Charles Saumarez Smith

Charles Saumarez Smith was Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts and is now chairman of the Royal Drawing School. @CSaumarezSmith

Living Architecture is opening minds and changing taste

Christian building mission to regenerate a town

Private housing design has been neglected by architects

The success of the re-opened National Portrait Gallery.

Public taste has shifted; the government must catch-up

The Farrell Centre opens the door to architecture.

A pivotal figure in the move against modernism

A northern light shows the way

Marking the 100th anniversary of Christopher Wren’s death

The question is whether the heart of Whitechapel can keep its character under the pressures of urban development