Catherine Slessor

David Chipperfield Architects’ refurbishment of the West End store strips down and rationalises its labyrinthine miscellany, says Catherine Slessor.  Photography Edward Park, Simon Menges

Oxford’s Worcester College addition is a modern hybrid of lecture hall, dance studio and study spaces set on a bucolic site, writes Catherine Slessor. Film and photography Jim Stephenson

Selfridges’ ill-judged window display is right up there with the ‘Camden bench’ in dehumanising those who lack the will or means to consume, says Catherine Slessor

We should begin by encouraging school children to feel they can participate in architecture and design, writes Catherine Slessor

A new exhibition devoted to the era of High Tech shows us just how far architecture has moved on, says Catherine Slessor

A comprehensive new website offers a chance to learn about little known American women architects, says Catherine Slessor

A makeover of Old Marylebone Town Hall and its annexe provides new facilities for the London Business School with a bold glazed entrance, writes Catherine Slessor. Photography Hufton+Crow and Fotohaus

Against the odds, the seaside pier endures, but its long-term future is far from certain, says Catherine Slessor

As David Adjaye and his team set about building their Holocaust Memorial in London, Catherine Slessor looks at a simpler but more effective way of remembering the victims of Nazi terror

Few people will have heard of Henry Wilcots. Yet Wilcots, a distinguished African-American architect, was one of Louis Kahn’s closest collaborators, writes Catherine Slessor