Berlin is a place for all ages, writes Anupama Kundoo, where people are an integral part of urban life; one that continues to renew itself with youthful energy, and allows young people to develop a strong civic sense.
Loved and loathed in equal measure, Los Angeles is in almost every way the antithesis of the classical European city: vast, sparse and built for the automobile, writes Elly Ward.
Washington DC’s urban grain creates a backdrop against which classical monuments shine, finds Francis Terry.
Awards
The Wood Awards is inviting architects and designers to submit UK-based timber projects
Viewpoint
As two exhibitions celebrate major unrealised works of architecture, Robert Harbison considers our enduring interest in the unbuilt
Lucca is a stage for civic life, find Patty Hopkins, who followed Sheila Hale’s ‘American Express Pocket Guide to Florence and Tuscany’ to the Tuscan city in search for a family holiday home.
Learning From
A hands-on approach fostered by the Royal College of Art continues to shape my work, says Carl Turner
Learning From
A postgraduate trip to Isfahan laid the foundations for ABK’s office and its ethos, says Peter Ahrends
Paul Karakusevic finds renewed interest in London for housing built by the public sector, for the public good.
Books
‘Hidden Urbanism’ is a useful and informative guide to the Moscow Metro, but one of the greatest artworks of the twentieth century still awaits its definitive account, says Owen Hatherley
Books
A new appraisal of Robert Venturi’s 'Complexity and Contradiction' shows a welcome re-engagement with his work and thought, says Charles Holland
Learning from
Christopher Platt recalls the formative architectural and academic influence of Robert Maguire
