All articles by Veronica simpson

Veronica simpson

Re-education: the architecture schools changing the game

In response to rising student debt levels, stressful workloads and employment anxieties, many architecture schools are adapting to include paid placements within courses and are giving students more input into the content and structure of their studies

Brief Encounters: Stanton Williams designs affordable residences for Cambridge University staff

Stanton Williams updates the worker’s utopia with a sustainable twist in a new residential quarter for Cambridge University. Veronica Simpson reports

Profile: Frida Escobedo, an architect for our times

Whether designing social housing in Mexico, elegant summer pavilions in Hyde Park or handcrafted stone vessels for drinking tequila, Frida Escobedo is very much an architect for our times

Craft and community: Belle Vue by Morris + Company

Morris+Company delivers a bold and innovative urban block of apartments aimed at enriching the social, cultural and physical prospects of the over-65s who choose to live here

Review: Venice Art Biennale 2019

This year’s Venice Art Biennale is an emotional assault course, discovers Veronica Simpson

Swiss symphony: Andermatt concert hall by Studio Seilern Architects

In the small alpine town of Andermatt, Studio Seilern Architects has crafted a world-class, problem-solving concert hall

Brief encounters: A Cambridge cooperative create an exceptional housing project

Veronica Simpson encounters Marmalade Lane, an exceptional housing project in Cambridge delivered by a cooperative with the help of a sympathetic local council

Vienna, portrait of a city

Voted ‘the world’s most liveable city’ by The Economist in 2018, Vienna has a lively and dynamic scene for design, art and architecture. Veronica Simpson reports

Profile – Sarah Wigglesworth

Sarah Wigglesworth talks to us about 25 years of the architecture practice she founded and the importance of remaining true to your ethos

The Garden of Earthly Worries by Studio Libeskind

In the baroque gardens of Holland’s Paleis Het Loo, Daniel Libeskind has created four globe-based sculptures