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Rowan Moore

Rowan Moore is architecture critic of the Observer and was named Critic of the Year at the UK press awards 2014. He is the author of Slow Burn City and Why We Build. Follow him on twitter: @rowanmoore

April 2025

  • Gaudí’s Sagrada Família, in Barcelona, towers over the surrounding city at sunset.

    Notebook
    Even if you’re not a person of faith, there are reasons to see Antoni Gaudí as a saint

    Rowan Moore
  • Arklow Wastewater Treatment Plant seen from across marshland

    ‘Something to be proud of’: how an Irish town got a sewage makeover – and stopped discharging its waste into the sea

March 2025

  • Guest curator Amber Butchart adjusts a swimsuit on display at 'Splash! A century of Swimming and Style' an exhibition of swimwear and swim related items, at The Design Museum in London,

    Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style review – lidos, Speedos and atomic bombs

  • Hans Feibusch’s murals in Newport civic centre.

    Book of the day
    The Alienation Effect by Owen Hatherley review – how immigrants reshaped postwar Britain

  • The square and colonnade of trade school Nimeto, Utrecht, redesigned by Maarten van Kesteren Architects.

    ‘A place you remember for the rest of your life’: why Dutch architects are giving new life to old schools

  • A computer-generated view of how the new Manchester United stadium could look.

    Notebook
    A temple to extravagance. And that goes for Manchester United’s new stadium, too

    Rowan Moore

  • Welcome to Upper Lawn, the 60s Wiltshire retreat of brutalism’s first couple

  • ‘There’s a poetry to her work’: why the British Museum chose Lina Ghotmeh for their grand revamp

February 2025

  • Copper Bottom by Adrian James Architects.

    Copper Bottom review – a green marvel in every sense

  • Barmouth harbour in Gwynedd, Wales.

    Notebook
    How to solve the house price conundrum? Look no further than Gwynedd in Wales

    Rowan Moore
  • Aldo Rossi, Urban Scene Scena Per il Teatrino, 1978. Drawing Matter © The Aldo Rossi Estate, 2024

    Soane and Modernism: Make it New review – red phone boxes, Sydney Opera House and a prophet of modern architecture

  • Highgate Newtown Centre

    Highgate Newtown Community Centre review – if you’re looking for design that humanises, here it is

  • Don’t throw Salford’s groundbreaking Centenary Building in the bin

    Rowan Moore

  • Peace, permanence and affordable prices: six ways to solve Britain’s housing crisis

  • Notebook
    Born of prosperity, sunlight and optimism, California’s dream homes now lie in ashes

    Rowan Moore

January 2025

  • A photograph of the office complex now known as Plant from above, showing its layered green terraces and surrounding trees.

    ‘A slice of 1970s Babylon restored’: living the office dream at the Hanging Gardens of Basingstoke

  • Adrien Brody holding a set of architectural plans.

    Lights, camera, concrete! How Hollywood is playing a part in brutalism’s redemption

  • Gremista Layered elevs

    Richard Gibson obituary

  • Sadlers Wells East

    Sadler’s Wells East review – all the right moves

December 2024

  • A replica orrery in front of Joseph Wright's painting entitled The Orrery at the Joseph Wright Gallery, Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

    Notebook
    Sheffield’s museums show how art comes to life when it is connected to place

    Rowan Moore
    Institutions in and around the city combine great works with humdrum relics of local life, to fantastic effect
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