Rory Olcayto

The new slum, space colonies orbiting Earth, eco-cities built from scratch, ‘back-up’ capitals for emergencies… RoryOlcayto presents an overview of the world’s most radical sustainable design ideas

‘We were skint and I needed work’: Rory Olcayto interviews AJ columnist and ‘The Thick of It’ writer Ian Martin on his life in architectural journalism

Read the AJ’s exclusive interview with Rem Koolhaas by Rory Olcayto

Rem Koolhaas has typically broken with convention with his doughnut-shaped, non-cosy Maggie’s Centre. And where’s the kitchen? Rory Olcayto goes on a walk

The Doolan shortlist is worthy of attention, just don’t pretend it’s world class, writes Rory Olcayto

The success of BDP’s masterplan for York’s Heslington East campus relies on five key moves

John Martin’s paintings of biblical disaster have influenced artists and filmmakers for years, but his greatest admirer was an architect, writes Rory Olcayto

Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) founder Rem Koolhaas has said he will abandon urbanism to focus on the countryside

Gold Rush - Colchester is the latest town to receive a unique cultural landmark, but is Rafael Viñoly’s delayed golden crescent worth its wait?

Last week, something truly incredible happened at CERN, the world-famous centre for nuclear research in Switzerland: very tiny objects – neutrinos – were observed to have travelled faster than the speed of light.