Harriet Thorpe
Harriet Thorpe is a writer, journalist and editor covering architecture, design and culture, with particular interest in sustainability, 20th-century architecture and community. After studying History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Journalism at City University in London, she developed her interest in architecture working at Wallpaper* magazine and today contributes to Wallpaper*, The World of Interiors and Icon magazine, amongst other titles. She is author of The Sustainable City (2022, Hoxton Mini Press), a book about sustainable architecture in London, and the Modern Cambridge Map (2023, Blue Crow Media), a map of 20th-century architecture in Cambridge, the city where she grew up.
Latest articles by Harriet Thorpe
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Studio Nauta’s low-lying house in the Dutch countryside pivots around the kitchenBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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How the 21st century reset the rules for emerging architects todayThe Atlas for Emerging Architects finds that social media, flattened hierarchies and increased interdisciplinary collaboration are just some of the factors redefining the experience of emerging architects today. Designed as a tool for architects, graduates and students, this captivating research project collates findings from 95 architects working in Europe into a beautifully designed publication
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Boot manufacturer transforms into Edinburgh print-making studioBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Sam Jacob Studio to design the new Cartoon Museum in LondonBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Silver lining: Guard Tillman Pollock trace 25 residential projects over 25 yearsBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Corner lot: Young Projects breathe new life into a Brooklyn townhouseBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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New art galleries opening internationally this autumnAs well as a healthy crop of art fairs, and general back to business behaviour associated with the season, autumn offers up a veritable harvest of new art galleries opening internationally in the hubs of Paris, London and New York
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Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian architecture uncoveredJason Oddy’s photographic study of Oscar Niemeyer’s Algerian buildings, set alongside research and archival documents, explores the architecture’s inseparable relationship to revolutionary politics in a new book from Columbia University Press, titled The revolution will be stopped halfway: Oscar Niemeyer in Algeria
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McGonigle McGrath’s County Down compound named RIBA House of the YearIn Northern Ireland, Belfast-based McGonigle McGrath has refined a former farmstead into a family home through a series of edits and additions made with restraint and clarity
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Bjarke Ingels joins WeWork as chief architectBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Crisa Santos designs spiritual landmarks in São Paulo parkBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Parallel universe: tracing New York’s unbuilt historyBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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London Festival of Architecture 2017: the top 20 exhibitions and eventsthis year centred on the theme of ‘memory’. From starchitects to fledgling studios, housing estates to derelict buildings, the festival will take you somewhere in the city you’ve never ventured before. Here, we whittle down the impressive schedule of over 450 events to our pick of the top 20 highlights from across the British capital...
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Canadian studio ACDF designs a family house overlooking Lake OuareauBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Carmody Groarke propose an innovative plan to preserve a historic house in ScotlandBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Centre stage: Hollywood’s iconic John Anson Ford Theatres reopens after renovationBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Kipseli Architects builds a family home inspired by the Rubik’s CubeBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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BuckleyGrayYeoman adds new layers to a 1920s building in east LondonBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Community values: Colombo Art Biennale’s collaborative architecture programmeBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Office of Architecture’s unconventional Hamptons house raises the barBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Elizabeth de Portzamparc embeds a museum into the historic centre of NîmesBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Estudio Galera builds concrete garden pavilion for a growing familyBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Simonett & Baer indexes the work of Herzog & de MeuronInspired by the many Herzog & de Meuron works of architecture in his home city of Basel, publisher Dino Simonett has created a technicolour tome as an index, a tribute and a celebration of the international work of the architects
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Make Architects’ London Wall high walk weaves through layers of architectural historyBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
