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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Creative benches pop up in the city for the London Festival of ArchitectureThe London Festival of Architecture reveals five new public benches in London designed by young architects and designers to encourage creativity, conversation and contemplation
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Chicago Architecture Biennial announces curatorial theme for 2019 editionBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Di Gregorio Associati's cinematic pergola frames a rural Italian homeA concrete pergola becomes a frame for the landscape, and a sculptural transition between interior and exterior, at a house in the Emilian countryside
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A concrete family compound in Basel by Buchner Bründler creates a family microcosmBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Bacatete House in Mexico City carves a pathway into an urban escapeBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Chart Architecture shines the spotlight on the hottest young Nordic talentsBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson adds nature to midcentury Miami modernismBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Art nouveau villa in northern Italy redesigned by Oasi architects into a family homeBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Concrete and stone layer into the landscape at Casa Bedolla in MexicoBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Assemble and Matthew Raw design a colourful kiosk for a London Tube stationBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Aslak Haanshuus Arkitekter designs a forest-facing villa in NorwayBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Sharjah’s new lagoon-side bookstore weaves literary references into its interior designBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Statement stairs twist through Luigi Rosselli’s 1920s villa renovation in SydneyBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Antonio Citterio’s first US building is inspired by Miami Beach’s 1930s heritageLocated 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 AustraliaA 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 MiamiBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Artist Michael Rakowitz celebrates the humble date in sweet and sticky cookbookBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Balkrishna Doshi announced as the Pritzker Prize winner for 2018By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A new take on the English country house is awarded the RIBA House of the YearBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Ab Rogers’ sustainable pavilions at Wonderfruit festival in Thailand draw on local resourcesBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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AECOM-Arup completes the first phase of New York’s Second Avenue Subway expansionBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A volcanic stone house by Cadaval & Solà-Morales holds its own in MexicoBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Three14 Architects square up in Cape Town with a mountainside houseBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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31/44 Architects’ red-brick take on the Victorian terraced house shortlisted for RIBA House of the YearBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
