Interviews
“People need to be able to afford to adapt to climate change” says architect founder of Shaded
Residential architecture is getting more playful says Kevin McCloud
London has “the best architecture and interior design community in Europe” says Duncan Riches
London design “an international success story” says Sadiq Khan
“Industry in Germany is no longer open to what design can do” say Currents Berlin organisers
Dyson toothbrush updates “a cleaning routine that has remained largely unchanged for decades”
“There has not been cultural change as a result of Grenfell” says ARB CEO Hugh Simpson
“I still say to myself ‘I have achieved a lot'” says Diébédo Francis Kéré
“I’ve always been the black sheep here in Copenhagen” says Tableau’s Julius Værnes Iversen
“Lo-TEK is reframing how we think about water” says Julia Watson
“I’m not happy” with how fast parametricism is being adopted says Patrik Schumacher
“Of all the projects in Saudi Arabia, this was the one capable of meeting its deadline” says architect behind 1km-tall skyscraper
“We want to be a global furniture brand, but not in the Hay or Muuto or Vitra area of expensiveness” says Omhu CEO
“It’s time Norway realises that we also need to change” says Line Ramstad
How London designers are making it work
“In these conditions, how can we be optimistic?” asks Anab Jain
Groninger Museum “deserves to be more famous” says artistic director Roos Gortzak
Heavily stylistic approach to stadium design “should die down” says Populous global director Jonathan Mallie
“Future challenges” lie ahead at Sagrada Familia says lead architect Mauricio Cortés
Sainthood puts Gaudí “in too small a box” says God’s Architect author
Parametricism “changed how we think” as architects says Melike Altınışık
“I have a lot of sympathy” for young designers says Jasper Morrison
“For a long time, we were the youngest people in our studio” say Barber and Osgerby