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New directions for young architects in a credit crunch economy

July 29, 2009

Ten years ago Napster had just been launched and it was the beginning of the end for the recording music industry as it was known then. Its decline continues but a new model is emerging out of the ruins of the old - p2p, iTunes, Spotify and others are pointing the way to a new direction. Each is [...]

Driftwood Pavilion at the Architectural Association

July 8, 2009

The first I ever heard of the AA was in a description of a summer installation that stuck out of one of the school’s front windows, crept along the facade and then went in another window. I believe it was from 1993 or thereabouts. I never saw it myself but it may have inspired Thomas Heatherwick’s later Harvey [...]