Simon Carne
ReviewBook Club review: Concrete Concept
Simon Carne hopes this book will reach the unconverted, but warns of the perils of fetishising concrete without understanding its pitfalls
AnalysisWhat the LSE's Saw Swee Hock can teach us about procuring brilliant buildings
Pulling off a coup like O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Stirling finalist is not easy but the story is worth studying, says Simon Carne
ReviewReview: Who are you calling a maverick?
Simon Carne takes issue with a slippery definition but admits Owen Hopkins’ new book and exhibition at the Royal Academy kick-start a great debate on the nature of architectural radicalism
ReviewBook Club Review: 100 Contemporary Concrete Buildings
Simon Carne is left underwhelmed by this slab-like book-as-building-material
ReviewBook Club review: Estate and Context
Simon Carne reviews two books which address the same question from very different angles
ReviewBook Club Review: James Wyatt: Architect to George III, by John Martin Robinson
A detailed and fascinating narrative of Wyatt’s extraordinary life