The refugee crisis on the Greek Aegean islands has seen thousands of refugees from across the middle east and Northern... Read More
Cafes have long been associated with intellectualism and counterculture. The association goes back to the very first coffee shop in Constantinople and its descendants that soon gained prevalence throughout the Ottoman Empire, and a century later, in Europe. Since these early stages, and up until the period of post-war French intellectualism, these small hubs of social spaces have been a... Read More
Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns,... Read More
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Baltic Street Adventure Playground is a public art project commissioned in the lead up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games. We spoke to the lead play-worker Robert about his experiences of life in Dalmarnock and the benefits of the adventure playground to the community. Read More
We sat down with our Editor-in-Chief, Holly Baker, to discuss her experiences running Crumble and find out what makes her tick. Read More
Crumble Magazine is expanding and we would love to have you on board! We are looking to recruit new members to our business and finance team, our digital media team and our team of resident illustrators. Read More
Crumble has chosen three major themes explored in our upcoming issue 'Conflict//Resolution' for the Crumble Magazine Project. Our editors have provided small summaries and explorations of these three ideas, 'education', 'migration' and 'revolution'. How does architecture influence these themes in the 21st century? Read More
Foster & Partner's Quartermile Development in Edinburgh is a prime example of a modern redevelopment project, with aspirations to elevate and repopulate an underused area of the city centre. Yet it also reflects a worrying trend in modern architectural design; the conflict between visual representations of architectural ideas and the built reality. Why do architects choose to lie to themselves? Read More
For six months every year, the Esplanade at Edinburgh Castle is occupied by a steel and scaffolding behemoth, balancing precariously atop Castle Rock to host the Military Tattoo. Surely there is a more sensitive and sympathetic way to accommodate this traditional ceremony into the architectural fabric of the city? Is it telling of a wider loss of direction in attitudes to sustainability and preservation? Read More
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