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The Freedoms of Suburbia, by Amy Young.Suburbia in London first established itself during the 19th century. Inner city London was suffering from an overgrowth in population which developed into extreme overcrowding, forming what could only be described as city slums.…View →
Local Liability, by Alessandro Rognoni.Church Street Market - London, UK. Five years ago, before stepping onto Dutch soil, I went to London to study architecture.…View →
Venice Biennale: Greek Pavilion, by Xristina Argyros and Elena Rossoni.To find out, we met up with Xristina Argyros from NEIHEISER ARGYROS London-based studio and designers of the 2018 Greek Pavilion “the School of Athens”. The iconic Greek pavilion in the Biennale’s Giardini, photo by Elena Rossoni.…View →
Space syntax as urban design tool, by Jack Pilkington.Space syntax, developed by Bill Hillier at University College London, does this, and has been applied in urban studies since the 1980s.…View →
Brexit and British Architecture, by Amy Young.Looking at two of the most symbolic buildings in London, The Tate Modern, and The Shard, both are designed by non-British Architecture practices; Herzog & de Meuron, and Renzo Piano.…View →
Letting Go Of Enemies In Architecture, by Kevin Lai.- Kathy Walkup, et al. 2020, Natural Enemies of books, London: Ocassional Papers. ‘’Almost all women are the inveterate foes, not of novels, of course, nor peerages and popular volumes of history, but of books worthy of the name.…View →
The Morning Sun, by Carmen Wientjes.The Morning Sun. , Carmen Wientjes, Oil on board, London, 2020. I take in the golden sun as I go for my morning run. I observe the city. Quiet streets, a few strangers around. Still subcluded, bathing in the morning light.…View →
A Whiff Off ..., by Tuyen Le.Smell of the London smog, the American creamy Cinnabon, the Dutch rain, or the Korean BBQ feast… they complete our ability to feel and relive the moments once again.…View →
The Marble Arch Joke, by Alessandro Rognoni.Recently built in London, the MVRDV designed Marble Arch Hill is just the latest case of ‘pavilion for the pavilion’s sake’.…View →
Titanium White, by Zuzanna Sliwinska.Despite this meticulousness, most respected galleries worldwide, such as MoMA in New York or British National Gallery in London, continue to unravel more and more fakes in their collections.…View →
The Realm of Toilets of the Bouwkunde, by Tuyen Le.The historical strand of gendered bathrooms dates back to the 1860s, when women's public latrines were first installed at department stores in Central London.…View →
On Discomfort, by Jesper-Jay Harrington.London: Vintage. Marcuse, H. 1964. One-Dimensional Man. New York: Routledge. Neufert, E. 1936. Architect's Data. s.l. Bauwelt-Verlag. Saito, K. 2022. Marx in the Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ulrich Brand, M. W. 2021.…View →
Promoting a positive Relation-to-Self through Recognition in Architectural Design, by Jeremy Hill.An architectural project that beautifully recognises the judgement of the user is the Alex Monroe Studio in London, by DSDHA architects. (Figure 2).…View →
Gordon Matta-Clark: Poetic Anarchy, by Juliette Khoo.(London: IB Tauris, 2011), 8. 2. Gordon Matta-Clark interviewed by Donald Wall, ‘. Transcript: Interview Between Wall and Matta-Clark: Rough Draft’. in. Articles and Documents 1942–76. (Montreal: Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, 1975-6). 3.…View →
Isle of Inspiration, by Lydia Giokari.The process of making the model of the house of the mayor of Megasaki City at Three Mills Studios in London. #MOOC #models #film #WesAnderson #Anderson #IsleofDogs. Return to top ↑. More. from. Explorations + Contexts. Links.…View →
Unpaid Internships, by Elena Rossoni.Back in 2013, Sou Fujimoto stated in an interview outside his London Serpentine Pavilion how unpaid internships are a ‘nice opportunity’ for both the employer and intern (Dezeen interview, June 2013).…View →
Architectural Misconceptions, by Jan Pruszyński.The Apprentice. star and a London-based architect Gabrielle Omar, who, in an interview for. Architects' Journal. , stated that the public has no idea what architects do and that the profession is in need of a brand overhaul.…View →
Magic / Tragic, by Joey Lageschaar.Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom. 4. Han, B.-C. (2018). Saving Beauty. (D. Steuer, Trans. English edition). Polity Press. 5. Giedion, S. (1948). Mechanization Takes Command. New York: Oxford University Press.…View →
Never Been Built, by Aimee Baars.He produced paintings over summer, would then send them back to his firm in London where his drawings were reinterpreted as buildings. He is known for his use of colour, which is also clearly exemplified by his plans for Rotterdam Central Station.…View →
Some of My Problems, by Tuomas Peippo.London: Verso, p.9. Tuomas Peippo is a master student at architecture track at BK. If you wish, you can contact him through his email: tipeippo@gmail.com. #readersletter #psychoanalysis. Return to top ↑. More. from. Fame & Vanity. Links.…View →
Hope on water, by Sevince Bayrak.In the case of Istanbul, like many other big cities such as London, NYC, that are under the influence of rapid privatization, pandemic gave us a dreadful reason to reclaim public space, with a louder voice.…View →
Missed Takes on Gender in Architecture, by Julia Korpacka.Altering Practices: Feminine Politics and Poetics of Space (London and New York: Routledge, 2007), 25-26. Return to top ↑. More. from. Mistakes. Links. Interested in becoming a. Pen Pal? Bnieuws. Instagram →. Facebook →. Issuu →.…View →
Animal Architecture, by Aimee Baars.London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer. Serrano, S. & S.J. Hidalgo de Trucios (2011). Burrow types of the European wild rabbit in southwestern Spain, Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 23:1, pp. 81-90. #animal #architecture #burrow #wasp #nature.…View →