Sean Griffiths
OpinionArchitecture isn't politics... and Farrell isn't Thatcher
Postmodernism versus brutalism is not a meaningful debate, argues Sean Griffiths
ReviewAround and About Stock Orchard Street, edited by Sarah Wigglesworth
Sarah Wigglesworth’s Straw Bale House war stories impress far more than her feminist theory
ReviewMild dissatisfaction against the machine
A new architectural fanzine lacks the punk spirit of its defiant forerunners, writes Sean Griffiths
ReviewLearning to live with Las Vegas
Denise Scott Brown’s standing ovation at Yale shows how the profession has moved on, says Sean Griffiths
ReviewStill in love with the architecture of Las Vegas
This new book of archive photographs sheds light on the making of Learning from Las Vegas, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s classic 1972 text
OpinionMIPIM 2009: Ending Mipim with a Splash
It all gets rather seventies pool party at the Urban Splash boss’s space-age hill house
OpinionMipim 2009: Those crazy Russians
A Death Star-like development for the city of Tula wins this year’s megalomania competition
OpinionMipim 2009: Four legs good, four wheels bad
An unconvincing mass tirade against cars only slightly marred the inaugural Mipim Pecha Kucha
OpinionMIPIM 2009: Dispatches from the wreckage
The recession has made this year’s Mipim a shadow of previous events, but on the upside, plane fares are down
OpinionThe Foster supremacy
A week of surreal experiences at Mipim is topped by the sight of Norman Foster, flanked by villainesque Russian henchmen, lavishing praise on fire escapes
OpinionMipim blog: Movie madness
Our hero in Cannes Sean Griffiths survives a brush with Goldfinger, a musical developer and fire on the tracks
OpinionWeird lessons at Mipim’s school of life
Mipim has great schmoozing, the chance to get out, oh, and it’s a very strange world out there
NewsMipim blog: Home from home
Sean Griffiths will be blogging from the Mipim property fair. Yesterday he travelled the 1,500 km to Cannes to hear some hollow platitudes about his home town.
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The work of art in the immersive age
In his seminal essay, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin reflects on two modes of architectural experience.
- Opinion
Architects need not be tortured artists
Architects need multiple personalities. To be successful, one has to combine a diverse set of contradictory skills, from visionary artist to hard-nosed lawyer, and encompassing all manner of occupations including businessman, social scientist, technologist, accountant, salesman and marriage guidance counsellor.
- Opinion
Perfect Saturday TV – heroes and villains
I approached Channel 4’s coverage of the 2005 Stirling Prize with trepidation. Firstly, a two-hour programme about architecture, although my pet interest, does not necessarily make great Saturday night television.
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School daze for the next generation
Here’s a story about a young(ish) practice whose work is not to everyone’s taste but which has something of a reputation, stretching beyond these shores, for doing challenging and innovative work.