We must challenge the administration’s market forces-driven approach to housing, callously indifferent to the lives of the poor and marginalised, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, says Catherine Slessor
The digital tree-hugger: new tech can save threatened urban trees
Mapping and data-gathering are proving to be valuable new weapons in preserving these arboreal defenders of the eco-system, writes Catherine Slessor
Hidden gem: DSDHA’s jewellery workshop
DSDHA has crafted a dramatically veiled workshop for jeweller Alex Monroe, writes Catherine Slessor. Photography by Luca Miserocchi
Aspirational renting: Vantage Point by GRID architects
Building study: Is this transformation of a north London office slab into private-rented-sector flats the shape of things to come? asks Catherine Slessor
Building study: Coffey’s design for living
Coffey’s thoughtful Modern Detached could well serve as an exemplar for the wider private house market, writes Catherine Slessor
From Towering Inferno to High Rise, film has not been kind to architects
As Jeff Bridges prepares to portray Mies van der Rohe, Catherine Slessor calls the roll of cinema’s architects
Wright & Wright deftly weaves old and new at Magdalen College’s library
Transformation underscores Wright & Wright’s new library at Magdalen College, says Catherine Slessor
How John Berger deciphered the language of art
The critic and writer, who died this week, gave a new perspective on how art defines humanity, says Catherine Slessor
Is Russell Jones’ Highgate Mews more than an exercise in tasteful London Minimal?
Russell Jones Architects’ mews scheme is a considered piece of architecture that engages with the possibilities of its backland setting, says Catherine Slessor
Now that the Garden Bridge is staring into the abyss, what might replace it?
You have to go back to 1875 to find a decent civic proposal for the Thames, says Catherine Slessor