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Articles by subject: architecture

The flawed Olympic legacy (by Owen Hatherley, May/June 2012 )
The construction of the Olympic Park has transformed East London. But will the plush shopping mall and gated developments really benefit local residents? asks Owen Hatherley
Book Review: Seven Years by Peter Stamm (by Will Wiles, May/June 2012 )
As coldly stylish as a Corbusier apartment building, with a narrator who is a "pillock", it might be the best novel of the year. Will Wiles is torpedoed by Peter Stamm's latest.
On Tractor Street (by Owen Hatherley, May/June 2010 )
From elegant modernism to Stalinist kitsch, the history of the Soviet Union’s journey is written all over its facades, finds Owen Hatherley
The last of the bohemians (by Tom McDonough, March/April 2010 )
Tom McDonough celebrates the subversive poetic vision of the Situationists
Going gentle (by Ken Worpole, January/February 2010 )
A series of new care centres shows modern architecture rediscovering its humanity. Ken Worpole takes the tour
Space invaders (by Owen Hatherley, January/February 2009 )
New towns are often derided as eyesores. But, argues Owen Hatherley, they could transform the future, if we save them from the traditionalists
Cosy concrete (by Owen Hatherley, May/June 2007 )
Alvar Aalto's organic modernism may be seductive. But, warns Owen Hatherley, it can also lead to the banal
Design for living (by Hugh Pearman, March/April 2006 )
Bauhaus architects wanted to build a more rational world. Hugh Pearman explores the links between humanism and the Modernist movement
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