All articles by Simon Carne
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ReviewBook Club review: Concrete Concept
Simon Carne hopes this book will reach the unconverted, but warns of the perils of fetishising concrete without understanding its pitfalls
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AnalysisWhat the LSE's Saw Swee Hock can teach us about procuring brilliant buildings
Pulling off a coup like O’Donnell Tuomey’s Stirling finalist is not easy but the story is worth studying, says Simon Carne
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ReviewReview: Who are you calling a maverick?
Simon Carne takes issue with a slippery definition but admits Owen Hopkins’ new book and exhibition at the Royal Academy kick-start a great debate on the nature of architectural radicalism
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ReviewBook Club Review: 100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings
Simon Carne is left underwhelmed by this slab-like book-as-building-material
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ReviewBook Club review: Estate and Context
Simon Carne reviews two books which address the same question from very different angles
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ReviewBook Club Review: James Wyatt: Architect to George III, by John Martin Robinson
A detailed and fascinating narrative of Wyatt’s extraordinary life