Superurbanism

Tim talks to one of London’s most thoughtful practitioner’s Mary Duggan about her last project; a beautiful landscaped housing project amidst parkland in suburban London. Mary also explains the surprising new direction she’s chosen to take her beautifully crafted approach to architecture in.

Rolf Fehlbaum is Chairman Emeritus of Vitra; and the client behind the architectural flourishing of the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. Tim asks him about his studies in utopian socialism; how Nick Grimshaw took to be being bumped for Frank Gehry and much more.

Shiv Malik was formerly an investigative journalist with the Guardian. He’s also co-author with Ed Howker of the book Jilted Generation: How Britain Has Bankrupted Its Youth. He is now working with Joe Reeve on Forest City: a new town for 1 million inhabitants near Cambridge in the UK.

Sam Jacob, Dean of the Institute of Architecture, University of Applied Arts Vienna, has a great show on at the Hypha gallery in No. 1 Poultry, London. Tim spoke to him about the complex ways architecture and money relate and where ruins feature in this tangle of meaning.

In London a stellar cast joined Tim Abrahams and regular News Review contributor Vicky Richardson for some drinks and nibbles to reflect on the architectural highlights of 2025.