Yet another government commission, this time to decide the future of London’s airport expansion programme. A number of airports are jostling for position with proposals and plans. Architects have been wading into the argument. Norman Foster prefers the Isle of Grain site, as he has designed it. Terry Farrell prefers Gatwick, he designed that. Ken [...]

“And While London Burns” is an interactive operetta produced by the enviro-political art activists, Platform. http://andwhilelondonburns.com. It is presented as a journey through the City of London to a musical and theatrical accompaniment. The trouble is – the opera was produced in 2007 – and many Landmarks and wayfinders have now disappeared. I have just [...]

Gillett Square is not a traditional London public square of the Georgian or Victorian type. Darkened bricks and clean oil painted moldings do not face a railed lawn; shiny plaques advertising professional services do not appear on sturdy gloss finished doors; and no office or council worker sleeps through their lunch break on a memorial [...]

The haphazardly arranged tiers and pathways of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion offer a shady area to sit on a hot afternoon in London. Children looking for adventure charge through cork-lined gangways and leap over steps. Adults drink, read, talk and sleep – as adults do. The pavilion mutually lends itself to all of these arrangements. [...]