{"id":85413,"date":"2025-08-22T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/85413\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:32:10","slug":"how-not-to-build-architecture-by-the-absence-of-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/85413\/","title":{"rendered":"How Not to Build: Architecture by the Absence of Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/a>Hastings Pier. Image \u00a9 Alex de Rijke<\/p>\n

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Whether for design competitions<\/a> or architectural awards, buildings are often judged for what they offer\u2013the programmed functions, the form, or the visual delight. In a minority of cases, it is the absence or the reduction of intervention<\/a> that made a project successful. In 1971, a high-profile architectural competition in Paris<\/a> was won by a proposal that only utilized half the available site, giving the rest as an urban space to the city<\/a>. In London<\/a>, a proposal to convert a disused power station<\/a> with minimal additions, leaving large spaces untouched, won a design competition in 1994. The Stirling Prize<\/a>, the UK<\/a>‘s most prestigious architectural award, in 2017 was won by a proposal<\/a> that was little more than an empty platform. These examples of cultural buildings from Northwestern Europe<\/a> illustrate how the absence of intervention can provide more.<\/p>\n

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