Reflecting on his experiences from briefing for a building, to selecting an architect, to being a Professor of Architecture, David Porter discusses the shift from a jargonistic approach to architecture, to a richer and more nuanced view of the relationship between the environment and inhabitants.

Image: BBC Scotland Headquarters, David Chipperfield Architects.

When I was a student, I learned that buildings have “users” – I now see this as misleading and meaningless jargon – we are inhabitants.

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