Questioning everything: Gort Scott’s living architecture
By Oriana Fernandez2025-08-06T05:00:00
Oriana Fernandez explores how Gort Scott’s eclectic practice embraces uncertainty, using architecture to ask difficult questions
Jay Gort and Fiona Scott of London-based Gort Scott Architects delivered an illuminating presentation earlier this year as part of the Architecture Foundation’s ‘Architecture on Stage’ series at the Barbican. The founding partners shared insights from their eighteen-year practice through a series of thought-provoking questions that have guided their approach.
Founded in 2007, Gort Scott tackles everything from council housing to university buildings. Chairing the discussion, Ellis Woodman noted the unusual range and remarked that few practices of comparable scale in London manage to sustain such diversity of work.
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