Author Archives: David Grandorge

The Sea of Steps at Wells Cathedral prompts David Grandorge to muse on the very particular qualities of stairs

David Grandorge on Alison and Peter Smithson’s Upper Lawn Pavilion and the value of small projects in exploring ideas

We should adopt Tricky’s mantra and develop less carbon-intensive ways of building, says David Grandorge

David Grandorge considers the energy and raw beauty of Frank Gehry’s early work

We should listen to what COP26 delegate Maria Hillary Zuniga Hiaiquin has to say, says David Grandorge. We must all learn to live with less, as indigenous peoples the world over already do

Belgian architect Marie-José Van Hee’s home and garden leads David Grandorge to muse on collective and individual authorship

David Grandorge argues we should be less obsessive about airtight principles and active systems and instead put another layer on

David Grandorge reflects on the disconcerting nature of fire, as a bringer of warmth and comfort but also of terrible destruction

David Grandorge advocates breaking up as many existing concrete and tarmac surfaces as we can and planting trees and shrubs in their place

David Grandorge warns against believing everything one sees or reads, including his own considerations for an architecture school curriculum