All articles by James Benedict Brown
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FeaturesTwo years after Patty Hopkins ‘vanished’, women are still being airbrushed out of architecture
The issues raised by a new and wide-ranging exploration of gender in the profession are as relevant to men as they are to women, explains co-editor James Benedict Brown
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Building StudyQueen’s University Belfast student accommodation by Richard Murphy and RPP
Richard Murphy and RPP Architects have worked to provide a sociable environment designed to counter postgraduate isolation
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Building StudyHouse at Borreraig & Kirk house, Garve by Dualchas Architects
James Benedict Brown visits two domestic projects on the Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects that are part of an increasingly sophisticated rural portfolio
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AnalysisUrban motorway divides Glasgow
James Benedict Brown revisits the failed campaign to prevent the city’s M74 motorway extension
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AnalysisGlasgow masterpiece under threat
The owner of Alexander ’Greek’ Thomson’s Egyptian Halls says he has no option but demolition. James Benedict Brown reports
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Review1965—2011 Towards a new Glasgow
A display of events archives provides a foundation for the future, says James Benedict Brown
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Building StudyScotland’s Housing Expo 2010
After a long and difficult birth, Scotland’s Housing Expo is offering visitors to Inverness a showcase of living spaces that range from the functional to the progressive
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ReviewFilm review: Inception
Christopher Nolan’s latest film offers a depressingly unrealistic idea of the architect mentality.
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ReviewReview: Viñoly: Rafael Viñoly, by Joan Ockman and Rafael Viñoly. Birkhauser Verlag AG, 328pp, £63
Published in 2003, there are probably two reasons why you haven’t already added this weighty monograph to your collection. One, you’re not a passionate follower of the work of Rafael Viñoly; or two, you haven’t seen it discounted enough.
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ReviewReview: Architecture Depends, by Jeremy Till.
I feel obliged to declare my interests: I am a “Till-ite”. Not a disciple, but a product of the University of Sheffield School of Architecture that Jeremy Till lead from 1999 - 2006, first as Head of School and then Director of Architecture.