The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Losing O’Donnell +Tuomey so early in the process has left the Photographers’ Gallery feeling architecturally light. Photography by Anthony Coleman
Picture imperfect
Pattern recognition is central to what architects do, as the Topkapi Scroll shows
Black Box: Copying patterns is what architects do for a living
Eastanbul, Westanbul or just Istanbul? If you’re looking to work there, engage with it like locals
Black Box: Opportunities in Istanbul for British architects and urban designers are huge
What does space-time look like? An obscure comic published in 1989 has the answer
Black Box: Architects have never been very good at conveying the passing of time in presentations of the buildings they design
We should look to Copenhagen’s subtle streets as a model for public realm design
Black Box: How did contemporary public realm design succumb to an overly self-conscious aesthetic?
Jacques Herzog on designing the 2012 Serpentine Pavilion
The full transcript of the interview between the AJ’s Rory Olcayto and Jacques Herzog, the co-designer of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion
An interview with Jacques Herzog
Jacques Herzog talks to the AJ’s Rory Olcayto about war, pop-up buildings, fun park offices and why the focus on London is not good for the rest of the UK
Interview: Herzog & de Meuron on why the Serpentine Pavilion is going underground for 2012
The Pritzker Prize-winning duo tell Rory Olcayto why they chose to uncover the foundations of former Serpentine pavilions for their own collaboration with Ai Weiwei this year
Big taught us that work should be fun, but it might be time for our offices to grow up
Black Box: They should screen Big at the British Council for Offices annual conference
Grundtvig’s Church, probably the best brick building in the world
Black Box: Which building would have won a Brick Award in 1940?