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We survey the finest brutalist architecture in London including Centre Point and the Economist Building, while flagging up appreciation beyond the countrys borders too

Brutalist buildings around the world are in danger of demolition due to attacks from right-wing politicians, according to architecture historians.

A personal account covering 20 years of working class history in Notting Hill, including the Carnival, the 1987 riot and the conflicts on All Saints Road. Published by BM Blob in the spring of 1988.

It's basically Christmas for London lovers.

The artists are fighting for a population rendered ever poorer by Donald Trump's blockades and the decline of tourism during the pandemic

Architects of chaos: A Greek tragedy for Malta 11 hours ago Behind every play, there’s a cast of actors, producers and writers. As the curtain falls at the end of the performance, the crew is hailed with applause or jeered with derision. In Malta these days, every day is a play, every platform a stage, as my social media feeds serve up one hideous photo of Malta after another. Cheap-looking, shoddily-finished apartment blocks piled up higgledy-piggledy on top and around each other, with no s...

The landlord for fire-hit Grenfell Tower did not prepare personal emergency evacuation plans (PEEPs) for vulnerable residents despite being aware of previous blazes involving evacuations, an inquiry has heard. Teresa Brown, former director of housing at the Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (TMO), said they adopted a “stay put” approach for residents in the event of a fire which meant staff “weren’t expecting to evacuate”. The TMO was the organisation appointed by ...

Jarrod Reedie While much of the world’s great architecture is seen through our own eyes or via a still photo, many marvels are also seen behind the film camera lens. Much of the world’s great architecture has been used within iconic films, or in some instances, has even been created for sets for these particular films. So, without further ado and in no particular order, here’s our favourite pieces of architecture seen in the world of film through the ages. The Big Lebowski (1998) The Big ...

Fact Residency: Julianknxx Fact Residency: Julianknxx Julianknxx traces an expansive and ongoing conversation between the many voices, past and present, that make up the cultural patchwork of his life. In her beautiful and devastating 2016 book In The Wake: On Blackness and Being, scholar Christina Sharpe delivers a stark rallying cry: “We must think about Black flesh, Black optics, and ways of producing enfleshed work.” Drawing inspiration and strength from Sharpe’s words, interdiscipli...