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Brief Encounters – RIBA
Veronica Simpson reports from a recent RIBA conference where some solutions to social and economic divisions were proposed by a hard-hitting cast list of speakers
Bob & Roberta Smith is turning the whole town of Folkestone into an art school
Patrick Brill — better known as the artist Bob and Roberta Smith — is on a mission to turn the seaside town of Folkestone into an art school for all, for its fourth Art Triennial and beyond. Inspired by the parlous state of the UK’s art education system, what lessons does he hope it will provide for the wider world?
Brief Encounters
After architecture collaborations in 21 years and 20 buildings for Maggie’s Centres, Veronica Simpson finds inspiration in the latest offering in Oldham, from dRMM
Brief Encounters
In her own column, Veronica Simpson reports on a success story of the Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme
Water works
Our fascination with water has endured for millennia, and being close to water is as popular now as it has ever been. Veronica Simpson looks at new projects that are harnessing the unique delights of being by water
Brief Encounters – Royal Academy of Engineering’s new Enterprise Hub
Veronica Simpson visits the Royal Academy of Engineering to discover how it has made its commitment to mentoring young engineer entrepreneurs more than virtual with its new £4.1m Enterprise Hub.
Review: Hello Robot: Design Between Human and Machine
A new travelling show, starting off at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, and called Hello Robot, looks at what our relationship with machines reveals about us
New Scotland Yard by AHMM
AHMM has transformed a neoclassical fortress on London’s Embankment into an elegant, new building for New Scotland Yard and beacon for modern policing
Brief encounters
Veronica Simpson gets to see the prehistoric drawings of the Lascaux caves, thanks to the skillful and artistic collaboration between Snøhetta and Casson Mann that is Lascaux IV
Brief Encounters: Amsterdam’s Print Art
Veronica Simpson is in Amsterdam, where she examines a social revolution of a 100 years ago…that of print art.