architecture

Essays

Paris and the Triangle Tower, or a Half-Century of High-Rise Debate

Julie Gimbal & translated by Oliver Waine - 21 June 2024

The introduction of a bioclimatic local planning scheme in Paris has put the brakes on high-rise projects in the...

Debates

Where are the Women Architects?

Collectif Architoo & translated by Oliver Waine - 31 March 2023

At the 2020 edition of the Albums des jeunes architectes et paysagistes (AJAP) competition, organized by the French...

Interviews

What Has Happened in Berlin Since 1989?

Thibaut de Ruyter & Olivier Gaudin & translated by Oliver Waine - 12 June 2020

Since the fall of the Wall in November 1989, Berlin has metamorphosed into one of the world’s most popular urban...

Debates

Deafening Discord: Reclaiming Residents’ Anger in Working-Class Neighborhoods

Pierre Chabard & translated by Oliver Waine - 26 October 2018

We recently published an article showing how, in Roubaix in northern France, elected officials took steps to...

From the Field

Childhood Spent Waiting at the Gate

Adeline Perrot & translated by Oliver Waine - 1 April 2016

The recent opening of a holding area for “unaccompanied foreign minors” at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport reflects a...

Essays

The Tokyo skyline, or the hidden order behind opportunistic construction

Raphaël Languillon-Aussel & translated by Oliver Waine - 13 November 2015

Behind the apparent disorder, Tokyo’s current skyline in fact complies with complex rules. While the first towers in...

From the Field

Vancouverism: hybridisation and spread of an urban model

Nicolas Douay & translated by Oliver Waine - 12 June 2015

The transformation that downtown Vancouver has undergone – which has since become a reference, known as...

Essays

Starchitects: walking the line between individuality and conformity

Géraldine Molina & translated by Oliver Waine - 19 February 2015

The stars of the worlds of architecture and urban planning are prime targets of research, with the aim of...

Reviews

Henri Lefebvre for architects

Grégory Busquet & translated by Oliver Waine - 11 December 2013

Although Henri Lefebvre is well known for introducing the concept of “the right to the city”, his work is little used...

Reviews

La Défense: the Planning and Politics of a Global Business District

Matthew Wendeln - 26 June 2013

La Défense, Europe’s largest business district, is the outcome of a singular mix of state planning, architectural...

Reviews

A Regionalist Panorama for Architecture and Beyond

Karla Britton - 30 January 2013

Can architecture preserve local identities in a globalizing world? In their new book, Liane Lefaivre and Alexander...

Reviews

History of Modern Architecture Revisited

Karla Britton - 3 October 2012

The latest work by Jean-Louis Cohen is an original contribution to the history of modern architecture. His fresh...

Reviews

The new spaces of consumption

Andrea Mubi Brighenti - 30 May 2012

Recent retail spaces are giving a new shape to our everyday environment. Kärrholm proposes new concepts to better...

Debates

The digital city: challenges for the future

Serge Wachter & translated by Oliver Waine - 16 May 2012

What is the impact of digital technology on the city and its architecture? Serge Wachter analyses the way in which...

Debates

Towers of Power

Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine - 25 January 2012

Following on from Manuel Appert’s contribution, Jean-Marie Huriot discusses what is at stake in the skyscraper race....

Debates

Skyline policy: the Shard and London’s high-rise debate

Manuel Appert & translated by Oliver Waine - 14 December 2011

At a time when major cities are racing to build higher than ever, and when the construction of skyscrapers in...

Debates

The Handicaps of Handicapped Housing

Catherine Carpentier & Emmanuelle Colboc & translated by Eric Rosencrantz - 13 April 2011

Since February 2005, all new and renovated housing in France has to meet standards of accessibility for the...

Paris and the Triangle Tower, or a Half-Century of High-Rise Debate

Where are the Women Architects?

What Has Happened in Berlin Since 1989?

Deafening Discord: Reclaiming Residents’ Anger in Working-Class Neighborhoods

Childhood Spent Waiting at the Gate

The Tokyo skyline, or the hidden order behind opportunistic construction

Vancouverism: hybridisation and spread of an urban model

Starchitects: walking the line between individuality and conformity

Henri Lefebvre for architects

La Défense: the Planning and Politics of a Global Business District

A Regionalist Panorama for Architecture and Beyond

History of Modern Architecture Revisited

The new spaces of consumption

The digital city: challenges for the future

Towers of Power

Skyline policy: the Shard and London’s high-rise debate

The Handicaps of Handicapped Housing

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