The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Grandorge: Artificial intelligence
Recalling a visit to the Arctic Circle, David Grandorge muses on what artificial intelligence is doing to the way we live and work
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Grandorge: A school visit
The Smithsons were interested in how their buildings’ spatial and tectonic order might enhance the life within them, observes David Grandorge
Grandorge: Whatever happened to our house?
Post-war social housing was understood as an investment, both a local and national asset, recalls David Grandorge
Grandorge: Plastic is not that fantastic
We should be a little more concerned about the use of plastics in construction, says David Grandorge
Grandorge: April in Paris
Lacaton & Vassal’s refurbishment and extension of a 16-storey social housing tower in Paris followed extensive discussions with its tenants
Grandorge: Gimme shelter
As winter approaches, if you’re time-rich, consider becoming a volunteer at a night shelter near where you live, urges David Grandorge
Grandorge: In the neighbourhood
David Grandorge takes a stroll down a street in Gothenburg, Sweden
Grandorge: On teaching architecture as a useful discipline
If architecture is to remain a useful discipline, it must be taught with greater lucidity and precision, says David Grandorge
Grandorge: A short history of the digital age
If our machines become more intelligent than us, we must hope they will be kinder to us than we have been to ourselves, writes David Grandorge
Grandorge: Fade to grey
David Grandorge describes the intriguing qualities of grey – the colour of fog, of mist, of clouds and of dust