All articles by Owen Hatherley
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OpinionSky’s the limit — if we get the planning right
Towers have the virtue of shock, but they may not be the worst we’ve done to our cities, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionFlickrs of interest amid the perfection
The truly democratic expression of architectural media is on the photo-sharing site, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionCovered markets must be preserved
Redeveloping Adjaye’s Wakefield hall is a sign of what urban priorities are, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionBury the past in heritage and shopping
History has been smoothed over in Dresden’s reconstruction, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionStriking but useless… just like Boris
The two proposed Thames footbridges have little purpose except to give the mayor his vacuous legacy
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OpinionMusic festivals tune into urban spaces
Architecture can be a source of inspiration for experimental performers, says Owen Hatherley
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AnalysisWhatever happened to student housing?
With university accommodation now defined by the developers’ desire to cram students in as densely as possible, high-quality design may be too much to ask, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionPostmodernism: the freak that dare not speak its name
Never mind brutalism - there’s one architectural movement that’s really beyond rehabilitation, argues Owen Hatherley
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OpinionThe GCHQ building is tasteless by design
GCHQ’s paranoid modernism is more New Labour than Cold War
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OpinionSun, sea and Soviet system-building
How come British tourists like their seaside resorts modern but their homes traditional, asks Owen Hatherley
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OpinionThe architects paralysed by politics
Local council policies make make producing decent architecture difficult
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AnalysisAre libraries living on borrowed time?
Britain’s public libraries grew out of an age of civic pride and self-improvement. Now, adrift in a privatised digital world, their architectural presence needs celebrating more than ever
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OpinionLessons from Berlin’s mysterious east
We should learn about austerity and urbanity from the city’s Nikolaiviertel area, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionFlats don’t always need to be flattened
The refurbishment of Paris’s Tour Bois-le-Prêtre shows us how it could be done, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionOxbridge is still locking out the proles
Our most famous university cities are always worth a visit… or would be, if their finest landmarks weren’t closed off to outsiders
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AnalysisLet’s raise a glass to our local heritage
With 18 pubs closing each week, part of the UK’s street history is vanishing. Yet many of the finest documented by Ian Nairn are still there to be celebrated
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OpinionHalifax HQ: A building that looks out of place but isn’t
The newly listed Halifax HQ displays a deeper understanding of context
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OpinionKnocking through the social divides
What happened to Camden in the 1970s proves that gentrification doesn’t have to be insidious
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ReviewSergison Bates Architects: Buildings
A new book shows how Sergison Bates’ sensitive yet radical housing stands out from the crowd
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OpinionBritish housing seems to be sobering up
Are residential schemes becoming more stylistically connected with their surroundings?