The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Grandorge: Looking at Planet Earth
Global warming is a global issue and our resilience to its effects should be treated as such, says David Grandorge
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Grandorge: Architectural precedents are worth interrogating
It is still useful for students studying architecture to look at the past to address how we design for our collective future, reflects David Grandorge
Grandorge: Electricity
Architectural photographer David Grandorge recalls an encounter with a statue of Nikola Tesla in Belgrade
Grandorge: I want to ride my bicycle
David Grandorge laments the loss of his wheels
Grandorge: Things are changing in Belgium
Belgian projects are pioneering reuse and circular-economy principles, says David Grandorge
Grandorge: A small project by Le Corbusier
David Grandorge retrieves from his archive a photograph of a rare small project undertaken by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for The Salvation Army in the 1920s
Grandorge: Artificial intelligence
Recalling a visit to the Arctic Circle, David Grandorge muses on what artificial intelligence is doing to the way we live and work
Grandorge: A school visit
The Smithsons were interested in how their buildings’ spatial and tectonic order might enhance the life within them, observes David Grandorge
Grandorge: Whatever happened to our house?
Post-war social housing was understood as an investment, both a local and national asset, recalls David Grandorge
Grandorge: Plastic is not that fantastic
We should be a little more concerned about the use of plastics in construction, says David Grandorge