Phil Coffey
OpinionMay's Moat or truckers' motels. What might be the built legacy of Brexit?
You can’t see the effect of our visa rules but they are the UK’s equivalent of Trump’s wall, says Phil Coffey
OpinionWe must stop young architects selling their souls for their careers
To end architecture’s Faustian Pact we need to teach students business skills, says Phil Coffey
OpinionThe Royal Academy of Dramatic… Architecture
How can we design wit into buildings, asks Phil Coffey, as he celebrates the playfulness of the late Bryan Avery
OpinionLooking back on the summer of 2018
The long, hot summer of ’18 should mark a turning point in the cavalier way we treat our world, suggests Phil Coffey
OpinionImproper housing
Does it have to be this hard for architects to design the inside as well as the outside of housing, asks Phil Coffey
OpinionHow Stephen Lawrence's death touches us all
Phil Coffey hails the good things that have happened in the 25 years since the aspiring architect’s murder
OpinionHow many times makes you experienced?
Nervous clients want their architects to have ‘experience’, while patrons judge the quality, says Phil Coffey
OpinionJean Nouvel has got the right idea: he's selling holes
Light-filled Louvre Abu Dhabi is up there with Ronchamp and the Kimbell
OpinionHappy 2019...?
As we begin a year of uncertainty, BD’s new columnist Phil Coffey argues that architecture is inherently optimistic
NewsAnd they're off: Cycle to Mipim 2014
BD will be running regular updates from this year’s Cycles to Mipim riders as they head to the property show in the south of France. Here, Phil Coffey describes the grand départ