The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
David Grandorge: In praise of stairs
The Sea of Steps at Wells Cathedral prompts David Grandorge to muse on the very particular qualities of stairs
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
David Grandorge: small acts
David Grandorge on Alison and Peter Smithson’s Upper Lawn Pavilion and the value of small projects in exploring ideas
David Grandorge: Brand new, you’re retro
We should adopt Tricky’s mantra and develop less carbon-intensive ways of building, says David Grandorge
David Grandorge: Walking in LA
David Grandorge considers the energy and raw beauty of Frank Gehry’s early work
David Grandorge: Learn to live with less
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
David Grandorge: On authorship
Belgian architect Marie-José Van Hee’s home and garden leads David Grandorge to muse on collective and individual authorship
David Grandorge: Breathe in the air
David Grandorge argues we should be less obsessive about airtight principles and active systems and instead put another layer on
David Grandorge: When the fire starts to burn
David Grandorge reflects on the disconcerting nature of fire, as a bringer of warmth and comfort but also of terrible destruction
David Grandorge: After the rain
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: Some things that could or should be learnt in schools of architecture
David Grandorge warns against believing everything one sees or reads, including his own considerations for an architecture school curriculum