Kerstin Thompson

Jan 9, 2025 | architectural-review.com | Tom Wilkinson |Wang Shu |Kerstin Thompson |Lu Wenyu

Typical of many of Berlin’s 19th-century apartment buildings is the Berliner Zimmer: a corner room that forms the meeting point between the front of the building facing the street and the perpendicular side wing. With only a single window overlooking the central courtyard, the Berliner Zimmer tends to be gloomy – a dim space for passing through. If you are lucky, it may receive a brief ray of sunshine at some point during the day.

Dec 4, 2023 | architectureau.com | Kerstin Thompson

When David Chipperfield was awarded the Pritzker Prize earlier this year, Katie Wagner observed that significant awards have the potential to change architectural discourse. Here, I reflect, through six fundamental questions, on how my practice may have impacted on Australian architecture, both as a built legacy and as a way of practising. Consider two homes. First: House at Hanging Rock.

May 11, 2023 | architectureau.com | Kerstin Thompson

East Albury, NSW February 2020Dear Kerstin,When my mum Jeanie was an old lady, she only asked for one thing: “I just want to stay in my own house. Is that so much to ask?” She stayed living alone on the farm in the house we all grew up in for a long time, but in the end she became too frail physically and mentally to look after herself and she had to leave her home of nearly 60 years. It was really sad. After she left, the house began to fall down.