If you want more century-old architectural destruction on screen as I talk Buster Keaton for 15 minutes, with other speakers doing better on other topics, deets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/sitesou...
Thanks @robfiehn.bsky.social & Jim Stephenson for the invite to revisit old research.
I went to the opening night of the new Hitchhiker’s stage adaptation and I can confirm it’s ill-considered in every sense of the word. I loved it! The performers were giving everything they got. Move over Punchdrunk, your time is over.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
I LOVED this piece on the optometrist by Kate and all the eye-based allegories. It got me thinking about Ruskin's 'innocent eye' and furore it subsequently incited in the art history world. Or the eye in Un Chien Andalou, a scene from a 1929 film that I still believe to be the apex of body horror.
My photos from the largely abandoned Expo ‘92 site in Seville. Most of the original structures were demolished but some remain.
Playtime at the Pavilions: Carmody Groarke at Dulwich Picture Gallery
by @robfiehn.bsky.social
@dulwichgallery.bsky.social
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I wrote about the new @dulwichgallery.bsky.social ArtPlay Pavilion by Carmody Groarke for @recessedspace.bsky.social. It led me down a rabbit hole that took me from south London to the Serpentine.
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This article took a while but it turns out there’s lots to learn about housing at this year’s Venice Biennale.
On Tuesday 26 August, I’ll be co-chairing a discussion about the short-term commodification of our cities at… the Negroni Talks!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/negroni-ta...?
I went to visit Space House ahead of the London Society event in a few weeks time. It’s even better than I dared hope for. The attention to detail from Squire and Partners is amazing.
GREAT article from the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk all about infill housing. They spoke to many architects, including fourth_space and Archio.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/infill-...
Hugh, do you remember our event, Brutalism: Save it or Scrap it? That was 11 years ago and nothing has changed since.
I wrote a review of The Brutalist for the @news.architectsjournal.co.uk (ducks and covers).
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/practice/cul...
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Fascinating to see that ‘New Towns’ will really be urban extensions and that the government is aware that agencies like National Highways can block development. And what’s that I see about the “character” of housing reflecting local history…?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Learning that Iceland is having a greenhouse revolution. They can grow their own veggies all year round using clean energy and geothermal water. Way to go!
City of London at dusk has still got it. I have to be honest, I’m drawn to the old classics.
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Canary Wharf in the fading light, shot on a Panasonic Lumix. Very happy with how the Herzog & de Meuron tower came out.
There were a lot of men in that post. There are a few films about female architects.
In preparation for the Brutalist, I’m spending the festive period watching films about architects.
City of London right now and it’s not even 6pm!
My Italian Christmas tradition is no more. RIP Camisa.
Yes, surely that’s the best way to commemorate someone and serve the public good! But you know it’s going to be some kind of fountain or totem.
Reader, it’s going to exceed its £46m budget. Probably best we accept the inevitable outcome for the public purse now.
This is a really excellent episode. We must start seeing housing as infrastructure!
Should have said big pig energy.
It’s not really about the architecture though is it. M&S is a premium British brand and Oxford St has got to be the most famous shopping area in the country. The campaigners made this all about setting a precedent but it’s gone the wrong way now…
I was in the Shakespeare’s Head on Kingsway last week. What a great Spoons.
A lot of us were hoping that this new government would understand the carbon agenda but this is not a good first sign. Hopefully, it’s just one decision and that future calls for retrofit might go the other way. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/ms-oxfo...
This book rewired my brain and changed my entire career. But you are much smarter and more resilient than I am, so you’ll probably be fine.
