My Kind of Town: James Traynor
Isolde Brampton-Greene2025-02-25T13:12:05+00:00James Traynor, managing director at ECD Architects, is rooting for Preston to realise its potential to become the perfect 15-minute compact city.
My Kind of Town: Fernando Sordo Madaleno
Isolde Brampton-Greene2025-02-06T16:19:29+00:00Fernando Sordo Madaleno explains how a series of cataclysmic events have made their mark Mexico City, resulting in a multi-layered cityscape that is melodramatic, memorable and even a little crazy.
My Kind of Town: John Pardey
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-11-19T16:33:37+00:00John Pardey is charmed by Louis Kahn's National Assembly building in Dhaka, Bangladesh and pays a flying visit to Le Corbusier's Chandigarh on the way home.
My Kind of Town: Lawrence Bates
Isolde Brampton-Greene2024-09-18T08:05:37+01:00Lawrence Bates reflects on the transformation of the former Isle of Wight zoo into a unique ‘walled town’ designed as a sanctuary for traumatised animals and an ongoing experiment in regenerative design.
My Kind of Town: Laura Carrara-Cagni
Isolde Brampton-Greene2025-02-03T17:31:11+00:00Laura Carrara-Cagni returns to Genoa, its port and medieval old town, one of the largest historic centres in Europe.
My Kind of Town: Ondřej Chybík
AT Editor2024-06-11T12:00:14+01:00Ondřej Chybík, co-founder of CHYBIK+KRISTOF, on Brno, and why the Czech Republic’s second largest city has its advantages over the capital.
My Kind of Town: Hien Nguyen
AT Editor2024-08-22T14:30:48+01:00
Hien Nguyen, associate director at MCW Architects, on Ho Chi Minh City, where her family has lived for the last ten years.
My Kind of Town: Chris Williamson
AT Editor2024-04-18T08:42:26+01:00Chris Williamson, chairman, WestonWilliamson+Partners on Ilkeston, Derbyshire and how he hopes its rejuvenation can be kick-started.
My kind of town: Greg Bailey
AT Editor2023-11-20T15:59:14+00:00Architect and academic Greg Bailey on Ljubljana, Slovenia, a stage for life's rich theatre.
My kind of town: Peter Buchanan
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-09-07T09:42:04+01:00The academic, architect and urban designer Peter Buchanan died on August 23rd. Shortly before his death he dictated his thoughts on Cape Town for Architecture Today's series My kind of town.
My kind of town: Katy Marks
AT Editor2023-10-16T09:52:55+01:00Katy Marks, founder of Citizens Design Bureau, on Sarajevo, the 'Jerusalem of Europe' where culture is both a survival tool and the city's life force.
