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Why was it so hard for our judiciary to admit they’d jailed an innocent man for 16 years? | Rowan Moore
The death last week of Birmingham Six victim Hugh Callaghan reminds us that unfettered power can lead to abuses

Rowan Moore

04, Jun, 2023 @8:32 AM

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Who should win the 2023 Stirling prize? One of these…
Of the 131 RIBA regional award winners just announced, this year’s Stirling prize contenders ought to include a precision-tooled Isle of Wight house, the LSE’s latest addition and a farm in the middle of Belfast

Rowan Moore

28, May, 2023 @8:00 AM

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Red tape can’t be allowed to hold up the Holocaust memorial any longer | Rowan Moore
Plans for an accompanying education centre are blocking progress, but London already has one at the nearby Imperial War Museum

Rowan Moore

27, May, 2023 @4:31 PM

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Venice Biennale 2023 review – an important challenge to western architectural tradition
Under the title The Laboratory of the Future, curator Lesley Lokko succeeds in her aim to show off under-represented talent from Africa and elsewhere – even if it doesn’t all quite come off

Rowan Moore

21, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Green belts once served a vital purpose, but now they are squeezing the life out of cities | Rowan Moore
Keir Starmer has drawn flak for his revolutionary housebuilding plans, but history shows it can be achieved while still protecting the environment

Rowan Moore

21, May, 2023 @8:01 AM

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London’s Liverpool Street station redevelopment: on the wrong track?
A Herzog & de Meuron-designed £1.5bn proposal to redevelop the listed Victorian railway terminus seems ill-conceived, whichever way you look at it

Rowan Moore

13, May, 2023 @12:00 PM

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King Charles ignited a battle of styles in architecture - is it time for a truce?
The monarch loves traditional buildings and hates a lot of modern design. In this long-running battle, is there any middle ground?

Rowan Moore

08, May, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Architect Yasmeen Lari: ‘The international colonial charity model will never work’
The winner of this year’s royal gold medal for architecture has gone from designing corporate buildings to self-build shelters. She talks about shedding her ego, and empowering people to rebuild in the climate emergency

Rowan Moore

07, May, 2023 @10:00 AM

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School Green Centre, Shinfield review – where Lidl meets idyll, a civic space for all
Part barn, part secular church, a new cultural and community centre designed for everything from weddings to tai chi offers an imaginative resource for a rapidly developing Berkshire town

Rowan Moore

30, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Tower Hamlets town hall review – an old hospital immaculately stitched up
The £125m transformation of the Royal London hospital into an elegant seat of local government is a sleek operation that has retained the 18th-century building’s original aura and poise

Rowan Moore

23, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM

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A baize of glory? This snooker protest pales in comparison to the suffragettes | Rowan Moore
The fiery tactics of the women’s vote movement were in a different league from Just Stop Oil’s intervention

Rowan Moore

22, Apr, 2023 @4:31 PM

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Architect Terry Farrell: ‘Conservation is a mind thing’
The man behind MI6 headquarters in London and TV-am’s egg cups has long sought to repurpose buildings and connect with the public – goals now embodied in a new centre in his home town of Newcastle

Rowan Moore

16, Apr, 2023 @10:00 AM

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