Experiments with an innovative in situ casting technique question assumptions about the nature of concrete, the workmanship of risk, and the familiar relationship between design and making.

In this previously untranslated text, Gustave Eiffel explains the technical rationale of his then controversial tower and argues persuasively for its practical uses and cultural value to Paris.

Are the sinuous forms of the Disney Hall by Frank O. Gehry concrete testimonies of architectural ideology, or are they demonstrations of sound engineering and construction?

Imaginative developments in stone masonry in ontemporary architecture stimulate reflections on the continued meaning and use of this most ancient of materials.

The language of the architectural specification raises questions for philosophical accounts of matter and highlights the cultural construction of building materials.

Brazilian Antropofagist strategies of cultural decolonisation and empowerment, radicalise the ’primitive‘ Other and subvert catechising models

The unique site conditions and burgeoning economy of Venice were the catalysts for an ingenious new house type, as Giorgio Gianighian explains in the first of two papers.

Leslie Martin’s ill-fated plan for a cohesive Government Centre assumes new relevance as growing traffic and the declining role of Parliament highlight Whitehall’s continuing problems.

A studio in which students act as practitioner-researchers brings together communities, local authorities and professionals, offering a case study in design as research.

Is it possible to create successful ‘sky gardens’ – spaces which encourage outdoor living and communal interaction – as part of high-rise high-density apartment developments?