All articles by Owen Hatherley – Page 6
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OpinionTime to face up to the brutalist truth
Channel 4’s Red Riding trilogy suggested a different way of looking at the post-war city
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Building StudyNottingham: A notty problem
Nottingham hopes to be ‘2012 world design capital’ but the varying quality of its newer buildings exemplifies the problems of what to do with a post-industrial city
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OpinionSearching for some soul on the dole
Architects visiting a jobcentre for the first time might hanker for Gropius’s attempt to make signing on elegant
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Building StudyMilton Keynes: End of the space age
It’s the empty streets and lack of crowds that make Milton Keynes feel civilised — but attempts to bring density to the new town could spell the end for this unique quality
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OpinionA tragic tale of two Thamesmeads
The 60s estate’s potential could still be unlocked — given a bit of the cash squandered on its successor
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Building StudySouthampton: What's next for this major port turned mega-retail park?
Southampton’s reliance on retail and leisure to counter a declining shipping industry has given it a new architectural identity
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OpinionThe house is a machine for learning
Architects’ quest to design mixed communities could benefit from looking at a group of Gallic militant lefties
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OpinionTrapped between ego and blandness
Totalitarian architectural monuments or toadying to heritage? The choice is yours
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OpinionA signal to rebuild public transport
There must be a reason why the boring old car is architecturally uncelebrated
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OpinionCorporate educators are bad business
Designers love Westminster Academy, but is what’s going on inside really such a good idea?
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OpinionA green New Deal can tackle depression
Looming financial disaster might have unexpected social and environmental benefits
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OpinionThe broken heart of east Greenwich
What used to be Greenwich District Hospital is now a vast, overgrown wasteland