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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Art nouveau villa in northern Italy redesigned by Oasi architects into a family home
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BIG’s Shenzhen Energy Mansion completes in China
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Concrete and stone layer into the landscape at Casa Bedolla in Mexico
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Assemble and Matthew Raw design a colourful kiosk for a London Tube station
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Aslak Haanshuus Arkitekter designs a forest-facing villa in Norway
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Sharjah’s new lagoon-side bookstore weaves literary references into its interior design
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Statement stairs twist through Luigi Rosselli’s 1920s villa renovation in Sydney
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Antonio Citterio’s first US building is inspired by Miami Beach’s 1930s heritage
Located in Miami, the striking new Arte building brings Italian architect Antonio Citterio's style and finesse to America’s luxury residential market
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Casey Brown designs a rugged holiday house overlooking Avalon Beach in Australia
A highly crafted house pairs heavy natural materials such as stone and brass, with its impressive plot – a headland of of sandstone and shale jutting out into the Pacific Ocean
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Sea breeze: Antonio Citterio takes Miami
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Artist Michael Rakowitz celebrates the humble date in sweet and sticky cookbook
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Balkrishna Doshi announced as the Pritzker Prize winner for 2018
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A new take on the English country house is awarded the RIBA House of the Year
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Ab Rogers’ sustainable pavilions at Wonderfruit festival in Thailand draw on local resources
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AECOM-Arup completes the first phase of New York’s Second Avenue Subway expansion
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A volcanic stone house by Cadaval & Solà-Morales holds its own in Mexico
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Three14 Architects square up in Cape Town with a mountainside house
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31/44 Architects’ red-brick take on the Victorian terraced house shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year
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Elementary art and design: the Wonderlab opens at London’s Science Museum
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Back to school: Paper House Project makes a Hackney schoolhouse a home
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Family ties: Unsangdong Architects improve familial bonds through architecture
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A duplex penthouse atop the Nova Building is an ode to 1960s modernism
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Class clay: the 2016 Brick Awards winners
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Claudio Silvestrin’s Cannon Lane House in Hampstead is a multi-storey marvel
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