The decision to demolish Kahn’s IIMA dormitories in Ahmedabad is an act of cultural vandalism and must be reversed, writes William JR Curtis
Outrage: Louis Kahn’s IIMA dormitories face demolition
Author Archives: William JR Curtis
Your views: William JR Curtis on Moneo
The idea of a unified ‘Modernism’ is indeed a myth: William JR Curtis responds to Rafael Moneo’s Soane Lecture
RCR Retrospective: ‘the quest for a poetic re-foundation in landscape’
Recipient of the 2017 Pritzker Prize, RCR combines materiality and craftsmanship, blurring boundaries between the natural and the artificial
Pritzker Prize 2018: for Balkrishna Doshi, architecture, urbanism and landscape are inseparable
Doshi’s work mirrors his life: influences from overseas are combined with a transformation of Indian culture and tradition
Outrage: Herzog & de Meuron’s ‘Tour Triangle’ in Paris is an irrelevant extravaganza
William JR Curtis sees Herzog & de Meuron’s ‘Triangle Tower’ as leading to the destruction of collective memory and urbanity
William JR Curtis: Seminal works transcend their time
Works of quality and depth go beyond lazy historical fictions
Dark Matter: Musée Soulages in Rodez by RCR Arquitectes
Dedicated to the work of French abstract artist Pierre Soulages, the eponymous Musée Soulages is a tough yet poetic synthesis of steel, darkness and light
Burning Questions: Reconstructing the fire scene at Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art
What are the facts surrounding the outbreak of fire which engulfed the Glasgow School of Art? asks William JR Curtis
Nothing is Sacred: Threats to Modern Masterpieces in India
India’s boom economy is leaving its modern heritage to crumble in favour of generic glass towers and shopping malls
Outrage: More vandalism and neglect at Ronchamp
Ronchamp has once again been vandalised, not by Renzo Piano this time, but by thieves who forced entry by breaking a pane of glass painted by Le Corbusier. It all highlights the scandalous neglect by the owners and a lacklustre policy towards national patrimony
