The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Grandorge: A short history of the digital age
If our machines become more intelligent than us, we must hope they will be kinder to us than we have been to ourselves, writes David Grandorge
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Grandorge: Fade to grey
David Grandorge describes the intriguing qualities of grey – the colour of fog, of mist, of clouds and of dust
Grandorge: Doors
David Grandorge considers the abundance and significance in our lives of thresholds and doorways
David Grandorge: Poetic Pragmatism – solutions to an existential problem
Architects, artists, engineers, contractors and students gathered at a city farm in London’s Waterloo in March for a symposium on the impact of global warming on architecture
David Grandorge: There are trees in the city
We should be grateful for the trees we have in our cities and encourage more of them to flourish, says David Grandorge
Grandorge: The smart phone isn’t so smart after all
‘Smart’ phones are responsible for some rather disturbing intended and unintended consequences, writes David Grandorge
David Grandorge: A home for anyone
Apparata’s stripped-back but ‘empathetic and generous’ House for Artists collective housing settlement in Barking, east London, would make a pleasant home for anyone, writes David Grandorge
David Grandorge: Anatomy and function of a cooling tower
The model of a German cooling tower was part of a London Met project where students produced wooden models of industrial structures, writes David Grandorge
David Grandorge: Oh what a world we live in
There is no waste in nature, yet we humans have become adept at producing it – in abundance, observes David Grandorge
David Grandorge: Trouble in paradise – industry, greenery and false promises
David Grandorge travels to the Black Country for an encounter with transformed landscapes