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Still standing: The Museu de Art São Paulo (MASP) 1968

Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-06-22T14:57:12+01:00

Designed by a lifelong communist for a wealthy media magnate, Lina Bo Bardi’s uncompromising art museum is full of contradictions – just like the Italian architect’s life.

Still standing: The Museu de Art São Paulo (MASP) 1968Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-06-22T14:57:12+01:00

Mixed use and retail: R7 by Morris + Company

Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-24T12:54:45+00:00

R7 which is part of the King’s Cross development in London, was presented at the AT Awards live finals on 7 November 2022 at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to a jury comprising, Marion Baeli, Sarah Allan, Deyan Sudjic, Roger Harrabin, Ben Derbyshire, and Chair Catherine Burd. Read about how the project has stood the test of time.

Mixed use and retail: R7 by Morris + CompanyIsolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-24T12:54:45+00:00

Mixed use and retail: Alex Monroe Studio by DSDHA

Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-17T16:55:51+00:00

The Alex Monroe Studio in London was presented at the AT Awards live finals on 7 November 2022 at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to a jury comprising, Marion Baeli, Sarah Allan, Deyan Sudjic, Roger Harrabin, Ben Derbyshire, and Chair Catherine Burd. Read about how the project has stood the test of time, below.

Mixed use and retail: Alex Monroe Studio by DSDHAIsolde Brampton-Greene2023-01-17T16:55:51+00:00

Education: New Court by 5th Studio

Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-12-21T13:13:18+00:00

New Court, Trinity College, Cambridge was presented at the AT Awards live finals on 7 November 2022 at the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health to a jury comprising, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Peter Bishop, Hanif Kara, David Partridge, Simon Allford and Chair Isabel Allen. Read about how the project has stood the test of time.

Education: New Court by 5th StudioIsolde Brampton-Greene2022-12-21T13:13:18+00:00

My kind of town: Bob Allies

Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-12-01T17:41:05+00:00

The co-founder of Allies and Morrison on how Rome accommodates change. The new need not be the enemy of the old; the present can co-exist with the past.

My kind of town: Bob AlliesIsolde Brampton-Greene2022-12-01T17:41:05+00:00

Still standing: Schindler House, 1922

Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:39:40+00:00

Once the epicentre of Hollywood’s nascent artistic and architectural scene, Rudolph Schindler’s extraordinary home was a stepping stone to Los Angeles’ great leap into modernity.

Still standing: Schindler House, 1922Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:39:40+00:00

The Pevsner way of seeing

Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:24+00:00

For Martine Hamilton Knight, contributing to a revision of Pevsner’s ‘Buildings of England’ prompted a re-evaluation of the notion of ‘timelessness’ in architectural photography.

The Pevsner way of seeingIsolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:24+00:00

Heritage: High Street politics

Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00

Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, says the planning inquiry intro controversial plans to raze and rebuild Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store could change the future of construction.

Heritage: High Street politicsIsolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:26+00:00