The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Newcastle revisits its 1960s Brutalist vision
The ideas, personalities and politics behind the aspiration to transform Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1960s and 70s are explored in Brasilia of the North, an exhibition at the Farrell Centre
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Nature as art: commissioning installations for Begbroke Science Park
Oxford University Development chief executive Anna Strongman and director at creative consultancy Company, Place, Vickie Hayward, speak to Fran Williams about their public art installations at Begbroke Innovation District
Joseph Rykwert: Does architectural criticism matter?
As news breaks of Joseph Rykwert’s death, the AJ republishes a short essay from 2012, in which he argues that critics can establish a meaningful dialogue with all those who are creating the environment we live in
Book review: ABC – Schools of the Future
Rob Wilson reviews Paris-based Le Penhuel & Associés architectes’ school primer and finds it both a fun-coated bigging-up of a single practice and incredibly enjoyable. Illustrations by Quentin Vijoux
Kissing gates to sex toys: this year’s Sculpture in the City
New pieces, including works by Julian Opie and Daniel Silver, have been unveiled as part of this year’s Sculpture in the City in time for London Sculpture Week (21-29 September)
Exhibition review: Brickworks at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
The humble brick takes centre stage at an exhibition mounted jointly by Tate Liverpool and RIBA North
Grandorge: Living on an island
A photograph of the Suffolk coast has David Grandorge thinking about nearby Orford Ness, once a site of military experiments, now owned and carefully managed by the National Trust
Book review: A Time A Place
A project by architect John Piercy Holroyd and photographer Daniel Hopkinson, which brings together cars and buildings from the same year, throws up interesting comparisons, writes Rob Wilson
Kate Macintosh: a radical champion of public housing
This year’s AJ100 award for an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to architecture goes to Kate Macintosh, a determined and radical architect who has championed quality public housing
A vital vertical teaching model: Ulster Student Show 2024
Ulster University’s vertical teaching model, extending across the full five years of architectural education, is vital for injecting academic energy back into our cities and practice