All articles by Gary Peters

Restoring Elegance: the renewal challenge

Negotiating with conservation officers, preserving original materials and attempting historic restorations that must also serve the needs of modern life,…
Cairo’s Science City: A vision of the quest for knowledge

Lying within the Egyptian part of the Fertile Crescent, there are few places in the world seemingly better suited as…
Inside eporta: the AirBnB of interior design

How Eporta is Revolutionizing the Interior Design Marketplace Aneeqa Khan was busy furniture shopping for her new London flat when…
Rising above: Pininfarina’s award-wining Istanbul airport tower design

Rising 311ft (95m) into the sky, the first thing passengers will see of the city when they touch down at…
Co-living: the future of urban housing

It is no secret that the London housing market is in crisis. According to a recent report by the London…

Designing the sustainable cities of the future

Across the developing world, a rapid process of urbanisation is taking place. The United Nations' World Urbanisation Prospects report published…
Clean India: transforming 100 public spaces

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Clean India Mission (Swachh Bharat) on 2 October 2014. "A clean India would be…
Healthy housing: the importance of design to improve air quality

Paul Farren is an architect at ASSIST Design. He completed a three-year 'Healthy Housing' study in partnership with Irvine Housing…
Nature meets skyscraper in Los Angeles

The exhibition Shelter: Rethinking How We Live in Los Angeles, currently running at the A+D Museum in LA, is showcasing…
Embedded energy generation: designing the buildings of the future

Designing the Buildings of the Future with Embedded Energy Generation The Strata SE1 tower in London is home to approximately…