It has come to light that the family of Coventry Station architect Derrick Shorten had considered alternative proposals for their father’s much-admired modernist home – before it was recently listed – to make the plot more attractive to potential buyers
Astragal: Back to drawing board for AHMM’s Southwark ‘airspace’ office?
Astragal hears Transport for London is ‘reviewing’ an AHMM-designed proposal to build above Southwark tube station
Astragal: Are Chelsea going to sign up Populous?
Rumours have emerged that Premier League club Chelsea is talking to Populous about revamping Stamford Bridge
Astragal: Humanise reimagines doomed Ringway with aid of AI
The brains behind Thomas Heatherwick’s anti-boring-building campaign Humanise have used artificial intelligence to dream up a cascading hanging gardens alternative for Birmingham’s doomed Ringway Centre
Astragal: A quiz show, a complaint, and a little concrete joy
BBC TV quiz show University Challenge had an architectural flavour in the run-up to Christmas
Astragal: ‘Viva Las Glesga’
Could Populous’s MSG Sphere, rejected by London Mayor Sadiq Khan, yet find a home on Clydeside?
Astragal: Chipperfield gets down with the kids at the Design Museum
To the Design Museum, where David Chipperfield delivered a lively Conran Lecture on architect marginalisation and other subjects
Astragal: Is University of California quietly dropping its windowless student dorm plan?
The University of California, Santa Barbara is inviting applications for a major new student accommodation scheme. Does it spell the end of ‘Dormzilla’?
Astragal: Railway’s touching salute to Elain Harwood
An unexpected and touching tribute was paid to post-war architecture champion Elain Harwood, who passed away in April
Astragal: Design Week pop-up goes ‘pop’
A showpiece inflatable sculpture installed at St John’s Gate for Clerkenwell Design Week fell a bit flat