At 80 years old, Richard Rogers has a portfolio like no other architect. The Royal Academy’s new retrospective searches for the man behind the Beaubourg, writes Rory Olcayto
The best project in King’s Cross
In a mass of high-profile architecture at King’s Cross, there is one clear standout project, says Rory Olcayto
Robocop got Detroit about right
Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop was prescient in its depiction of urban America, says Rory Olcayto
All of a sudden the meedja is full of architecture
The luck has finally run out for one of Scotland’s finest Modernist buildings, says Rory Olcayto
Historic Scotland is blind to its outstanding Modernist industrial heritage
The luck has finally run out for one of Scotland’s finest Modernist buildings, says Rory Olcayto
Good architects outgrow their fanboy (or fangirl) tendencies and develop real style
I’m not a fan of fan art, says Rory Olcayto
Whose idea was the Olympic Cauldron anyway – and what does it really matter?
Authorship is a prickly topic, yet practitioners know that design emerges through debate, says Rory Olcayto
Digital culture has made alien worlds familiar and the familiar world alien
I wanted to go wandering inside computers like Jeff Bridges did in Tron, writes Rory Olcayto
Who’s going to be up for the Stirling Prize?
Rory Olcayto draws up the shortlist of shortlists
The Istanbul riots are fundamentally about a city struggling to catch its breath
Rory Olcayto looks at why the proposed redevelopment of Gezi Park in Istanbul has provoked such strong reactions