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Review: Who is Herzog & de Meuron’s Royal Academy show for?
Fran Williams visits Herzog and de Meuron’s first London exhibition for almost 20 years, which opened last Friday at the Royal Academy
Culture
Exhibitions, events and books investigating architecture and culture, including the Venice Biennale and the London Festival of Architecture
Defined by its difference: Architectural Association Student Show 2023
The core project of this Projects Review seems to be to distil hundreds of voices into something more legible and coherent
Reclaiming the city: London School of Architecture Student Show 2023
From retrofitted housing estates to major interventions in public space that seek to decommercialise the City, each student’s dreams for an alternative London play out on the walls of this former bus depot
‘The SpaceX of architecture schools’: UEL Student Show 2023
This year’s University of East London degree show exhibits a cohort of future architects who have the tools to design for a climate emergency
Review: Cardiff Metropolitan University’s first-ever architecture student show
As the first graduates emerge from Wales’s newest architecture course, an opportunity exists for future students to optimise the course’s multidisciplinary facilities, writes Emma Halford
An antidote to poisonous viewpoints: Manchester School of Architecture Student Show 2023
The Manchester School of Architecture degree show is a testament to how ethics in education can inspire a new generation of talented, engaged and thoughtful architects
Does Norman Foster’s Pompidou retrospective have any lessons for the future of architecture?
Norman Foster’s ‘Futurespective’ showcases an incredible career but also raises questions about whether the future will just repeat past patterns, writes Will Jennings
Engagement with real-life clients: University of Strathclyde Student Show 2023
This year’s degree show demonstrates the importance, when it comes to creating great architects, of an awareness that buildings are made for people, writes Fran Williams
Review: Lina Ghotmeh’s 2023 Serpentine Pavilion is inspired by nature
This year’s annual architectural commission in London’s Kensington Gardens gives a moment of calm, despite its peculiar umbrella, says Fran Williams
Peter Barber’s Royal Academy architecture room is the liveliest for years
This year’s Summer Exhibition presents an enjoyably eclectic mix of exhibits, from precise models to protean artworks, says Rob Wilson