Published work

A selection of articles on architecture and design by Robert Such.

Here are a few articles on architecture and design that I’ve written over the years. They include profiles on leading architects and lighting designers, and published pieces on just about anything from hotels to art installations.

Tadao Ando

By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. The Minamidera Art House Project guide, standing at the entrance to the rectangular wooden building that houses James…
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Martin Klaasen

By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. Throughout his long and distinguished career, lighting designer Martin Klaasen has been involved in a long list of…
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Monika Gora’s Glass Bubble

By Robert Such. Published in Landscape Architecture Magazine. Standing in the courtyard of a retirement home for the elderly in the Swedish city of Malmö,…
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So Tschumi

By Robert Such. Published in World Architecture. Between Paris and Disneyland, on a growing university campus, stands Bernard Tschumi’s Ecole d’Architecture de Marne-la-Vallée. His trademark…
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Hi Hotel

By Robert Such. Published in Frame Magazine. The 38-room Hi Hotel in Nice may occupy a narrow spatial footprint, but its cultural reach is far…
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Rule breakers

By Robert Such. Published in Domus. Life, energy and movement are some of the meanings for UnSangDong, the name chosen by Jang and Chang Hoon…
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Light box

By Robert Such. Published in The Architectural Review. Apparently just a gleaming metal box, Dominique Perrault’s new mediatheque contains some intriguing surprises. Located in Venissieux,…
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Bending the street

By Robert Such. Published in Domus. Ever since 1975, when Christian de Portzamparc designed Les Hautes Formes in Paris’ 13th arrondissement, France’s social housing agencies have…
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Nouvel approaches

By Robert Such. Published in Blueprint. Paris has many presidential ‘grand projets’ – including the Musée d’Orsay, the Opéra Bastille and the arch at La…
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Natural Justice

By Robert Such. Published in World Architecture. “It was the most impossible site for a law court,” says Christian de Portzamparc, architect of the Palais…
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Remember Paris?

By Robert Such. Published in The Independent on Sunday. Paris is many things: chic, sophisticated, stylish. But one thing it isn’t is mould-breaking. Modern Parisians…
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90s Sci Fi meets 70s Hi Tech

By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Design. Before we tackle the story behind Jakob and MacFarlane’s installation-cum-architecture at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, let us suggest…
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Denmark landmark

By Robert Such. Published in Hospitality Design. Looking like an outsized piece of elaborately folded paper, the new Bella Sky Hotel just outside the Danish…
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Screen Dreams

By Robert Such. Published in The Independent and Courrier International (French title: En balade dans les salles obscure). I pressed my nose up to the…
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Toh Yah Li

By Robert Such. Profile article about lighting designer Toh Yah Li. Published in mondo arc. One of the first professionals to become a Certified Lighting…
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Nuances in the quality of light

By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. For almost two decades, visual artist Stephen Hennessy has fashioned spectacular custom light fittings for civic, commercial and…
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