Looking back at the peripheries, edges and endings of Subtopia, it seems little has been learned
Author Archives: Gillian Darley
Outrage: the disgrace of social housing provision in England
Governments have cynically abandoned the idea of social housing for rural communities
AR 120: Gillian Darley on Home
The tension of the architect’s divided role in designing homes for the rich and mass housing for the poor has existed throughout the AR’s history
Maggie’s Manchester by Foster + Partners: ‘What matters is not to lose that joy of living in the fear of dying’
AR Healthcare 2016 commended: architecture is deployed with great sensitivity to lift the spirits and help provide therapy
Art and Craft: A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson Perry
AR House 2016 Highly Commended: a monument to an imagination run wild
Tea ceremonial: Tea house, Tokyo, Japan, by Arata Isozaki & Associates
Arata Isozaki’s tea pavilion in central Tokyo unites modern and traditional materials in a timeless celebration of ritual