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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Street photography from OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center construction site
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The top buildings that shaped culture in 2017
The year of 2017 brought many new architectural offerings. Here, we celebrate the best examples of the smartest new builds, canniest restorations and smoothest extensions that are upgrading the experience of life in our cities and communities across the globe.
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Financial Times office building Bracken House restored to glory in London
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Zaha Hadid Architects carves out riverside promenade and flood barrier for Hamburg
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Jean Nouvel’s European Patent Office is inaugurated in The Hague
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Flexible tiny house by Beatrice Bonzanigo presents infinite opportunities
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RIBA International Awards 2020 jury is announced
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Eccentric houses in Southern Puglia offer a new take on modernity
Discovering a sense of freedom from form in Southern Puglia, Salento Moderno documents a distinct breed of Italian houses with an imaginative and anarchic approach to architecture.
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Pavilion made of recycled IKEA mattresses wins Chart Architecture prize
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Estudio Galera carves out a concrete summer house in an Argentine forest
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Station to station: Utrecht Centraal opens to the public
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Pezo von Ellrichshausen releases an artistic monograph
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Brutalist Boston Map unfolds the story of the city’s most controversial buildings
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Public jewel: the SLS Brickell reflects Miami’s colourful persona
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Architectural drawing celebrated with an annual prize at Sir John Soane’s Museum
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Step inside the Mayfair townhouse next door to 45 Park Lane
Global hotel brand the Dorchester Collection, owners of the iconic 45 Park Lane, launches its first fully-serviced residential offering in London at the Mayfair Park Residences with the opening of an exquisite townhouse with a traditional Georgian façade and an unexpectedly organic interior
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Tracing the evolution of the contemporary house in the 21st century
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Van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters inspires architect Julius Taminiau’s Dutch monument to rural life
The Potato Shed, a family house built on the site of a former farm, is a contemporary response to agricultural architecture and the landscape of The Netherlands, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s austere 1885 painting
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Marià Castelló's five volume house is inspired by the island culture of Ibiza
With a design guided by the landscape itself, this new holiday house in the Ibizan countryside is a serene and breathable retreat immersed in nature and connected to the land
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Herbert W Burns’ Gillman Residence renovated in Palm Springs
A Palm Springs house designed by architect Herbert W Burns has been brought back to life, with plenty of contemporary improvements. ‘This house can truly be considered a brand new home with Herbert Burns’ bones’ say the designer-developer duo behind the comprehensive restoration and renovation
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Home 3.0: Studio Octopi reshapes and extends a Victorian house
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Ateliers O-S Architectes designs community centre for a sleepy French town
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Jørn Utzon’s travel diaries and photography reveal the conceptual thinking behind his work
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Barbican apartment refurbished by Archmongers with colourful geometry
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