Architecture news

• Ricardo Bofill: the outsider architect who gave 60s Spain a sci-fi makeover

  14-01-2022 19:00
  
  The misfit Catalan, who has died aged 82, dedicated his life to wild postmodern buildings which formed the backdrop to The Hunger Games, and inspired the aesthetic of Monument Valley and Squid GameA dazzling pink castle perches atop the coastal cliffs of Calpe, near Alicante in southern Spain, its pastel turrets standing like a coral outcrop above the shore. The high fortified walls hide a vertical maze of staircases and terraces within, painted in shades of baby blue, lilac and red, opening out
  
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• Max Fordham obituary

  14-01-2022 12:16
  
  Leading building services engineer of his era, who changed the way architects thought about heating, light and powerMax Fordham, who has died aged 88, changed the way that buildings in Britain are heated, lit, powered and ventilated more than any other engineer of his generation. Trained in the sciences, he brought a new creative and intellectual rigour to the problems of plumbing and wiring, bringing the disparate building services trades together in a single holistic approach. Tackling problem
  
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