http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/dwelling-and-time/8646775.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/dwelling-and-time/8646775.article Trevor Garnham boldly attempts to rehabilitate the notion of meaning in his study of the role of history in architecture, writes Edwin Heathcote Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:14 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/schools-pioneer/8644778.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/schools-pioneer/8644778.article A new biography of Mary Medd is a timely reminder of the interdependence of architecture, education and children’s welfare in the modern age, writes Yasmin Shariff Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:03 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/detroit-city-whats-going-on/8643304.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/detroit-city-whats-going-on/8643304.article Mark Binelli’s book The Last Days of Detroit is a relevant account for many languishing post-industrial cities hattie.hartman@emap.com (Hattie Hartman) Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:47 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/the-globalisation-of-modern-architecture-by-robert-adam/8641157.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/the-globalisation-of-modern-architecture-by-robert-adam/8641157.article Robert Adam’s The Globalisation of Modern Architecure takes a compelling and broad-ranging look at the output of the architectural world, writes James Pallister James.Pallister@emap.com (James Pallister) Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:01 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/ugly-good-traumkitsch-bad/8640795.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/ugly-good-traumkitsch-bad/8640795.article What are the rules of attraction? Stephen Bayley’s Ugly: The Aesthetics of Everything, prompts Jay Merrick to consider what makes us see beauty in the beast Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:09 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/graphic-and-novel/8639972.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/graphic-and-novel/8639972.article Chris Ware’s boundary-pushing new comic book drives its narrative by fusing architectural framing devices with reader interaction, discovers Rory Olcayto Rory.Olcayto@emap.com (Rory Olcayto) Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:59 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/home-is-where-the-heathcote-is/8638913.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/home-is-where-the-heathcote-is/8638913.article If you spent yesterday evening eating your dinner in front of the TV in your living room, Edwin Heathcote has got something to tell you Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:09 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/client-friendly-why-we-build-by-rowan-moore/8638918.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/client-friendly-why-we-build-by-rowan-moore/8638918.article Journalist, architect and client Rowan Moore takes a serious and studied look at the emotions we invest in the built environment Rory.Olcayto@emap.com (Rory Olcayto) Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:05 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/concrete-facts/8637246.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/concrete-facts/8637246.article Derided as grey and miserable, concrete often has an image problem. But as two new books testify, understanding this heroic materical is essntial to architects, writes Steve Parnell Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:55 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/james-pallister-reads-a-wry-and-timely-history-of-sport-stadia-and-spectators/8633965.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/james-pallister-reads-a-wry-and-timely-history-of-sport-stadia-and-spectators/8633965.article Jägermeister, the ‘medicinal’ short, was the first brand to swap shirt space for sponsorship in football; ball games, female participation in sport and bikinis all existed by 400 AD and Fritz Auer’s wife’s stockings were key to the development of the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium James.Pallister@emap.com (James Pallister) Thu, 2 Aug 2012 10:42 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/pioneer-of-perspective/8633963.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/pioneer-of-perspective/8633963.article Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting may have been translated before but Rocco Sinisgalli’s version of Alberti’s Italian offering sheds new light on the pioneer and his reasons for completing the text, writes Joseph Rykwert Thu, 2 Aug 2012 10:38 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/the-resurrection-of-dykes-bower/8629278.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/the-resurrection-of-dykes-bower/8629278.article Stephen Dykes Bower battled ambitious colleagues and changing public tastes to redefine and restore our most cherished churches, writes Gavin Stamp Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:55 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/little-map-of-horrors/8628478.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/little-map-of-horrors/8628478.article A new book by Albena Yaneva attempts to map the controversies, scandal and intrigue that shape our buildings with laudable aims but flawed methods Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:20 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/-the-temporary-city-by-peter-bishop-and-lesley-williams/8628139.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/-the-temporary-city-by-peter-bishop-and-lesley-williams/8628139.article A new book takes a pessimistic look at London’s temporary structures and sees their popularity as a sign of our downfall. Tim Abrahams is unconvinced Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:01 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/pyongyangs-architecture-on-trial/8627504.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/pyongyangs-architecture-on-trial/8627504.article A two-volume guide to architecture in Pyongyang offers a startling contrast between propaganda and the reality of life in North Korea, writes Hyunjoo Lee Thu, 8 Mar 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/jeremy-rifkins-the-third-industrial-revolution-and-the-very-hungry-city/8626236.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/jeremy-rifkins-the-third-industrial-revolution-and-the-very-hungry-city/8626236.article Two new books on global energy dependency deal in anecdote, theory and ‘dreams come true’ writes Hattie Hartman hattie.hartman@emap.com (Hattie Hartman) Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/rave-against-the-machine/8625961.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/rave-against-the-machine/8625961.article Molly Macindoe’s photography reveals the gritty former life of familiar city sites during the free party heyday of the late 90s, writes Merlin Fulcher merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:14 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/nigel-greens-reconstruction/8625450.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/nigel-greens-reconstruction/8625450.article A new study of post-war reconstruction in Picardy, France offers both a historical narrative and regional perspective on Modernism, writes Robin Wilson Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:13 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/-explain-more-describe-less-mallgrave-and-goodmans-architectural-theory/8625170.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/-explain-more-describe-less-mallgrave-and-goodmans-architectural-theory/8625170.article A new survey of 40 years of architectural theory opts to document, rather than unpack its subjects, writes Stephen Games Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:51 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/architecture-with-a-social-mission/8624491.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/critics/architecture-with-a-social-mission/8624491.article David Canter looks at a new book which considers the architecture of the Salvation Army movement. 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