Living in the past

摘要

Completion of the school of architecture at the University of Greenwich provides the backdrop for this contribution to current debates about architectural education. As we undergo one of our periodic existential crises, and education faces the challenging context of fee charging, gender/minority inequality and research imperatives, this publication makes a timely contribution. The new Heneghan Peng building is a gift. It provides a compelling framework off which to hang arguments around architectural education and its aims, pedagogy and practice, as well as their expression in the space and material of the building itself. Astonishingly, the pragmatic description published here makes no reference at all to the education of an architect. This is a disappointing hollow at the book's heart.