Author Archives: Rory Olcayto

A small Norwegian city called Bodø (pronounced more like Buddha) is where you will find AJ’s building of the year

There’s just one contender for the architecture book of the year - Detlef Martin’s study of Mies van der Rohe

Why are we OK with Atkins building in Saudi Arabia, RMJM building in Hong Kong, Populous building in Russia, but not Zaha Hadid building in Azerbaijan?

Following the completion of two major projects in London, some might argue this was the year of Richard Rogers

Did the AJ know what it would get when it asked six great architects to design ceramic drinking fountains for London’s public realm?

Is architecture more than the sum of its parts?

Stephen Holl’s Reid Building for the Glasgow School of Art is designed to make the most of the winter months

Kathryn Findlay, who died earlier this year, was a genius – a real one, in that she had exceptional creative power, which is pretty much the standard definition of the much overused and misused word.

Dear Reader: The AJ’s new year’s resolutions (in no particular order)

Emerging star Asif Khan was the only UK entrant to make it onto the six-strong shortlist to design Helsinki’s new Guggenheim museum, but who is he?