Author Archives: Ellen Peirson

Architects must consider construction workers as their buildings’ first users

In the February issue, the AR demands more for workers

The December/January issue looks at houses, dreams and asks: what can a house be?

The AR Emerging issue celebrates the practices shortlisted for the AR Emerging awards 2022, the voices of students, and those working collectively to redefine architectural practice

A rose-tinted image of Battersea Power Station in the cultural imaginary belies a murkier story of coal, capital, politics and power

The AR October issue reveals the energy embodied in buildings and places, and looks to a future beyond our current carbon economy and reliance on fossil fuels 

The AR September issue examines alternative sites for education, as well as the economic forces and power dynamics that rule traditional academic institutions

The AR July/August issue examines public space; questioning its authenticity and seeking its true beneficiaries. We celebrate the commended projects of the inaugural AR Public awards, which carve new hope into our contested landscape

HÛT Architecture replace a traffic island with a rich and wild garden amid the thronging flows of people and cars

The UK’s hostile environment is spatialised in Calais by the construction of physical and legislative walls