film
Adam Willis gives a 5-minute lecture on bodging and making
10 May
Tsai Ming-Liang's languid tale of urban alienation weaves a tragicomic love triangle, as overlapping lives seek respite in the same empty Taipei apartment. Artist Gonzalez-Foerster’s work pays poetic pilgrimage to the film’s final scene.
writing
Ian Nairn warned of creeping urban privatisation 50 years ago. Now a wave of public space protests are proving him right
competitions
11 February
Are feminist debates only being used for networking opportunities? The fifth in a series of debates rugby tackling six fundamental issues facing contemporary practice
25 February
Is architecture too privileged to survive? The last in a series of debates rugby tackling six fundamental issues facing contemporary practice
27 January
Is the 'less-is-more' culture elitist and suffocating? The third in a series of debates rugby tackling six fundamental issues facing contemporary practice
The AF invites expressions of interest from emerging practices for the remodelling of Byron House
David Cameron claims architecture contributes to riots but architects decry the housing bill and 'sink estate' rhetoric
6 February
Patrick Lynch leads a free AF Members' tour of of the adjacent office and residential buildings which his practice has designed for Land Securities