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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
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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
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Jason Sayer
5
Digest #14 – What is going on with the Stirling Prize?
Random and disappointing – and bizarrely jingoistic.
Sep 11
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Jason Sayer
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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
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Jason Sayer
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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
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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
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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
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Jason Sayer
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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
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Jason Sayer
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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
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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
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Jason Sayer
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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
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Jason Sayer
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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
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Jason Sayer
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