Selected Texts by AOC
Selected Texts about AOC
Texts

2010

‘Curtain Calls’ A Review of ‘Inside Outside’;
A book about the work of the studio of Petra Blaisse

Vincent Lacovara
Shorter version published in the RIBA Journal
March, 2010

A building is not something you finish
Geoff Shearcroft
Published in BD
5 February, 2010

2oo9

Croydon: The English Everytown
A review of the exhibition
‘Scene Unseen: Unpacking the Art of Croydon

Vincent Lacovara
Shorter version published in Building Design Magazine
13 November, 2009

The mix-master
Geoff Shearcroft
Published in BD
23 October, 2009

My kind of town – The Thames Valley
Geoff Shearcroft
Published in Architecture Today
September, 2009

Have you ever noticed, when you get an idea,
how much I can make of it

Tom Coward
Published by P.E.A.R Magazine
June, 2009

Suburban Dreams
Geoff Shearcroft
Published by Architecture Foundation & Barbican
May, 2009

Inspiration: tourist attraction Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ
Tom Coward speaking to Pamela Buxton
Published in Building Design
6 February, 2009


Privacy in Public Places
Geoff Shearcroft
Published in Architecture Today
January, 2009

2oo8
Cultural Approaches: the work of AOC
Ellis Woodman
Published by The British School at Rome
November, 2008

Review of Key Contemporary Buildings:
Plans, Sections and Elevation

Geoff Shearcroft
Published in The Architects' Journal
23 October, 2008

Public Platform: The Lift
Ellis Woodman
Published in Building Design
18 July, 2008

On shadows and neon:
Simplicity and Contradiction

Vincent Lacovara
Published in Architecture Research Quarterly
March, 2008

The Much-Maligned Suburban Semi Offers
Many Lessons for High Density Urban Housing

Geoff Shearcroft
Published in Architecture Today
February, 2008

We Design Buildings to Be Misused
Edwin Heathcote
Published in the Financial Times
12 January, 2008

Talk of the Town
Geoff, Vincent and Tom speaking to Jesse Seegers
Published in Volume
Issue 17, 2008

2oo7
Learning from Milton Keynes
Geoff Shearcroft
Published in Building Design
2 August, 2007

Decision: London should not try to be perfect
Tom Coward
Notes from a speech presented at Debate London,
Tate Modern Turbine Hall
23 June, 2007

The Williams Report: Small firm innovation
AOC
Published in Building Design
18 May, 2007

Petrol Free London:
A glimpse into a petrol free London 2027

AOC
Published in GQ Style
Spring / Summer, 2007

2oo6


Both similar and different
Daisy Froud
Published in Building Design
29 July, 2006

AOC / Friars School
Jay Merrick
Published in AJ
27 July, 2006

Has Modernism had its day?
We’re still learning that one size doesn’t fit all

AOC
Published in Building Design
31 March, 2006

Searching for Great Urbanism:
Croydon – my ‘great town’

Vincent Lacovara
Published in Building Design
27 February, 2006

Babylondon
Vincent Lacovara
Published in Royal College of Art,
London, Architecture Annual
2006

2oo5
A Suggestive Proposal:
Public Nookie

Daisy Froud & Geoff Shearcroft
Published in made, wsa journal,
pp40–1, Issue 2

Thinking Beyond The Homely:
Countryside Properties & the Shape of Time

Daisy Froud
Published in Home Cultures,
cover and pp211–233, Vol.1, Issue 3