All articles by Stephen Hitchin
Stephen Hitchin
Called to the bars
We’re off to prison… to check out a raft of new penitentiaries whose design is promoting a new view of the formerly grim approach to keeping prisoners
New Tate Modern
The statement extension to Tate Modern by Herzog & de Meuron opens to the public next month and we look at what it will offer.
The beginning of a beautiful friendship
Alejandro Aravena was largely unheard of outside of his home country of Chile until he won last year’s Pritzker Prize. Now, he’s directing this year’s International Architecture Exhibition in Venice…
What a carry-on
Stephen Hitchins travels through history to trace the evolution of luggage from its earliest form to the new smart case.
Mind the Gap: Crossrail
Stephen Hitchins looks at Crossrail, a project that has been debated on and off for 150 years and now is within sight of being realised. But will the greatest transport scheme for London since the Underground be worth the wait?
The eagle has landed
Stephen Hitchins looks at the progress of the largest development in London since the Great Fire of 1666, set to include the new American Embassy.
The national pavilions of Expo 2015 with Stephen Hitchins
Stephen Hitchins takes an informative and witty hike around the national pavilions of Expo 2015 in Milan.
How designers are repurposing the Paris Metro’s lost stations
In the autumn we went exploring the ‘lost’ Underground stations of London and looked at the exciting future they may be facing. Now we go across the Channel and to see how Paris is dealing with the unused elements of the Métro.