Tadao Ando
By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. The Minamidera Art House Project guide, standing at…
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.
Martin Klaasen
By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. Throughout his long and distinguished career, lighting designer…
Monika Gora’s Glass Bubble
By Robert Such. Published in Landscape Architecture Magazine. Standing in the courtyard of a retirement…
Doubts and Hopes. A Conversation with Kent Karlsson
By Robert Such. Published in Sculpture Magazine. Dreams, memories, politics, history and religion inform the…
So Tschumi
By Robert Such. Published in World Architecture. Between Paris and Disneyland, on a growing university…
Hi Hotel
By Robert Such. Published in Frame Magazine. The 38-room Hi Hotel in Nice may occupy…
With Plants Sprouting From Walls, it’s the Chia Pet of Buildings
By Robert Such. Published in The New York Times. A new apartment building in Montpellier,…
Rule breakers
By Robert Such. Published in Domus. Life, energy and movement are some of the meanings…
Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda lights up Amsterdam
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. Although widely known as a composer of electronic…
Profile of Rogier van der Heide
By Robert Such. Published in mondo arc. “I don’t do lighting for buildings, I do…
Light box
By Robert Such. Published in The Architectural Review. Apparently just a gleaming metal box, Dominique…
Bending the street
By Robert Such. Published in Domus. Ever since 1975, when Christian de Portzamparc designed Les…
Nouvel approaches
By Robert Such. Published in Blueprint. Paris has many presidential ‘grand projets’ – including the…
Altering form and sound with movement
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. Despite its name, Son-O-House is not a house…
Natural Justice
By Robert Such. Published in World Architecture. “It was the most impossible site for a…
Remember Paris?
By Robert Such. Published in The Independent on Sunday. Paris is many things: chic, sophisticated,…
Profile about light artist Yann Kersale
By Robert Such. Published in Lighting Equipment News. A mid-afternoon stroll around French artist Yann…
90s Sci Fi meets 70s Hi Tech
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Design. Before we tackle the story behind Jakob and…
Denmark landmark
By Robert Such. Published in Hospitality Design. Looking like an outsized piece of elaborately folded…
Screen Dreams
By Robert Such. Published in The Independent and Courrier International (French title: En balade dans…
Toh Yah Li
By Robert Such. Profile article about lighting designer Toh Yah Li. Published in mondo arc….
Nuances in the quality of light
By Robert Such. Published in Architectural Record. For almost two decades, visual artist Stephen Hennessy…
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