AA Files Review
This is a peer reviewed, bi-annual published magazine that started in 1981. It is associated with the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. The current editor is Thomas Weaver and contains contributions from all over the world. There is a heady mix of discussion, research, reviews and events all related to architecture.
AA Files: Conversation with Adrian Forty and Thomas Weaver
“It’s obvious, that’s how you do it. It’s common sense” says Weaver. This is a man looking back on a remarkable career; beginning with being an apprentice to an arts-and-crafts architect, then onto studying in Yale with Louis Kahn and then many an evening spent in conversation with Charles Eames.
Weaver has designed many homes, most significantly his own Cor-ten home in Highgate as well as AA’s very own space at the back, namely the bar area in London. Weaver likes simple, solid construction and techniques, often using unskilled labour for his projects. He is proud of his long-lasting relationships with clients, and has often been asked back to create their house extensions. It is this hard and fastened view of how things should be designed and made, that makes him shun high-brow theories, but create real works of English heritage.
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