Edited with Sarah Wigglesworth. Now all this stuff appears, well, everyday but back then it was quite original. Buying it is a problem because the publishers discontinued it, but there are some sellers out there in the US. Essays and work by, among others, Sam Mockbee (of Rural Studio, his only published writing, of which we are proud to have persuaded him to do), Greil Marcus, Niall McLaughlin and Michael Marriott.
My response as to why giving the official government website 2013 Design of the Year was not so cool.
Article for The Conversation critiquing the reductive way that things are chosen for the Designs of the Year exhibition.
Reflections on 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale
Text of my talk as part of the celebration of PBJ's life held at the University of Sheffield, 16th November 2016
Scarce Pickings
Originally commissioned by the RIBA, a piece on what might or might not constitute architectural research. Big in Spain.
The best essay on the building and meaning of our house, with stories.
Ten Theses on Scarcity. A lecture given in a tent on the steps of St Pauls during the Occupy London Stock Exchange period. Vocal audience who gave not a jot about my professorial authority. Rightly. Podcast, with the atmosphere of the occupation, is here.
A short piece written in 2012 for the RIBA Building Futures series on the future of architectural education and the profession. More bullish than I now feel.
A short think piece on the 2011 Occupation movement and its relevance to architecture.
My response as to why giving the official government website 2013 Design of the Year was not so cool.
Another introduction, this time for ARQ, to projects arising out of the Spatial Agency project.
A critique of masterplanning. On to something here, but yet to be developed.
My main statement of intent, which has been extensively reviewed (collected here) and featured on BBC Radio 3 and 4. The contents are available on the MIT Press website, as are pdfs of the preface and introduction. A version of Chapter 2 was published in field: and is available as a pdf. Winner 2009 RIBA President’s Award for Outstanding University based research.
My closing speech at the main conference for What's the Point of Art School, a series of events organised by Central Saint Martins. The video of the speech, which was well-recieved, is here. Other talks, including brilliance from Johnny Vegas, are here. There was a good write up of the day in the Guardian.
Retrofit under conditions of scarcity. Pdf of presentation is here. Background to day here