Articles by Marcus Fairs

Climate action group ACAN has called on architects at Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects to take “meaningful action outside of your employment” amid an escalating row over airport projects. The body condemned the two studios for refusing to stop designing airports and urged staff to take action over an issue that is dividing

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Cities will bounce back as young creatives take advantage of lower rents and dense urban areas prove better at mitigating the coronavirus pandemic, according to urban theorist Richard Florida. The pandemic “may make cities more affordable to artists and creatives” he said, adding that dense neighbourhoods “have been better at mitigating and combating the crisis”

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Climate pressure group Architects Climate Action Network has called on Foster + Partners to pull out of a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia – or resign as a signatory of the Architects Declare movement. In a letter to Foster + Partners, ACAN said the architect should withdraw its involvement with Amaala, a luxury

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