All articles by Gillian Darley
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OpinionBuilding a sense of the transcendent
Gillian Darley finds herself more uplifted than she expected by an exhibition of religious architecture
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OpinionUn, deux, trois: a French lesson in reusing buildings
Gillian Darley follows in Ian Nairn’s footsteps to Paris and uncovers a story for our time
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OpinionWhat we can learn from Frank Dobson and Octavia Hill
Don’t feel defeated by the election result, Gillian Darley exhorts community activists and volunteers
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OpinionHow to do ornament that’s not a crime
Gillian Darley on the delight of a well-crafted detail
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OpinionThe incremental destruction of Basildon’s brave new world
Gillian Darley examines the current regeneration of the Essex new town as it turns 70
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OpinionCharting the contours of history
From school atlas to GPS, maps are the key to understanding ourselves, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionMaybe we could teach Scandinavians about cycling on the pavement
Gillian Darley is nearly knocked off her feet in Copenhagen
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OpinionThe women airbrushed out of architecture’s history
Gillian Darley applauds overdue moves to give proper recognition to pioneers of the profession
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OpinionHow Aberdeen’s homogeneity helped it survive the boom years
Gillian Darley on the Granite City’s enduring materiality
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OpinionNairn was right to despair of York
Gillian Darley finds herself confounded by the city’s planners
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OpinionRecalling the bloody battle to bring life to King’s Cross
Gillian Darley assesses the decades-long redevelopment against its hard-won environmental goals
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OpinionThe communities where neighbourliness is part of the design
Gillian Darley hails a new generation learning from the Quakers
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OpinionHow to design a beautifully modest building
Two new cultural projects by Feilden Fowles and 6a could teach the likes of Diller Scofidio Renfro a thing or two about ambition
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OpinionNever stop experimenting
Gillian Darley finds parallels between Anni Albers, Nicholas Grimshaw and Hawkins Brown’s Here East
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OpinionTime for a new exhibition at the British Museum?
The British Museum is at risk of being a thoroughly unpleasant experience before you are even inside, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionHow the streets got their names, and other tales
Is good branding all it takes to create a place, asks Gillian Darley
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OpinionAre artists' pop-ups the solution to our fading high streets?
Gillian Darley on what happens to much-loved buildings when their occupants fold
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OpinionWhat makes a museum?
As backdrops for art, the Wapping Project could hardly be more different from Albertopolis, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionWhere would you rather grow old?
Gillian Darley looks at some of the better examples of housing older people
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OpinionGaddafi's paranoia is alive and well in Fitzrovia
Gillian Darley finds herself under uncomfortable scrutiny at Facebook’s new home