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The Man who made Manhattan
The pioneering spirit of John Randel Jr catalysed the birth of the Modern city
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Exploring Modern Ruins
The remains of failed development are a testament to hubris, but these ‘monuments to risk’ show an alarming beauty in this recent exhibiton
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Ulrich Plesner: Playboy Architect of the Eastern world
Plesner’s new autobiography provides scintillating holiday reading for architects
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Dazzling Spectacle: The Hayward Gallery Light Show
The Hayward Gallery’s recent event attracted and inspired young and old visitors alike
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Paper Primacy: fantasy architecture with purpose
What role can producing fantasy architecture have in encouraging critical thinking?
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Energy: zero impact
This new exhibiton is only the second so far to be developed just by the Maxxi’s curatory staff. Zaira Magliozzi writes on whether it meets the expectations of the new museum
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Clique within a clique
The artistic indiviualities of members of The Independant Group created potent synergies
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Gray Matters
As the enigmatic Eileen Gray benefits a full retrospective, Andrew Ayers asks whether it reflects on her character
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Pedagogy: Politecnico di Milano, Italy
A wealth of professional connections and habit to defy tradition fuels this Italian powerhouse, Matthew Barac reports from the world design capital
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Refugee Cities: Under the sheltering sky
What happens when temporary structures become inadvertantly permanent? Manuel Herz’s new book addresses this situation occuring in North African refugee camps
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Walter Gropius
The Bauhaus reduced even to its own door handles is considered to be Gropius’ greatest achievements.
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Academic Painter: Scolari & Representation
The trajectory of the non-building architect Massimo Scolari
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Architecture for Dogs
Architecture for Dogs asks world-class architects and designers to work at the canine scale
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Pedagogy: University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Taking local marginalised neighbourhoods as urban laboratories students at UJ are encouraged to design radical schemes rooted in context
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Hand of Corb
A new exhibition in Stockholm collects a vast archive of Le Corbusier’s work, including paintings, sculptures, furniture and other objects by the famous architect
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Et in arcadia ego
Ayla Lepine reviews the exhibition White Cube Green Maze: New Art Landscapes taking place at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery
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The New Socialist Village
A thinktank at the Architectural Association considers the potential and paradoxes behind this polemic research project
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Kuma Chameleon
Kengo Kuma’s Complete Works exceeds expectations of a typical monograph, addressing the cultural and moral dimensions of the Japanese architect’s career
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Herman Hertzberger
Spanning through seven decades, Herman Hertzberger’s career as both architect and professor is reviewed
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CAA Student Competition
The ninth CAA student competition considered how the world’s growing ageing population will shift approaches to architecture, reports Catherine Slessor
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Materiality Girls
Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women in Architecture explores what it means to employ feminism in design, but can the exposed design methods really be considered radical?
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Cultural Crucible
Tracking the transformation of Berlin up to the second World War, Metropolis Berlin 1880–1940 is a rich, detailed anthology of the city’s changing built environment
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PEDAGOGY: FAUP, PORTUGAL
Sketching and hand drawing are integral to the architecture program at FAUP despite the growing digitalisation of architecture
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Fernando Távora
As history unfolds, unexpected connections appear between the recent and the more distant past. Works which were once discussed as central retreat into the background, while others which seemed marginal at the time move into the foreground.
Townscape and the AR: Humane Urbanism in the 20th Century Subscription
The Battles of Hastings: As pioneering proprietor and sometimes editor of The Architectural Review, Hubert de Cronin Hastings campaigned tirelessly for a more humane approach to building, planning and townscape; his ideas are more relevant today than ever
The Big Rethink Conclusion
Drawing on the lessons of the series, the final part of the Big Rethink proposes a new kind of prototypical neighbourhood that expresses a more resonant connection with all aspects of the human condition and suggests a genuinely enriching approach to indivual and communal life
