Posts under ‘Barcelona’

This is a good time for architectural awards. I have just had the pleasure of being a juror on the Singapore President’s Design Awards, which was a thoroughly enjoyable experience, not least because of the variety of judges and the good organization.
Soon we will know the results of the Aga Khan Awards, a programme which [...]

At last year’s World Architecture Festival in Barcelona, our thematic exhibition was called ‘ Less Does More’. Curated by Jeremy Melvin, it featured case studies from around the globe, looking at everything from Masdar to the London Olympic stadium, and from the financing of  housing in East Africa to a university project in the Congo. [...]

The after-dinner discussion addressed the following question: ‘Can building change the destiny of world cities?’ Like most such debating-style propositions, this one was full of ambiguities and subsidiary points for discussion, not least the question of what defines a world city. Moreover, the concept of destiny excludes a fundamental change of direction or outcome; as [...]