space matters

We mustn’t lose our cultural heritage because that’s what makes us a nation. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Space Matters: From the root, part two

However bad the situation surrounding Malta’s built environment is there is still time to address this problem

March 3, 2024| Ann Dingli
We build badly because design bends itself to misguided policies. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Space Matters: From the root, part one

For developers, maximisation of profits means maximisation of area. The outcome is poor quality architecture and an oversupply of the same building typology

February 18, 2024| Ann Dingli
Private versus public footprint within Valletta’s public realm - St John Square.

Space Matters: The right to the city

Valletta’s public spaces are disappearing. We need to get our capital city back

January 14, 2024| Ann Dingli
Mosta’s fight for trees links to an ancestry of organised agitation. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Space Matters: Personhood in protest

This is the fourth article in the new Times of Malta column on the built environment

December 10, 2023| Ann Dingli
‘For reuse to take hold of mainstream development locally, there must be willingness for heritage practices to go off-script’. File photo

Space Matters: Our future is already built

This is the third article in the new Times of Malta column on the built environment

November 12, 2023| Ann Dingli
A computer-generated render of the proposed park/shopping centre at PAMA in Mosta as submitted by the applicant to the PA.

Space Matters: Green space – Malta’s growing urban quagmire

This is the second article in the new Times of Malta column on the built environment

October 8, 2023| Ann Dingli
We are at a precarious point in the trajectory of our built environment. File photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi

Space Matters: Addressing a critical cavity

A new Times of Malta architecture column looks at Malta's built environment

September 17, 2023| Ann Dingli