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Category: Reviews

Posted on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020

The Hoxton Southwark, London

Half co-working space, half boutique hotel, The Hoxton’s latest venture offers an intriguing glimpse of a loose-fit future – my review for Concrete Quarterly

Posted on December 8, 2019March 20, 2020

1a Earl’s Court Square, London

The utilitarian materials of Sophie Hicks’ Earls Court house conceal a highly sophisticated machine – a review for Concrete Quarterly

Posted on September 3, 2019March 2, 2020

James Simon Galerie, Berlin

I went to Berlin for Concrete Quarterly to review David Chipperfield’s gateway to the city’s Museum Island – and discovered the importance of architectural purposelessness

Posted on June 11, 2019March 2, 2020

Bauhaus Museum Weimar

I wrote this review for Concrete Quarterly about Heike Hanada’s new Bauhaus museum – a building that is quietly eloquent about the movement’s complex history

Posted on December 6, 2016June 11, 2019

Switch House, London

How engineer Ramboll solved the structural riddle of Tate Modern’s twisted new extension. A review for Concrete Quarterly, Autumn 2016

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Posted on December 5, 2016January 5, 2017

Wolfson College, Oxford

Berman Guedes Stretton updates a Powell and Moya classic – a review for Concrete Quarterly, Winter 2016

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Posted on December 5, 2016January 5, 2017

Bundner Kunstmuseum, Chur

Barozzi Veiga has dropped a perfectly wrapped, sealed box in the middle of a Swiss square. A review for Concrete Quarterly, Winter 2016

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Posted on May 10, 2016January 5, 2017

Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford

Herzog & de Meuron has landed a mysterious glass shape-shifter in the heart of Oxford. I spoke to Jacques Herzog about it for Concrete Quarterly, Summer 2016

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Posted on March 1, 2016January 5, 2017

Toho Gakuen School of Music, Tokyo

A review of “the best new education building on the planet” for Concrete Quarterly, Spring 2016

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Posted on November 12, 2015January 5, 2017

Ingersoll Road, London

McLaren Excell tweaks the traditional London terrace. A review for Concrete Quarterly, Winter 2015

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ABOUT ME

Hello, I'm an architectural writer and editor who has worked on some of the UK’s most respected professional and specialist titles. I write architectural reviews, features and profiles and I’ve written a book about post-war concrete buildings. You can find out more here.

My book: The World Recast

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  • The Hoxton Southwark, London
  • A Life Less Ordinary
  • 1a Earl’s Court Square, London
  • James Simon Galerie, Berlin
  • Bauhaus Museum Weimar
  • Mixing it on Mars
  • Back to the drawing board
  • The history men
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