• Brief Encounters

    Veronica Simpson is in Hastings to look at the story behind dRMM’s Stirling prize-winning pier

  • The battle of Hastings Pier

    Once grand statements of Victorian seaside towns’ confidence and bravado, piers, like the towns themselves, are now often neglected and down-at-heel. In Hastings, however, the fire-damaged pier has risen from the ashes thanks to the local community and dRMM architects