All articles by Veronica simpson
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Brief Encounters – Kettle’s Yard museum
Veronica Simpson is at the newly reconstructed Kettle’s Yard museum and gallery in Cambridge
The reincarnation of London Bridge Station
Amid a five year, £1bn reconstruction project by Grimshaw Architects, London Bridge Station had to remain operational throughout. Finally unveiled, what has resulted is one of the most connective and innovative rail projects in the UK to date
Brief Encounters
Veronica Simpson wonders what it would take to get a big city like London on its bike. She looks at a design scheme for cycling to be introduced in Waltham Forest
Brief Encounters – Hackney Town Hall
Veronica Simpson looks at the revival and improvements to Hackney Town Hall, turning it into a state-of-the-art local asset
Oslo airport’s new terminal is designed to be stress-free
In a new terminal for Oslo airport, Nordic — Office of Architecture has tried to create a completely stress-free travel experience
Brief Encounters
Veronica Simpson is in Hastings to look at the story behind dRMM’s Stirling prize-winning pier
Public art doesn’t get much cooler than this
Toronto, Canada, has recently become home to a cool new sound sculpture by Paul Raff Studio.
Brief Encounters
Veronica Simpson assesses the importance or otherwise of design and architecture awards.
Pleasure dome: Louvre Abu Dhabi by Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel’s Louvre Abu Dhabi is the first building in a proposed new cultural quarter for the city, on land reclaimed from the sea. The building draws on traditional Arab architectural patterns, lighting and forms, but delivers an ambitious programme using 21st-century technologies, materials and sophistication
Brief Encounters – White Collar Factory by AHMM
Veronica Simpson reports on the White Collar Factory by AHMM for Derwent, once labelled by letting agents as ‘too weird’