: David Adjaye; Martin Luther King; Sclera Pavilion; Design Museum; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Design construction & technology; National Cathedral of Ghana; London Design Festival

Ruskin and the power of seeing

11 February 2019

Love, joy and admiration are the key to happiness

Region:: London

More:: Two Temple Place; John Ruskin; John Turner; Venice; Seven Lamps of Architecture; Slade; St George's Museum of Sheffield; Louise Pullen

Nothing new in women being airbrushed out

7 February 2019

The Barbican's message at the Modern Couples exhibition remains pertinent

Region:: London

More:: Mies van der Rohe; Walter Gropius; Picasso; Barbican Art Gallery; Female artists; Eileen Gray; Doriana Fuksas; Denise Scott Brown; Dora Maar; Lilly Reich; Alma Mahler; Aino Aalto

Church project gives formerly grim part of London a friendlier face

28 January 2019

Commended: Bethnal Green Mission Church development by Gatti Routh Rhodes

Region:: London

More:: Church; Community centre; Mixed-use; Bethnal Green

Downsizers upgraded at Barber's Burbridge Close

25 January 2019

Commended: Burbridge Close, by Peter Barber Architects

Region:: London

More:: Peter Barber Architects; Dagenham; Housing; Design construction & technology; Over 60s; Places planning & community; Becontree Estate

Community-driven housing in Southwark

18 January 2019

Residents and Bell Phillips show what local input really means

Region:: London

More:: Bell Phillips Architects; Southwark; Architecture for social purpose; Housing

Sociable, traditional mews keep the over 60s happy

18 January 2019

Peter Barber’s Burbridge Close helps everyone

Region:: London

More:: Peter Barber Architects; Dagenham; Architecture for social purpose; Housing