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Architects risk ‘reputational Russian roulette’ over demolition projects

By Gino Spocchia 10 March 2023 3,881 Views

Architectural historian and campaigner Barnabas Calder has warned architects at an AJ100 lunch against playing ‘reputational Russian roulette’ by working on carbon-heavy projects

‘It is time no longer to praise the Seagram Building, but to bury it’

By Barnabas Calder, Florian Urban. Photography by Shutterstock, Ed Reeve 10 November 2022 22,880 Views

Barnabas Calder and Florian Urban compare the energy profile of Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Seagram Building with Waugh Thistleton’s 6 Orsman Road

AJ Climate Champions podcast: Barnabas Calder revisits architectural history through the lens of energy

By Hattie Hartman 10 June 2021 1,828 Views

‘Coal helped revolutionise architecture, but with the downside that it has the potential to wipe us off the planet’