The winner of this year’s Women in Architecture Jane Drew prize talks to Catherine Slessor about originally planning to be an artist, her relationship with New York and plans for London’s forthcoming Centre for Music
Author Archives: Catherine Slessor
AJ Architecture Awards 2018: Health & Wellbeing Project of the Year
dRMM has triumphed in the Health & Wellbeing category of the 2018 AJ Architecture Awards with its Maggie’s Centre in Oldham
AJ Architecture Awards 2018: Community & Faith Project of the Year
Storey’s Field Centre & Eddington Nursery by MUMA has been named best community project at the 2018 AJ Architecture Awards
AJ Architecture Awards 2018: Cultural Project of the Year
AHMM’s third phase of works at Liverpool’s Royal Court has scooped Cultural Project of the Year at the 2018 AJ Architecture Awards
Building study: David Chipperfield Architects’ remodelling of Selfridges
David Chipperfield Architects’ refurbishment of the West End store strips down and rationalises its labyrinthine miscellany, says Catherine Slessor. Photography Edward Park, Simon Menges
RIBA Stirling Prize 2018: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre by Níall McLaughlin Architects
Oxford’s Worcester College addition is a modern hybrid of lecture hall, dance studio and study spaces set on a bucolic site, writes Catherine Slessor. Film and photography Jim Stephenson
Homeless chic flicks a v-sign at humanity
Selfridges’ ill-judged window display is right up there with the ‘Camden bench’ in dehumanising those who lack the will or means to consume, says Catherine Slessor
How do we make architecture more diverse?
We should begin by encouraging school children to feel they can participate in architecture and design, writes Catherine Slessor
Retelling the fairytale of High Tech
A new exhibition devoted to the era of High Tech shows us just how far architecture has moved on, says Catherine Slessor
Saluting the unsung pioneers of women in architecture
A comprehensive new website offers a chance to learn about little known American women architects, says Catherine Slessor