Beyond the architect’s design authority
Essays
9/7/2026

Beyond the architect’s design authority

Main&Frank work across materials, waste and production systems, exploring how architects can regain agency beyond individual buildings

Author
Thomas Essex-Plath
Would you like to continue reading the content?
Log in or sign up for free to continue reading
#thomasessexplath#mainandfrank#australia#melbourne#radicalreuse

You might also be interested in...

Beyond the architect’s design authority
Essays
Beyond the architect’s design authorityThomas Essex-Plath
Main&Frank work across materials, waste and production systems, exploring how architects can regain agency beyond individual buildings
Window / Denmark Hill by Type Studio
Elements
Window / Denmark Hill by Type StudioMarianna Guernieri
A frameless window turns 90 degrees from wall to roof, creating a continuous glazed surface that brings natural light into the living spaces
SESC: the institution behind the architecture of leisure
Essays
SESC: the institution behind the architecture of leisureFrancesco Perrotta-Bosch; Marina Viegas
Across Brazil, hundreds of centers combine culture, sport and social life in a model that has produced some of the country's landmark buildings