Author Archives: David Grandorge

We should be a little more concerned about the use of plastics in construction, says David Grandorge

Lacaton & Vassal’s refurbishment and extension of a 16-storey social housing tower in Paris followed extensive discussions with its tenants

As winter approaches, if you’re time-rich, consider becoming a volunteer at a night shelter near where you live, urges David Grandorge

David Grandorge takes a stroll down a street in Gothenburg, Sweden

If architecture is to remain a useful discipline, it must be taught with greater lucidity and precision, says David Grandorge

If our machines become more intelligent than us, we must hope they will be kinder to us than we have been to ourselves, writes David Grandorge

David Grandorge describes the intriguing qualities of grey – the colour of fog, of mist, of clouds and of dust

David Grandorge considers the abundance and significance in our lives of thresholds and doorways

Architects, artists, engineers, contractors and students gathered at a city farm in London’s Waterloo in March for a symposium on the impact of global warming on architecture

We should be grateful for the trees we have in our cities and encourage more of them to flourish, says David Grandorge