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“Brexit is an opportunity for architects to take back control”

March 15, 2019 Owen Hopkins 0
"Brexit is an opportunity for architects to take back control" says Owen Hopkins

Whether or not you agree with Brexit, architects need to embrace this rare opportunity to rebuild contemporary British society, says Owen Hopkins. Every so often there’s an event that interrupts and sometimes overturns established convention. At these moments, time suddenly speeds up. Gradual incrementalism gives way to radical change. What was previously unthinkable or impossible

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“Post-digital architecture will be rough, provisional and crafted by robots”

December 12, 2018 Owen Hopkins 0

In the post-digital age, architects will be designing in code and robots will constructing our buildings, says Owen Hopkins. We’ve now entered the post-digital age. Given you’re reading these words on a digital screen, this obviously doesn’t mean we’ve somehow moved beyond the digital. No, the post-digital describes the blurring of the digital and analogue worlds,

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Dezeen’s guide to Bauhaus architecture and design

November 1, 2018 Owen Hopkins 0

The Bauhaus, the most influential art and design school in history, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2019. This overview by Owen Hopkins kicks off our Bauhaus 100 series exploring the school’s key figures and projects. There are moments in history when a confluence of ideas, people, and broader cultural and technological forces creates a spark. Sometimes the spark

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“A golden age of architectural drawing awaits”

June 21, 2017 Owen Hopkins 0

The advent of 3D-modelling software may not spell the end for architectural drawing after all, says Owen Hopkins. Architectural drawing is in crisis, one that’s arguably been brewing since the 1980s, with the advent of the first commercially available CAD packages and the new freedoms for the screen. Yet, the real revolution came with the arrival of

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