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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Back to school: Paper House Project makes a Hackney schoolhouse a homeBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Family ties: Unsangdong Architects improve familial bonds through architectureBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A duplex penthouse atop the Nova Building is an ode to 1960s modernismBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Class clay: the 2016 Brick Awards winnersBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Claudio Silvestrin’s Cannon Lane House in Hampstead is a multi-storey marvelBy Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Inside the Chandigarh home of architect Noor Dasmesh SinghBrass detailing, Indian Kota stone, eclectic furniture and personal objects make up the vibrant palette of this earthy-toned home in India
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A Scottish home with Carlo Scarpa influences wins the RIBA House of the Year 2016By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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The winners of the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards announcedBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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In Downtown Miami, Rafael Viñoly’s latest luxury development is on pointBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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OMA collaborate with local architect Anne Fougeron on San Francisco residential towerBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Ole Scheeren to transform a Frankfurt residential block in first European projectBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Venice Architecture Biennale’s new crop of national pavilions for 2018By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Future perfect: a new era for Preston Bus StationBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Model citizen: a cathartic return to the Richard Meier Model MuseumBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Wonder walls: a new book celebrates the modernist house as a cultural iconBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Tree of thought: Francis Kéré reflects on his design for the Serpentine PavilionBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Art world: explore a minimalist home in Canada designed for an art collecting coupleBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A timber house in a Japanese forest brings a couple closer to their familyA couple's new home in a forest in Okayama, next door to their family, has been designed by Osaka based architect Tsubasa Iwahashi with equal parts of togetherness and independence
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A Hamptons home by Bates Masi + Architects takes a nautical turnBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Corten protects a family house from the extreme environment of Chilean PatagoniaBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Gensler designs a co-working space for the Stephen Lawrence Centre to empower young people and start-upsBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Type hype: Ben Adams Architects design new office for MonotypeBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mountain-top photography gallery the Lumen Museum opens in the Italian DolomitesBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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London-based Tikari Works selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: Nicola and Ty Tikari combine pragmatism and craft in a practice that fuses design, construction and property development. The studio acquires land, then designs and builds, rigorously taking control of each stage of production, as demonstrated with the construction of their own home, the semi-subterranean Pocket House (pictured) in East Dulwich, London.
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