Communicating architecture
Carolyn Larkin, Founder of Caro Communications, talks about the newly launched Davidson Prize with its focus on communicating design - it seems the options are limitless but which are best....?
Think pieces
20.11.20
Our journal tells you about things that Colander is doing but it also includes think pieces, conversations and interesting information gleaned from the wider industry.
Creating successful places in a post-pandemic world
John Lewis, Executive Director for Thamesmead at Peabody, looks forward to industry involvement in the Thamesmead Waterfront competition, and considers what makes successful places….
Think pieces
13.11.20
Camden Highline: a new linear park for London
75 extraordinarily diverse and interesting submissions from across the world - five shortlisted...
Competitions
2.11.20
International competition: Masterplanners for Thamesmead Waterfront
Along with words like visionary, skilful, knowledgeable, capable and effective, we are seeking master planners that are empathetic, open, diverse, communicative and collaborative....
Competitions
26.10.20
Architects and recessions
Long term Colander Associate, Tom Taylor, shares his sage advice to help architects survive the latest - and future - recessions....
Think pieces
21.10.20
The gift of London's parks
Simon Pitkeathley, of Camden Town Unlimited, writes about the importance of urban parks and the complications of trying to create a new one - in London's busy metropolis....
Think pieces
9.09.20
International competition: New linear park for London
We are looking for a team with exceptional creativity and leadership skills to design a new park for London....
Competitions
7.09.20
Communicating design
We live in a world of sound bites and hyperbole, how can designers get their voices heard above the noise....
Think pieces
22.07.20
Can architects ever be influential enough to lead change?
It is one thing to say that the architectural profession should work differently to stop climate change, it is quite another to make the necessary change happen....
Think pieces
30.06.20