My response as to why giving the official government website 2013 Design of the Year was not so cool.
A bit of a cheat, because it is really the second chapter of Architecture Depends
Together with members of MOULD, I delivered a keynote address at the opening of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, 'Nature of Hope', where we were also exhibiting our embroidery installation. The lecture has interventions from members of MOULD who stand up to read excerpts from our writings. Our bit starts around 32 minutes in.
This was my first Zoom lecture, delivered as part of the Architecture Foundation's excellent 100 Day Studio intiative during the 2020 COVID lockdown. The video is here , and the transcript linked to the title above. The lecture speculates as to where architecture might be in the face of the twin crises of climate and COVID, arguing that these challenge some of the fundaments on which the modern project of architecture has based itself.
Originally commissioned by the RIBA, a piece on what might or might not constitute architectural research. Big in Spain.
Lightish introduction to a whole issue of field (with articles worth reading); the start of the Spatial Agency Project.
An obituary written for the Architectural Review and Architects Journal, just a few days after the tragic loss of PBJ.
A short think piece on the 2011 Occupation movement and its relevance to architecture.
Short piece examining local identity, starting with a pop at Frampton’s Critical Regionalism.
2021-24 AHRC-DFG funded research project in collaboration with Tatjana Schneider, looking at the implications of climate breakdown for spatial practice. Summary of project in the link. We formed a research collective, MOULD, to do the project, and work coming from the project is gathered together at the website MOULD. One of the main outputs of the project is the website Architecture is Climate, a resource that reimagines the future of architecture through its entanglement with climate breakdown.
Short piece on Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio, trying to find the line between adulation and critique.
The first book from my scarcity research project. Edited with Jon Goodbun and Deljana Iossifova, it brings together some good articles, including ones by Ezio Manzini, Erik Swyngedouw, Winy Maas, Kate Soper and more. Table of contents is here.
In order to get a balanced view, all reviews from the very nice to the very nasty are included here.
This is the text of a short talk I did as part of the UAL Climate Emergency Network 5 day festival in September 2020. It picks up on some of the themes of Architecture After Architecture
Really just a transcription of a lecture — ideas on housing, the everyday and occupation over form.
This is my glowing review of Barnabas Calder's new history of architecture, from the perspective of energy and climate. Spoiler alert: it is good.
The keynote article for Architectural Review's 1500 issue. Draws heavily on the joint research with MOULD