Architecture on Tour

Digest #16 – The architecture of tax avoidance

Rubble trouble in the Puglian town of Alberobello, where a sea of quirky buildings hides a quietly subversive history — architecture designed not for…

Oct 14 • 

Jason Sayer

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September 2025

Digest #15 – On Nick Grimshaw's Waterloo Station

A thing of unquestionable beauty – Waterloo station more than holds up 30 years on.

Sep 19 • 

Jason Sayer

5

Digest #14 – What is going on with the Stirling Prize?

Random and disappointing – and bizarrely jingoistic.

Sep 11 • 

Jason Sayer

1

August 2025

Architecture guide: Marseille

What to see and where to see it in the French city of Marseille. Architects featured: Le Corbusier, Foster, Hadid, Alsop, Nouvel, Kuma and more!

Aug 22 • 

Jason Sayer

5

Architecture guide: Marseille

What to see and where to see it in the French city of Marseille. Architects featured: Le Corbusier, Foster, Hadid, Alsop, Nouvel, Kuma and more!

Aug 22 • 

Jason Sayer

2

Digest #13 – Behold! Basil’s Beehive Building

Thursday 7th August 2025: Basil Spence in New Zealand, archival drawings from Foster + Partners and RSHP, see where the Salters' hang out, plus, why…

Aug 7 • 

Jason Sayer

2

July 2025

Digest #12 – Pavilion Power: What Venice can learn from Glastonbury

Friday 10th July: We head to the Southeast corner of Venice and Glastonbury festival to see what each can learn from each other...

Jul 11 • 

Jason Sayer

2

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April 2025

Digest #11 – Dutch pedal prowess + why Belgian houses are so weird and wonderful

Friday 25th April: We head to the Netherlands and then to Belgium to delight in the superior cycleways, bonkers borders, and weird homes...

Apr 25 • 

Jason Sayer

3

Digest #10 – Sutton on the up: raised by Sam Chisholm, Takero Shimazaki, BDP and Ab Rogers

Tuesday 15th April. We head down, way down, to Zone 5 to see the birth of a new wellness-focused co-working space and new cancer care facilities…

Apr 15 • 

Jason Sayer

3

March 2025

Architecture guide: Harlow

Harlow, can you go? (Yes, you can). Architect/planner Frederick Gibberd’s New Town in Essex boasts the UK’s first tower block, exceptional public art…

Mar 26 • 

Jason Sayer

2

Digest #9 – The hero you should know: Julia Barfield

Tuesday 11th March 2025: We go back to the year 2000. Not much has changed, but there’s a wheel on the water…

Mar 11 • 

Jason Sayer

5

Digest #8 – Sun, sun, sun, here we come!

Tuesday 4th March 2025: We head towards the light. Or rather, it heads towards us. And we are grateful for it.

Mar 4 • 

Jason Sayer

1