Articles & Reviews
May 2008
Sustainability is Killing Creativity by Austin Williams
Putting the brakes on India and China by Austin Williams
The Time for Manifestos by Austin Williams
The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton
Reviewed by Dennis Hayes
April 2008
The Islamist by Ed Husain
Reviewed by Robin Walsh
Article for the Tablet by Austin Williams
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
Reviewed by Martin Earnshaw
Winter 2008
The Islamist by Ed Husain
Reviewed by Martin Earnshaw
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them by Philippe Legrain
Reviewed by Steve Nash
Autumn 2007
Facts about London, by Austin Williams
Moving India, by Austin Williams
London Property Review, by Austin Williams
Recycling: Reducing waste or waste of time?, by Martin Earnshaw
More than Bricks and Mortar, by Dave Clements
May/June 2007
An Un-American Life: The Case of Whittaker Chambers, by Sam Tanenhaus
Reviewed by Austin Williams
April 2007
Something Stinks
By Austin Williams
March 2007
Building Esteem or Housing Discontent
Speech given by Dave Clements at ‘The Therapy Rooms’ debate, organised by The Future Cities Project at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, 27th February 2007
February 2007
The political engagement’s off
by Austin Williams
Estates: An Intimate History
by Dave Clements
January 2007
Eating the greens
by Austin Williams
Waist Down: A traveling exhibition
by Elisabetta Gasparoni-Abraham
December 2006
Rod Eddington’s unedifying proposals
Reviewed by Austin Williams
Does Every Child really Matter?
by Dave Clements
November 2006
No carbon, lots of credit
by Austin Williams
Gardens of Canal Houses: Behind the Facades
Renate Dorrestein, Koen Kleijn, Harold Strak
D'Arts/Architectura & Natura
Reviewed by Austin Williams
Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses To Humanitarian Crises
Edited by Architecture for Humanity
Reviewed by Austin Williams
'Camouflage' by Neil Leach, MIT Press, 2006
reviewed by Austin Williams
New York's Beaux-Arts masterpiece
By Elisabetta Gasparoni-Abraham
'Community Anchors'
Speech delivered to the Smaller Housing Associations Conference, 31 October 2006
by Dave Clements
April-October 2006
Ken’s planning for London?
by Austin Williams
Ornaments of the Metropolis:
Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture, by Henrik Reeh
Reviewed by Austin Williams
Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America, by Giles Slade
Reviewed by Austin Williams
Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy, by William Sweet
Reviewed by Austin Williams
Stephen Rowland’s review of James Lovelock 'The Revenge of Gaia', written in the form of a letter to the author
Arts in Society, edited by Paul Barker
Reviewed by Austin Williams
Future Systems, by Deyan Sudjic
Reviewed by Austin Williams
March 2006
Mobilising Active Citizens
Highlights of a speech given by Dave Clements, social policy editor, Future Cities Project at the Future of Community festival, March 4th 2006 Read on...
Community, What Community
What's the similarity between David Miliband MP and a synthetic phonics teacher? Well, both want to emphasise the central position of 'u' in community and both will drum it into you until you finally accept it. Read on...
February 2006
Risk
While our conference ignored the fact that Britain has the second lowest workplace fatal injuries in the EU; and its construction fatalities are half the EU average; the HSC conference was admitting that it has lost control of a 'sensible balance in the management of risk.' Read on...
Sustainable architectural argument?
Bill Gething of Feilden Clegg Bradley started it by proudly stating, that when it came to environmentalism: 'I am a fascist.' Even though he recognised that the right-wing language could seem to be a glib use of heavily loaded concepts, he explained that he was serious. Read on...
Gimme Shelter
Such is the current level of self-doubt in the West, that architects, traditionally renowned for making bold statements, are now marketing themselves on how small an impact they can make on the world. Read on...
