The Seventies
Let the good times roll: 1970s
My last leader as editor of BD was written in May 1979. “I took over shortly after the three-day week,” I wrote, “and followed the profession into the abyss of the worst slump since the 1930s.”
From drawing boards to debt: Michael Manser
Michael Manser looks back at a career spanning more than five decades
The Eighties
Let the good times roll: 1980s
The decade marked a shift towards hi-tech and post-modernism, and the intervention of royalty
From drawing boards to debt: John Lyall
John Lyall ruminates on how the architect’s role has changed since the 1980s
The Nineties
Let the good times roll: 1990s
Britain came out of recession with lottery projects helping establish new confidence
From drawing boards to debt: Polly Damen
Assael’s associate director on working abroad during a recession and how the attitude to female architects has changed.
The Noughties
Let the good times roll: 2000s
As a new century began, everyone wanted an icon, but most public buildings were lumbered with PFI
From drawing boards to debt: Harri Williams-Jones
In the final installment in our series, architecture student Williams-Jones talks about facing a future in architecture
