Rowan Moore
@rowanmoore.bsky.social
Architecture critic, The Observer
New edition of Property out in January
New edition of Property out in January
Still magnificent after all these years
May 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Still magnificent after all these years
I greatly love this city
April 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I greatly love this city
Name the architect, and the city
April 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Name the architect, and the city
Also magic. There’s a lot of it in Wiltshire
February 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Also magic. There’s a lot of it in Wiltshire
Magical, this, from Al and Pete
February 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Magical, this, from Al and Pete
Out now: the new edition of Property: the Myth that Built the World. With added chapter How to Solve a Housing Crisis
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
February 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Out now: the new edition of Property: the Myth that Built the World. With added chapter How to Solve a Housing Crisis
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
The original is also quite good
January 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The original is also quite good
If you are yet to discover the work of the Montreal architect Dan Hanganu, much joy awaits you
January 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you are yet to discover the work of the Montreal architect Dan Hanganu, much joy awaits you
More church spires should be clad in tin
January 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
More church spires should be clad in tin
I believe that the theme of Expo 67 was Totally Misguided Yet Nonetheless Impressive Visions Of The Future
January 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I believe that the theme of Expo 67 was Totally Misguided Yet Nonetheless Impressive Visions Of The Future
“All buildings are predictions of the future and predictions are always wrong”
January 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“All buildings are predictions of the future and predictions are always wrong”
Perfectly beautiful and perfectly useless
January 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Perfectly beautiful and perfectly useless
That’s also a good choice
January 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
That’s also a good choice
This Christmas spare a thought for Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, and his court, who being a follower of the Arian heresy got cancelled from the mosaics in Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. They left a hand behind, though.
December 25, 2024 at 5:29 PM
This Christmas spare a thought for Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, and his court, who being a follower of the Arian heresy got cancelled from the mosaics in Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. They left a hand behind, though.
Last week it was Notre Dame
December 15, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Last week it was Notre Dame
Big queer carols in St Marks Sheffield. With modern-gothic architecture by George Pace
December 15, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Big queer carols in St Marks Sheffield. With modern-gothic architecture by George Pace
The great Peter Womersley never disappoints
December 14, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The great Peter Womersley never disappoints
Huddersfield looks radiant today
December 14, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Huddersfield looks radiant today
Interesting, to brand a wine from Tuscany with building from Venice
December 3, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Interesting, to brand a wine from Tuscany with building from Venice
Show me a “trad” building, from any time in the last fifty years, that is as beautiful as this
November 28, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Show me a “trad” building, from any time in the last fifty years, that is as beautiful as this