Editorial by Simon Sellars: In 2010 the United Nations released a startling report on the trend towards ‘endless cities’, predicting that within 40 years the… Read More »AR 123: The Resilient City (December 2011)
Originally published in Architectural Review Australia, issue 123. All photography by Simon Sellars. Expanding on the theme of the 2011 SCAPE Biennial in Christchurch, Simon… Read More »Red Zone: the Regeneration of Christchurch
Rachel Armstrong speaks to Simon Sellars about her research into ‘living architecture’: using model artificial cells to create responsive buildings that can overcome harsh 21st century environmental challenges.
Lucy McRae’s provocative ‘body silhouettes’ reshape the human form, subjecting it to extreme vortices of pressure: from technology, the natural environment, even from raw emotion. She speaks to Simon Sellars about the inspirations driving her career.
Although I edited this issue, Mat Ward, as outgoing editor, wrote the editorial. He introduced me like so: “Finally, with a view to issues beyond… Read More »AR 122: The Residential Issue (October 2011)
Charles Holland is one third of FAT Architecture. He spoke to Simon Sellars about the debate surrounding his recent remarks about architecture competitions, FAT’s print collaboration with Charles Jencks, and the novelist J.G. Ballard.
Originally published in Infrastructure as Architecture: Designing Composite Networks, Katrina Stoll & Scott Lloyd (eds), Berlin: Jovis, 2010. 37° 40′ 60S, 144° 56′ 60E All… Read More »Postcards from the Edgelands (for Marion Shoard)
Hakim Bey: Repopulating the Temporary Autonomous Zone, by Simon Sellars. Originally published in Journal for the Study of Radicalism, Vol. 4, No. 2 (FALL 2010)… Read More »Hakim Bey: Repopulating the Temporary Autonomous Zone
An artificial reef in the Red Sea, which features in the Landscape Futures section. Originally published in Blueprint, 19 August 2009. Los Angeles-based Geoff Manaugh… Read More »The BLDG BLOG Book: Geoff Manaugh’s Hall of Mirrors
ABOVE: ‘London after the Rain’, by Ben Olszyna-Marzys. A film produced for Nic Clear’s Unit 15 course, ‘Crash: Architectures of the Near Future’. Originally published… Read More »‘Architectures of the Near Future’: An Interview with Nic Clear