Gillian Darley
BD columnist. Personal website at www.gilliandarley.com
OpinionBuilding a sense of the transcendent
Gillian Darley finds herself more uplifted than she expected by an exhibition of religious architecture
OpinionUn, deux, trois: a French lesson in reusing buildings
Gillian Darley follows in Ian Nairn’s footsteps to Paris and uncovers a story for our time
OpinionWhat we can learn from Frank Dobson and Octavia Hill
Don’t feel defeated by the election result, Gillian Darley exhorts community activists and volunteers
OpinionThe incremental destruction of Basildon’s brave new world
Gillian Darley examines the current regeneration of the Essex new town as it turns 70
OpinionCharting the contours of history
From school atlas to GPS, maps are the key to understanding ourselves, says Gillian Darley
OpinionMaybe we could teach Scandinavians about cycling on the pavement
Gillian Darley is nearly knocked off her feet in Copenhagen
OpinionThe women airbrushed out of architecture’s history
Gillian Darley applauds overdue moves to give proper recognition to pioneers of the profession
OpinionHow Aberdeen’s homogeneity helped it survive the boom years
Gillian Darley on the Granite City’s enduring materiality
OpinionNairn was right to despair of York
Gillian Darley finds herself confounded by the city’s planners
OpinionRecalling the bloody battle to bring life to King’s Cross
Gillian Darley assesses the decades-long redevelopment against its hard-won environmental goals
OpinionThe communities where neighbourliness is part of the design
Gillian Darley hails a new generation learning from the Quakers
OpinionHow to design a beautifully modest building
Two new cultural projects by Feilden Fowles and 6a could teach the likes of Diller Scofidio & Renfro a thing or two about ambition
OpinionNever stop experimenting
Gillian Darley finds parallels between Anni Albers, Nicholas Grimshaw and Hawkins Brown’s Here East
OpinionTime for a new exhibition at the British Museum?
The British Museum is at risk of being a thoroughly unpleasant experience before you are even inside, says Gillian Darley
OpinionHow the streets got their names, and other tales
Is good branding all it takes to create a place, asks Gillian Darley
OpinionAre artists' pop-ups the solution to our fading high streets?
Gillian Darley on what happens to much-loved buildings when their occupants fold
OpinionWhat makes a museum?
As backdrops for art, the Wapping Project could hardly be more different from Albertopolis, says Gillian Darley
OpinionWhere would you rather grow old?
Gillian Darley looks at some of the better examples of housing older people
OpinionGaddafi's paranoia is alive and well in Fitzrovia
Gillian Darley finds herself under uncomfortable scrutiny at Facebook’s new home