Articles by Will Wiles

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“Megalopolis is a reminder that the heroic conception of the architect is an intoxicating one”

October 10, 2024 Will Wiles 0

Francis Ford Coppola’s bizarre new epic movie about a visionary architect has been panned by critics. Will Wiles asks what it all says about the profession’s role within contemporary popular culture. One of the characters in Charlie Kaufman’s 2008 film Synecdoche New York lives in a house that’s on fire. It’s on fire when they

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“Megalopolis is a reminder that the heroic conception of the architect is an intoxicating one”

October 10, 2024 Will Wiles 0

Francis Ford Coppola’s bizarre new epic movie about a visionary architect has been panned by critics. Will Wiles asks what it all says about the profession’s role within contemporary popular culture. One of the characters in Charlie Kaufman’s 2008 film Synecdoche New York lives in a house that’s on fire. It’s on fire when they

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“The architecture does matter in the storming of the National Congress”

January 26, 2023 Will Wiles 0

The bemusement of the rioters who made their way into Brasília’s National Congress this month pointed to an increasing disaffection with architectural symbols of power, writes Will Wiles. On 8 January, supporters of defeated Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro swarmed the heart of the nation’s capital, Brasília, in a mass protest that turned into a rampage

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“Architects can rest easy that AI isn’t coming for their jobs just yet”

November 16, 2022 Will Wiles 0

Despite the justified controversy surrounding AI art, architects need not worry about being usurped by software that can generate images of buildings, argues Will Wiles. These are uncertain times, but we can be sure of two things. The first is that art made by artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. (Many will feel that

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“Let’s save some of the Whitechapel Fatberg”

September 26, 2017 Will Wiles 0

The 130-tonne “fatburg” discovered below the streets of east London earlier this month serves as a reminder of how sophisticated Victorian engineering has liberated people from having to think about waste, says Will Wiles. In 1965, American sculptor Claes Oldenburg proposed an object of quite unforgettable brute simplicity for New York City. Oldenburg may be best

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