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'Beyond the Bonfire': Green Sky Thinking 2016
The discussions at Max Fordham’s Greensky Thinking Event Sustainable Housing: Beyond the Bonfire last night were filled with encouragement. It…
Vale Sir David MacKay
I can vividly recall my secondary school physics teacher confidently proclaiming that Britain, as an island, could produce all of the electricity…
Moiré Screens with Max:R+I
Scene - a non-profit charity promoting art, architecture and design - is presenting 'Process in Work' at the Depot in Clapton, London until the…
Reflections on the sudden death of Zaha Hadid
I was very sorry to learn of the death of Zaha Hadid. I first met her at the Architectural Association, and then again a year or two later when…
Hearing is believing
Acoustic performance in learning spaces is key to academic progress. If a student can't hear the lecturer, education is more difficult. For…
The art and science of lighting
Lighting, both natural and artificial, is a crucial part of any art gallery design. Although completion at Musee d'art a Nantes in France is…
And the Oscar Goes to...
I'm a lover of horror films. There is no other artform that stirs such a visceral reaction in the pit of my stomach. This week has once again…
Lights. Camera. Action.
Over the course of its history Alexandra Palace has been associated with a host of events - from music concerts and ice skating to darts competitions…
When Will the Music Play at Alexandra Palace?
Tucked away in a forgotten corner of the sprawling Alexandra Palace complex lays a forgotten treasure. Eighty years ago the curtains in the…
Heat Networks - I Don't Hate Them, They're Just Not Working
In his recent blog post, Casey Cole suggested that I ‘really, really don’t like heat networks’. That isn’t true. If Combined Heat and Power…
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