The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Grandorge: Plastic is not that fantastic
We should be a little more concerned about the use of plastics in construction, says David Grandorge
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Grandorge: April in Paris
Lacaton & Vassal’s refurbishment and extension of a 16-storey social housing tower in Paris followed extensive discussions with its tenants
Grandorge: Gimme shelter
As winter approaches, if you’re time-rich, consider becoming a volunteer at a night shelter near where you live, urges David Grandorge
Grandorge: In the neighbourhood
David Grandorge takes a stroll down a street in Gothenburg, Sweden
Grandorge: On teaching architecture as a useful discipline
If architecture is to remain a useful discipline, it must be taught with greater lucidity and precision, says David Grandorge
Grandorge: A short history of the digital age
If our machines become more intelligent than us, we must hope they will be kinder to us than we have been to ourselves, writes David Grandorge
Grandorge: Fade to grey
David Grandorge describes the intriguing qualities of grey – the colour of fog, of mist, of clouds and of dust
Grandorge: Doors
David Grandorge considers the abundance and significance in our lives of thresholds and doorways
David Grandorge: Poetic Pragmatism – solutions to an existential problem
Architects, artists, engineers, contractors and students gathered at a city farm in London’s Waterloo in March for a symposium on the impact of global warming on architecture
David Grandorge: There are trees in the city
We should be grateful for the trees we have in our cities and encourage more of them to flourish, says David Grandorge