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ReviewKing Charles III: 40 Years of Architecture
Once dismissed as reactionary, many of the principles King Charles III has long advocated – including community, craftsmanship and sustainability – are now mainstream, writes Alasdair Travers in his review of Clive Aslet’s new book
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ReviewReview: Cosmos, Memory, Scale at the SOAS Gallery
Ben Flatman examines how architect and artist Karl Singporewala weaves architecture, heritage and personal memory into a rich body of work shaped by Parsi diasporic experience
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ReviewBritish Interior Design Since 1925
Leo Wood reviews an authoritative account of how the evolution of taste, technology and commerce has defined the modern interior
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ReviewConcéntrico and the art of everyday urban invention
Sarah Simpkin reviews Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory, a new book celebrating a decade of inventive public-space interventions that have transformed the Spanish city of Logroño into a living laboratory for urban experimentation
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ReviewThe art of architecture on film: Eric Parry and the question of posterity
Nicholas de Klerk reflects on a new film by Jon Blair which explores Eric Parry’s work and provokes questions about how architecture is judged over time
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ReviewWilliam Butterfield: A builder and experimenter
Andy Foster reviews a new study of William Butterfield that places the High Victorian master’s work in its wider social and religious context
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ReviewThe Manifesto House: Buildings that changed the future of architecture
Bruno Bernardo reviews Owen Hopkins’ new book on houses that shaped architectural thinking, questioning how these influential designs measure up against today’s climate and sustainability challenges
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ReviewForm Follows Love: Anna Heringer on building with empathy, intuition and mud
In Form Follows Love, Anna Heringer reimagines architecture as an act of empathy and participation. Sumedha Kelegama explores how the book challenges dominant ideas of design, authorship and durability
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ReviewNuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
Ben Tosland considers how High Tech architecture, once defined by its flexibility and futuristic spirit, is now entering the realm of heritage, and what that means for its conservation
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ReviewRA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
This year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition sees architecture integrated throughout the show for the first time, a curatorial shift that brings fresh juxtapositions but leaves technical work struggling to compete for attention, writes Mary Richardson
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ReviewSurface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
Sarah Simpkin reports on this year’s London Design Biennale
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ReviewArchitecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice
Jan Kattein explores Brian Holland’s compelling new book, which brings together 15 practitioners reimagining architecture as a tool for justice, collaboration and civic empowerment
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ReviewBeyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
Amin Taha dissects the latest edition of Five Critical Essays, weighing the value of intellectual dissent against the blind spots of culture-war rhetoric
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ReviewFaith, reuse and surveillance: Birmingham’s mosques through Mahtab Hussain’s lens
Joe Holyoak reflects on Mahtab Hussain’s photographic survey of 160 Birmingham mosques, featured in the Ikon Gallery exhibition What Did You Want To See?
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ReviewBetween colonialism and nation-building: rethinking African modernism
Source: Jean Molitor Parkgarage, Accra, Ghana
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ReviewSpeedos, lidos and lost pools: a stylish look at swimming’s social past
The Design Museum’s latest exhibition explores a century of swimwear, culture and design, revealing how our relationship with water has shaped everything from fashion to public space, writes Sarah Simpkin
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Review‘Would you rather be sold religion or soap?’: Venturi and Scott Brown’s story
Source: Courtesy of Jim Venturi National Gallery. Exterior view from street (no bus!) Oriana Fernandez reviews Stardust, a film that reveals the human story behind Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s groundbreaking partnership
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ReviewVector Architects: Gong Dong and the Art of Building
Nicholas de Klerk reviews a new book on the work of the renowned Chinese practice
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ReviewOutrage lives on: Ian Nairn’s critique still haunts Britain’s landscapes
Ben Tosland reviews the 70th-anniversary reissue of Ian Nairn’s seminal critique of Britain’s built environment
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ReviewSaint, state and stone: the politics of preserving Old Goa’s Basilica de Bom Jesus
Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar’s new book examines how colonial power shaped the visual and political representation of Goa’s Basilica of Bom Jesus, revealing the role of photography in framing its legacy. Oriana Fernandez explores how the study sheds new light on the basilica’s evolving cultural identity and the ongoing debates over ...