Straw House by Sarah Wigglesworth and Jeremy Till.

Jeremy Till claims in his new book that architecture exists in a bubble and ignores the way people really live.

Follow the link to listen to a BBC interview where Till discusses with Laurie Taylor how architecture engages - or fails to engage - with the society for which it builds.
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Architects are joining the ranks of benefit claimants at a faster rate than any other profession, according to a Guardian analysis of figures for the last 12 months…. full article here

Scary stuff for our UK colleagues - I am sure many of us know people affected by this crisis…? Any live reports from the frontbreadline? 

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One of my favourite architectural memories from my time living in London was stumbling across the architecture of the Jubilee Line Extension (JLE) of the London Underground system - there is nothing quite like having an architectural experience without any form of warning whatsoever. Visiting the well-photographed Barcelona Pavilion, for example, had no such sharp edge of unprepared wonder.

So, I offer you some great photography from stations along the JLE, from Westminster to Canada Water in this installment, with more to come later. I hope this doesn’t spoil anyone’s future ‘moments’, but suspect that everyone has seen images, if not having actually visited the stations, by now…

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Images (that aren’t squashed into this square slideshow format) are over the break… Read the rest of this entry »