All articles by Catherine Croft
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FeaturesIn pictures: Why we need to keep fighting for our modern heritage
As C20 Society celebrates its 40th anniversary Catherine Croft looks at some of the treasures we might have lost
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FeaturesDemolishing Richmond House for a temporary Commons would be an act of philistinism
Short-term thinking must not be allowed to rob us of Whitfield’s gem, argues Catherine Croft
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FeaturesFallen icons: Why we really should look back in anger
As the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens looms, Twentieth Century Society director Catherine Croft runs through the campaign group’s new “lost modern” list of the top 10 English buildings from the past 90 years that ought to have been saved
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ReviewLuisa Lambri exhibition
Italian photographer Lambri’s latest exhibition at the Thomas Dane Gallery provides a fresh slant on modernist architecture classics
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ReviewReview: The Architects Who Made London - The Smithsons
Max Risselda’s lecture on Alison and Peter Smithson was competent and well focused, but offered few new insights.
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ReviewRut Blees Luxemburg’s visions of decades
Photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg is diversifying from the images for which she’s best known
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TechnicalGetting up to speed with London 2012 Velodrome
Hopkins Architects’ Mike Taylor and Expedition Engineering’s Andrew Weir talk to Catherine Croft about the challenges of designing with bikes in mind
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TechnicalCartwright Pickard’s modular housing for east Africa
Cartwright Pickard is creating modular homes for east Africa that can be rapidly assembled offsite
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ReviewThe real Robin Hood Gardens
Artist Gail Pickering’s film on Robin Hood Gardens explores the boundaries of life and art
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TechnicalAsif Khan’s West Beach Café at Littlehampton
West Beach Café, Asif Khan’s first building, is a cheerful addition to the Littlehampton littoral
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ReviewGrowing crystals from architecture
Catherine Croft talks to artist Roger Hiorns about Seizure, his project to transform a condemned council flat with copper sulphate
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TechnicalArchitecture Ensemble remakes St Anne’s Garden, Soho
Catherine Croft discovers how Architecture Ensemble turned a neglected central London churchyard into a thriving, art-filled community resource
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FeaturesRodney Gordon: An obituary
Rodney Gordon died earlier this year at the age of 75. Catherine Croft, director of the Twentieth Century Society looks back at his achievements.
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ReviewKing finds comfort in colour
Sculptor Phillip King’s latest work takes a new and welcome excursion into the world of colour
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ReviewTwisted view
If gullible clients are being ripped off, this disappointing book fails to explain why, says Catherine Croft
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ReviewStill voices, distant lives
How does a building speak to us of its past, asks Catherine Croft
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ReviewFrom bland to brand
Is the concept of ‘brandism’ a critique of clienthood rather than current architectural practice?
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ReviewConscientious objector
From sandals to sensuality, a new book completes Bernard Rudofsky’s life story
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ReviewSculptor Richard Wilson and Price & Myers turn a Liverpool office façade inside out
Sculptor Richard Wilson teamed up with engineer Price & Myers to slice an oval into a derelict office building facade that revolves alarmingly above the heads of passers-by in Liverpool.
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ReviewKeeping the faith
This useful history overestimates the status of churches for society and architects.