All articles by Marcus Fairs
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OpinionGet off the couch and fight this blight
An insidious force is stalking the built environment in an effort to undermine architects
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OpinionYou can’t design away bad schools
Good school design improves results. Really? I put my money on the quality of head teachers
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OpinionIn our borough, planning is for wimps
Once a much vaunted nuclear-free zone, these days Hackney is just a free-for-all
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OpinionA woman’s home is her sandcastle
An innovative design project is providing mass housing for Cape Town’s urban poor
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OpinionJust stop stating the bleeding obvious
Clichés, Saul? Tell me about it. I’m literally sick of them.
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OpinionTime for readers to turn over a new leaf
Interior design has rediscovered nature, so why are architects still so hostile to the joys of floral decoration?
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OpinionFloored by the council’s street works
We know the built environment is about more than buildings, but councils just don’t get it
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OpinionContinental drift isn’t working for me
Beware: it’s the architectural version of mad cow disease, and it’s sweeping our built environment
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OpinionAt last – the chance to really play God
The arrival of the architect-designed fake island marks a shift in our power over nature
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OpinionAt last we can brand the Dome a hit
A mobile phone company’s homage to itself has proved the troubled tent’s unlikely saviour
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OpinionHands off Noddy, man of the people
Children’s TV programmes are more clued up than architects as to the housing people want
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OpinionWhen no architect at all is a better bet
When it comes to home improvements, a sense of perspective is invaluable
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OpinionThree cheers for nostalgic starchitects
A local vernacular is ousting the Gulf trend for mega- design, and very welcome it is too
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OpinionFuture design: waving or drowning?
The Italians’ trademark hand waving extends to design, but where will it all end?
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OpinionWho to ask about open source design
Efforts to improve Africa’s housing stock could learn a lot from those on the ground