I was asked last week to a party in Camden organised by Vicky Richardson and Tim Abrahams in which Tim did a podcast of what people thought of architecture in 2025.

I had the utmost pleasure looking back on what I have seen during 2025 in order to talk about it with Tim.

Top of what I have seen is the new V&A East Storehouse which was what I talked about on the podcast, now available on Spotify:-

https://open.spotify.com/episode/67pPYHHDqkYWDDX68VMrLx?si=5eb1048058e749ed

I think is a remarkable achievement – a reinvention of the traditional idea of the museum with a strong democratic dimension:-

I was also very admiring of the reinvention of Castle Howard – not just the opening of the Tapestry Drawing Room, which was a mere shell the last time I had seen it, but also the interiors in the west wing refurbished by Remy Renzullo:-

We had a memorable visit to the Cripps Building in St. John’s College, Cambridge:-

And to Walthamstow:-

More recently, I saw the new development by Sergisson Bates in Felsted, new architecture which is thoughtful within the arts-and-crafts tradition:-

But, my time has been devoted as much to Vanbrugh as new architecture:-