‘London-think’ is prevalent amongst architects and many others in the property world, myself included. New housing in London seems to consist of one improbably extruded faux warehouse after another, wearing their …

Statistics – real and fake – are fired at us in alarming quantities these days: it’s no wonder we now need organisations like Full Fact to wade through data in a bid to …

My current parking fixation has made me muse on the notion of sharing, something which my great friend Carolyn Steel will be exploring in depth in her important second book …

I once fronted a meeting on an estate shortly after having written a letter to all 350 households saying we were considering knocking their flats down. The estate manager was …

Scheme: South Kilburn Estate | City: London | Masterplan Client: London Borough of Brent | Phase Client: Catalyst HA | Masterplan Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands | Architects: LDS + Alison Brooks Architects | Landscape Architect: Churchman Resident feedback: ‘It’s so quiet. This flat is …

Scheme: Dagenham Courtyard | City: London | Client: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | Architect: Patel Taylor | Landscape Architect: ditto Resident feedback: not available – no-one was outside… There’s so much to like here, so much to applaud. A council building …

Scheme: Embassy Gardens | City: London | Master Client: Ballymore | Masterplan Architects: Farrells Resident feedback: ‘waaaaaaaaah’ (small child) I might have finally found the ‘Turd in the Plaza’.* Thanks: To …

A thank you postcard to the top twenty people who made my trip special…

Scheme: Rive Gauche | City: Paris | Master Client: SEMAPA | Masterplan Architects: Roland Schweitzer (Tolbiac quarter), Pierre Gangnet (Tolbiac-Chevaleret quarter), Christian de Porzamparc (Massena quarter), Bruno Fortier (Rue du Chevaleret), …

Gentle readers: I’ve come full circle and have reached London once more. There will be more posts here, but on a less frenetic basis. I will be visiting three UK …