Author Archives: Reuben J Brown

In a workshop for a secondary school in Ostend, the Belgian duo use simple strategic moves to solve complex spatial problems

The Bangalore-based practice imagines a public life for a private guest house, finding community benefit in a commercial brief

The London-based practice combines architecture with materials research and educational programmes to engender a transformation in architectural production

Amid Catalonia’s worsening droughts, Batlleiroig Arquitectura has reclaimed public spaces from cars while preserving precious water supplies

A new school in one of Tanzania’s former refugee settlements beats the heat for students and the public alike

Learning from the ‘additive architecture’ of Jørn Utzon, this community centre for Syrian refugees in Turkey provides an evolving social infrastructure in a heavily protective shell

Read in tandem, a new book and exhibition highlight ‘protest architecture’s’ aesthetic triumphs and practical nous, but its record as a political tool must be considered

Presenting innovative architectures and modes of practice that speak of impermanence and scarcity in the global south, SAT 02 sticks close to an approach long established in the global north

A new exhibition from clothing designer Margaret Howell celebrates The Architectural Review as an icon of British design

A new exhibition at the RIBA highlights photographs from The Architectural Review’s Manplan series, but its written archive is worth a revisit too