Dr Rory Hyde is curator of contemporary architecture and urbanism at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and adjunct senior research fellow of the University of Melbourne.
His first book Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture is available from Routledge.
Rory Hyde's Latest contributions
Twelve principles for ‘next gen’ architectural practice
The upcoming generation of architects and designers is not waiting for the phone to ring; it’s quietly (re)making practices fit for today’s world. Rory Hyde describes this distinct approach.
Winning the climate battle at home
Rory Hyde explores four houses that demonstrate how emissions can be reduced by building smaller, choosing different materials and designing spaces for adaptability.
Designed for social need: Wayss Youth Transition Hub
On a tight budget in outer Melbourne, Bent Architecture has collaborated closely with the clients and combined many small, thoughtful moves to create an architecture that cares.
Architecture and space: Xavier De Kestelier
Architect Xavier De Kestelier speaks to Rory Hyde spoke to him about his long-held interest in space, which has lead to collaborations with NASA and the European Space Agency.
The ripple effects of architecture
Rory Hyde reviews The Architecture Symposium: Beyond the Building, and finds that in accounting for the social, economic, and environmental impact of architecture, architects may need to surrender some control.
Necessary work: Reorganizing space for equality
US-based urban historian and poet Dolores Hayden talks to Rory Hyde about how architects can respond to the complex economic, social, gender and demographic needs of the urban population.
A new world: surviving a crisis
Rory Hyde asks what sort of world we want to re-enter when we emerge from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Wardle’s autodidactic curiosity
Gold medalist John Wardle’s curiosity has spawned a brand of architecture that pushes the limits of design, manufacturing and materials, alongside buildings that leave space to be filled by our own curiosity, says Rory Hyde.
Windermere Jetty Museum by Carmody Groarke
Perched on the shore of England’s largest lake, a “living museum” dedicated to the preservation of maritime craft and tradition articulates and stitches together the many narratives of its place.
Curating as a spatial practice
London-based designers and exhibition curators Rory Hyde and Kate Goodwin converse on the value of spaces where architecture can be recognized as an integral part of culture.