Three Myths and One Model
Originally commissioned by the RIBA, a piece on what might or might not constitute architectural research. Big in Spain.
Originally commissioned by the RIBA, a piece on what might or might not constitute architectural research. Big in Spain.
Another piece on architectural education. Rather showy-offy, but was an finalist in the EAAE competition for writings in architectural education that year.
Unpicking the differences between scarcity and austerity, the implications for the built environment. Good twitter feedback. Translated into French courtesy of the great journal Criticat. Pdf of translation here.
My first foray into the intersection of politics and architecture. Spiky.
Texts for the catalogue to the British Pavilion at the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. On ideas of scale and stories in cities.
This is a rare one where I write specifically about buildings, or in this case the subtlety of the plans of Proctor Matthews Architects. Online here, pdf here.
A critique of masterplanning. On to something here, but yet to be developed.
The keynote article for Architectural Review's 1500 issue. Draws heavily on the joint research with MOULD
My closing speech at the main conference for What's the Point of Art School, a series of events organised by Central Saint Martins. The video of the speech, which was well-recieved, is here. Other talks, including brilliance from Johnny Vegas, are here. There was a good write up of the day in the Guardian.
The first time that Tatjana and I used the term 'spatial agency'. It felt like a breakthrough. The ideas a much expanded upon in the book 'Spatial Agency'