Tag: Architecture

Why is the modern world so unremittingly ugly, wonders Joanna Gray. As yet another interchangeable block of beige bricks springs up in town, the contrast with the glories of the structures our ancestors built is damning.

The Society of Antiquaries of London, one of Britain's top historical associations, is transitioning into the Society of Antiqueeries if its latest symposium on "queering spaces" is any indication, says Steven Tucker.

England's seaside towns, like Southport, are microcosms of the country at large, where the magnificent infrastructure has been neglected to the point of decay and we barbarians live amongst its ruins, says Joanna Gray.

English architecture has now reached a consensus, says J Sorel. "That is: that there can be no escape from the madding crowd. Every public place is to become a walkable, human-scaled sitting area-cum-playground."

Net Zero doesn’t envisage a transformation of industrial society, only a gradual and forced winding down of living standards, and its buildings and street interventions reflect that, writes J Sorel.