ARTICLE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 12TH FEBRUARY 2018 My visit to Yale was not to study a post graduate degree but happily for me to look at the extraordinary range of Modernist...
About Simon Silver
The Architect
White Collar Factory: the best of old and new
Derwent London, the company I have worked for over the last 34 years, have built a variety of office buildings over that period. So, on this occasion, I’ve decided to...
The Architect
Four Freedoms State Park: the spiritual heart of New York
Louis Kahn’s greatest piece of architecture wasn’t a building at all – and wasn’t completed for decades after his death. At Derwent London, we have always drawn inspiration from...
The Architect
Brunel Building Launch – Wednesday 18th September 2019
On Wednesday 19th September, The Property Chronicle attended the launch of the much anticipated Brunel Building, the latest building designed by Derwent London. The Brunel...
The Architect
A sense of the sublime
Unusual, yet awe-inspiring, the Ronchamp chapel has to been seen to be believed I must confess that I am slightly privileged by the fact that, working constantly with architects,...
The Guest Essay
The White Collar Factory: a new kind of office building
Simon Silver explains the motivation behind the project.