Robbie Blakeley

Stories

Stadthaus: A Process RevealedSubscription
17 July, 2009
Waugh Thistleton’s Stadthaus, in Shoreditch, East London, is the tallest modern timber building in the world. A Process Revealed documents the building of this new nine storey apartment building whose construction holds a message for the future.
Five things to do today: 17 JulySubscription
17 July, 2009
Jungle house - street photography - remote controlled gadgets - fairy tales - St. Ives Summer season
Five things to do today: 15 JulySubscription
15 July, 2009Comments (1)
Sand sculptures - beautiful imperfection - cool boy accessories - telling tales - India landscape
Haunting Woolf inspiration sold for £80,000Subscription
14 July, 2009
A private buyer has swooped for the landscape that inspired Viginia Woolf’s most famous novel, To the Lighthouse.
In pictures: Local people predict Knightsbridge nightmareSubscription
14 July, 2009Comments (3)
A new proposal to merge road and pavements outside Harrods has drawn this comic response from local residents
American fury as Foster grabs $120m San Francisco jobSubscription
14 July, 2009Comments (5)
Foster + Partners has angered three ‘local’ firms by winning the stimulus-backed renovation of a historic San Francisco landmark
Five things to do today: 14 JulySubscription
14 July, 2009
Gangsters - vinyl coffee table - Serpentine Gallery Pavilion - 10 oldest inhabited cities - DLA Piper
Prince Charles quits heritage society in censorship rowSubscription
13 July, 2009Comments (7)
The Prince of Wales has resigned as a patron of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
Five things to do today: 13 JulySubscription
13 July, 2009
Optical illusions - Sonny Kay - Rock ‘n’ roll - Higher Ambition - Butterfly jungle
EEA proposal: The hanging gardens of HackneySubscription
10 July, 2009
The European Environmental Agency (EEA) is considering plans to encourage city dwellers to grow their own food