
Rowan Moore
Rowan Moore is architecture critic of the Observer and was named Critic of the Year at the UK press awards 2014. He is the author of Slow Burn City and Why We Build. Follow him on twitter: @rowanmoore
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Reasons to cheer include a sociable new university building, a Taiwanese shopping mall lagoon and a house extension with mountain attached
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A lively survey of the short-lived 80s design collective beloved of David Bowie celebrates its freewheeling mix of kitsch and craftsmanship
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From cities, to science, to politics, six Observer writers assess how a post-pandemic world will emerge into a new normal
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There’s no evidence the 305-metre ‘cultural attraction’ would boost confidence in the Covid-battered City of London
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An inelegant new neighbour to Foyles bookshop on London’s Charing Cross Road is typical of buildings whose components seem to have met on a blind date
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Life as the lover of the restless US architect Louis Kahn was fulfilling – but never easy
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It would be invidious to set up a rivalry between them, so why are their monuments being treated so differently?
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A policy designed to open up the planning system has left thousands in tiny flats, far from schools and shops. And with more deregulation coming, things will get worse
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During his long career, the designer and entrepreneur helped transform the drab, post-war culture
No true ‘city of culture’ should dishonour the bold ideals of its postwar rebirth