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

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

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

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

Cities, People, Planet by Herbert Girardet

Reviewed by Austin Williams

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...

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...

Articles & Reviews

Winter 2008/2009

The Bottom Billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it by Paul Collier

Storm in Chandigarh by Nayantara Sahgal

Autumn 2008

Summer 2008

May 2008

The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton

April 2008

The Islamist by Ed Husain

The Craftsman by Richard Sennett

Winter 2007

The Islamist by Ed Husain

Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them by Philippe Legrain

Autumn 2007

May/June 2007

An Un-American Life: The Case of Whittaker Chambers, by Sam Tanenhaus

April 2007

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February 2007

January 2007

December 2006

April-October 2006

March 2006

Short commentaries on current events