Harriet Thorpe
Harriet Thorpe is a writer, journalist and editor covering architecture, design and culture, with particular interest in sustainability, 20th-century architecture and community. After studying History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and Journalism at City University in London, she developed her interest in architecture working at Wallpaper* magazine and today contributes to Wallpaper*, The World of Interiors and Icon magazine, amongst other titles. She is author of The Sustainable City (2022, Hoxton Mini Press), a book about sustainable architecture in London, and the Modern Cambridge Map (2023, Blue Crow Media), a map of 20th-century architecture in Cambridge, the city where she grew up.
Latest articles by Harriet Thorpe
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A volcanic stone house by Cadaval & Solà-Morales holds its own in Mexico
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Three14 Architects square up in Cape Town with a mountainside house
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31/44 Architects’ red-brick take on the Victorian terraced house shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year
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Elementary art and design: the Wonderlab opens at London’s Science Museum
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Back to school: Paper House Project makes a Hackney schoolhouse a home
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Family ties: Unsangdong Architects improve familial bonds through architecture
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A duplex penthouse atop the Nova Building is an ode to 1960s modernism
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Class clay: the 2016 Brick Awards winners
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Claudio Silvestrin’s Cannon Lane House in Hampstead is a multi-storey marvel
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Inside the Chandigarh home of architect Noor Dasmesh Singh
Brass detailing, Indian Kota stone, eclectic furniture and personal objects make up the vibrant palette of this earthy-toned home in India
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A Scottish home with Carlo Scarpa influences wins the RIBA House of the Year 2016
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The winners of the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards announced
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In Downtown Miami, Rafael Viñoly’s latest luxury development is on point
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OMA collaborate with local architect Anne Fougeron on San Francisco residential tower
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Ole Scheeren to transform a Frankfurt residential block in first European project
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Venice Architecture Biennale’s new crop of national pavilions for 2018
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Future perfect: a new era for Preston Bus Station
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Model citizen: a cathartic return to the Richard Meier Model Museum
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Wonder walls: a new book celebrates the modernist house as a cultural icon
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Tree of thought: Francis Kéré reflects on his design for the Serpentine Pavilion
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Art world: explore a minimalist home in Canada designed for an art collecting couple
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A timber house in a Japanese forest brings a couple closer to their family
A couple's new home in a forest in Okayama, next door to their family, has been designed by Osaka based architect Tsubasa Iwahashi with equal parts of togetherness and independence
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A Hamptons home by Bates Masi + Architects takes a nautical turn
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Corten protects a family house from the extreme environment of Chilean Patagonia
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