All articles by Veronica simpson
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How do we encourage people to engage with the problem of climate change? By focusing on everyday issues and using artistry and ingenuity to pose important questions. And by making the experience free and fun, as we discover in a new Science Gallery show.
Reuse & Retrofit: Doing more with less
Designers and architects are demonstrating ingenuity and resilience in these inspiring projects, selected by Veronica Simpson.
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The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin does so much more than simply fill its halls with fascinating work and its café with great coffee and cakes…
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Strategic refurbs are the unsung heroes of the responsible design community, eschewing eye-catching structures for improved circulation, de-cluttering and facility relocation – which can be transformational, as Veronica Simpson finds at the Henry Moore Institute.
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Site-specific art installations can reveal a whole lot more about the qualities and narratives underpinning the significant places they are responding to… By Veronica Simpson
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Veronica Simpson takes heart in a newly improved maker facility in Deptford that ticks all the boxes for adaptive reuse, cultural and social sustainability, and arts education.
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Leading institutions are finding meaningful ways to reckon with their problematic pasts. Veronica Simpson is delighted to find the RIBA joining them, with an exhibition that bodes well for its ambitions for greater inclusivity and sustainability
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The art and architecture of the Beaufort and Bruges Triennials dovetails well to convince European neighbours that the Belgian coast and its medieval port city have significant charms of their own. Veronica Simpson reports
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Veronica Simpson takes a lesson in eco-chic for a co-working office at London’s County Hall
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A report on The Royal Academy’s show Entangled Pasts: Art, Colonialism and Change