All articles by Veronica simpson
Veronica simpson
Rediscovering a civic asset: York Mansion House by De Matos Ryan
A civic asset that few in York knew they had, this 18th-century building is now welcoming the public for historical appreciation, tours and events following a £2.4m restoration and refurbishment
Art of the invisible: The new Royal Academy by David Chipperfield Architects
London’s Royal Academy of Arts has been surgically attached and integrated with its neighbouring building, nearly doubling in size, adding new galleries and making visible the art school at its heart
Brief Encounters
Veronica Simpson is in Portsmouth, looking at good and not-so-good ways of keeping back the sea
Review: Night fever – designing club culture
Vitra Design Museum’s latest show immerses visitors in the world of nightclubs, to explore how design has shaped our nightlife
Museums masterplanned
Expert exhibition designers are helping museums take a new look at their collections and present them in a new way
Immersed in nature: Stepping Stone House by Hamish & Lyons
Floating within its own bespoke landscape of lake and giant tree ferns, Stepping Stone House provides a family of five with an enchanting space for playing, sleeping and partying
Resilient City
Beirut’s creative scene is thriving despite—or perhaps because of—a tough economical landscape. Veronica Simpson reports
Brief Encounters
Veronica Simpson is riding on the Tube, looking at design legacies with Art on the Underground
‘The only brief was to express our values’: Grafton Architects on curating the Venice Biennale
Before the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale opened, we met with the curators, Shelley McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects, to discuss the practice’s work, alongside the perils and pleasures of bringing the Biennale to fruition
Brief Encounters
Two artists have taken up a year-long residency with Tunbridge Wells Museum to express the town’s history and identity in their work