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Brief Encounters: How to save the high street
31 August 2021With high streets dying off, Veronica Simpson explains why and how the trend could be reversed
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Architecture for outdoor engagement
20 August 2021A series of canny new structures are getting people to engage with the outdoors in exciting new ways. Veronica Simpson finds out more
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Brief Encounters: Lina Ghotmeh
17 August 2021Veronica Simpson talks to architect Lina Ghotmeh about the building she designed in Beirut, and which thankfully survived the explosion in 2020
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Responsible, sustainable, pandemic-proof regeneration schemes
12 July 2021How can urban zones be made socially responsible, sustainable and pandemic-proof? Veronica Simpson investigates the UK’s prime emerging regeneration schemes
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Brief Encounters: Building on the environmental gains of lockdown
2 September 2020Slowly but surely, plans are being made to ensure that the environmental gains that have arisen as a by-product of lockdown become part of a more enlightened approach to urban living
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Helsinki is being regenerated by Finnish design talent
27 August 2020Helsinki has proved it is more than capable of finding its own, uniquely Finnish way of regenerating the city through culture and its own world-class design and architectural talents
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Brief Encounters: Art for healthcare
21 August 2020While healthcare buildings have been the focus of much-needed expansion and transformation to cope with the pandemic, the inspired and strategic use of art has a power all its own, writes Veronica Simpson
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Brief Encounters:#artistsupportpledge
15 July 2020Veronica Simpson finds cause for optimism in a time of crisis in the innovation of the artist community through the initiative #artistsupportpledge
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Rotterdam's architecture and culture
8 July 2020Its skyline may seem bonkers, but Rotterdam’s spirit of ‘can do’ makes it a haven for creativity, writes Veronica Simpson
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Brief Encounters: Mario Cucinella
2 July 2020Veronica Simpson meets Italian architect Mario Cucinella
