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Interview with Irma BoomSubscription
The AR talks to the Dutch graphic designer and specialist bookmaker about the relationship between books, buildings and architecture, about the value of print in a digital world – and reading in bed.
Interview with Lars MüllerSubscription
The AR talks to this heavyweight publisher of books on art, architecture and design – about self-publishing, saying no, and commitment to the book
‘Architecture is sick but not totally dead’: Jean Nouvel on disasters, criticism and the future of architectureSubscription
As his most recent tower, La Marseillaise, is inaugurated on Marseille’s seafront, Nouvel talks about the death of architectural criticism, taking pleasure in problems and why the future of architecture is not architectural
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Frida Escobedo: ‘Architecture encompasses a wider range of possibilities and scales than art’Subscription
Meet the winner of this year’s AR Emerging Architecture awards
‘The architect is someone who can harness failure’: Interview with Pezo von EllrichshausenVideoSubscription
As an experience, the pavilion is just as much a physical reality as any other form of architecture
‘The generation of forms can catalyse change’: Interview with Kunlé AdeyemiVideoSubscription
Even simple pavilion projects have the potential to affect change
‘The typology of housing is a construct’: Interview with Cany AshVideoSubscription
How can housing offer residents a sense of agency?
Anthill Design: ‘We are becoming ever more sceptical of architectural concepts’Subscription
AR_EA India: Anthill Design
Interview: Di Zhang VideoSubscription
‘I like to go through the emotional route for things’: Founder of WAA (We Architech Anonymous) discusses the work of her practice in Beijing’s competitive market
Flexibility versus ownership: the two sides of Boris BernaskoniSubscription
Grandiose architect Boris Bernaskoni discusses how he marries his visions with reality
‘The current situation in Chile is exceptional’: Interview with Pezo von EllrichshausenSubscription
Filip Šenk in conversation with Pezo von Ellrichshausen
AR_EA Japan: Hibino Sekkei and Youji No ShiroSubscription
‘We are proud of making buildings that focus on fun for kids’
Podcast: Interview with FATVideoSubscription
Paul Finch talks to Sam Jacob, Sean Griffiths and Charles Holland - the men formerly known as FAT - on their early influences, how FAT came to be and what they have taken from it as they go their separate ways
Ctrl G estudio de arquitectura: ‘Colombian cities are in constant development’Subscription
AR_EA Colombia: Ctrl G estudio de arquitectura
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