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Sean Griffiths

Sean Griffiths is an artist, architect and academic. He practices architecture as Modern Architect, is professor of architecture at the University of Westminster and visiting professor of architecture at Yale University. He was a founding director of the art/architecture practice FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste) between 1991 and 2014.

Stories by Sean Griffiths

Bartlett opinion studio workshop
Architecture Opinion

“We must not allow the destruction of what is still great about architectural education”

Architectural education opinion
Architecture Opinion

“It is emphatically not the job of architecture education to mimic practice”

Sainsbury Wing at London's National Gallery by Venturi Scott Brown Architects
Architecture Opinion

“Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown were our architectural heroes”

“Architectural meanings are nothing but fictions”
Architecture Opinion

“Architectural meanings are nothing but fictions”

“Now is not the time to be indulging in postmodern revivalism”
Architecture Opinion

“Now is not the time to be indulging in postmodern revivalism”

Architecture ethics: Junya Ishigami
Architecture Opinion

“The master and slave mentality remains firmly embedded in architectural culture”

15 Clerkenwell Close
Architecture Opinion

“Instead of 15 Clerkenwell Close, let’s knock down some old stuff”

“Architects are not really required for the nitty gritty of actual building any more”
Architecture Opinion

“Architects are not really required for the nitty gritty of actual building any more”

“In the name of place-making, architects are often complicit in social cleansing”
Architecture Opinion

“In the name of place-making, architects are often complicit in social cleansing”

Why architects don't get paid much

Why architects don't get paid much

6 November
0:00 -25:35
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