Alpa Depani

The Venice Biennale may have enlisted a more diverse range of participants, but at an exhibition on Saudi Arabia’s NEOM development, the bad old days of ageing starchitect fantasia live on

The UK’s woeful planning system is not just down to red tape and incompetence; the reason is much more complex, says Alpa Depani

The emerging new part of the Greenwich Peninsula is certainly grabbing headlines, but it has left Alpa Depani unconvinced

Given all the digital aids available, what is it with architects and the hand-drawn? We asked a number of practitioners to talk through a specific free-hand sketch of theirs and how hand-drawing in their practice reflects their attitude to making architecture

The lesson of the Grenfell fire is not about tighter technical requirements or more informed value engineering, but about putting people first in the delivery of housing, says Alpa Depani

Last month, the acclaimed public sector architect was awarded the 2021 Jane Drew Prize in recognition of a lifetime of pioneering work. Alpa Depani talks to the retired but still-campaigning 83-year-old about her career and projects