All articles by Gillian Darley – Page 2
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OpinionSoane and the art of appreciating your collaborators
John Soane had a lot on his hands but with the built version of a pattern book and accomplished craftsmen he pulled it off, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionThe fleeting pleasure of a palimpsest exposed
A building’s history is often hidden in plain sight for those with eyes to see. But occasionally a more intimate glimpse is briefly exposed
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OpinionA short history of garbage housing
Gillian Darley recounts the radical story of the architecture journalist invited to advise a president on building mass housing from waste
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OpinionThe landscapes that are a load of rubbish
Some landfill sites have been turned into beautiful nature reserves. But that doesn’t mean we’re off the hook when it comes to tackling our waste
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OpinionLiverpool isn’t getting it all wrong
The city’s light-industrial heritage is being trashed in some places – but has been creatively embraced in others
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OpinionRural housebuilding utterly fails to serve the needs of its locality
We need to recapture the ambition of the inter-war years
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OpinionThe mystery of the Temple of Mithras
Gillian Darley is converted to the charms of archaeology after visiting the London Mithraeum
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Opinion‘We share a double brain’
Gillian Darley looks at the creative benefits and tensions for architects who collaborate in life and practice
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OpinionIt's all about taking something back
Our great buildings are increasingly owned by philistine investors who view a colonnade as a sweatable asset not a civic gesture, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionNeave Brown’s influence is felt in rural Cumbria as much as Camden
It is a tragedy that Alexandra Road was Neave Brown’s last UK project, but his ideals inspired many others, writes Gillian Darley
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OpinionHow regeneration is working in two brave new towns
Gillian Darley reports from Hemel Hempstead and Thamesmead, both works in progress
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OpinionRecyling the spoils of Crossrail
Turning subsoil from Crossrail excavations into a new nature reserve is a win win situation says Gillian Darley
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OpinionWe lost interest in New Towns just as we were getting them right
New Towns were places were the professions worked in harmony and where housing was built that would shame today’s volume housebuilders. It’s time to look afresh, argues Gillian Darley
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OpinionWho says architecture doesn't work on TV?
Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier instinctively knew how to get in the spotlight - even if it was more egos than axos, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionWhere are the landscape visionaries to guide us through the 21st century?
Some things have improved since Nan Fairbrother’s day but planning pressures and encroachment on the Green Belt mean we urgently need fresh thinking, writes Gillian Darley
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OpinionRegeneration will come naturally to the Lea Valley - after a lot of work
The Leaway has been a long time coming but soon we should be able to let the landscape do the talking, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionFirst rate art centres, second rate art
New art centres are too focused on restaurants, shops and the visitor experience rather than the exhibitions, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionGood quality public realm isn't a waste of space
Modern life is so hectic we need quiet public spaces between buildings where people can stop and think says Gillian Darley
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OpinionIf Trump does visit London, our bridges could be very illuminating indeed
Before Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands starts work on its competition-winning scheme, let’s harness the capital’s most visible infrastructure to show the new US president exactly what we think, says Gillian Darley