News & Press

Selected Press  – click on the links below to read the articles/watch the videos

2024

The RIBA Journal, ‘Emotionalist rescue: The Blue hotel by Spheron’

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Tszwai So completes ‘Emotionalist’ retrofit of Taiwan hotel’

Wallpaper*, ‘Tszwai So’s The Blue hotel redefines Taipei’s Landscape’

South China Morning Post, ‘Emotionalism at the core of Blue Hotel’s design in Taipei ‘(Video)

South China Morning Post, ‘In Taiwan’s capital is a hotel so captivating, the city ‘paused for a moment’ at its unveiling’

2023

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Spheron Founder unveils plans for Emotionalist retrofit of Taiwan Hotel’

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Landsec names diverse and emerging talent on new retail work roster’

The RIBA Journal, ‘Memorial Design and Meaning:extract from Remembrance Now’

2022

The Architecture Review – lovable buildings in a man-made world 

2021

The Architecture Foundation – New Architects 4 – Spheron 

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Spheron wins Peckham Library Square Competition’

Building Design, ‘Spheron Architects chosen to remodel Peckham Library Square’

London Festival of Architecture 30 Objects in 30 days – Tszwai So

Open House Film – the Belarusian Memorial Chapel

The RIBA Journal, ‘Put a camera in your pencil case’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘Hand drawing makes you look, learn and immerse yourself’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘Psychogeography allows us to explore the sensory city’ – Tszwai So

2020

Wallpaper*, ‘Spheron Architects argues for the value of emotion in architecture’

Financial Times, ‘In praise of new sacred buildings’

The RIBA Journal, ‘Architectural Education works against BAME candidates’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘Now you’ve got time for those personal projects’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘Faith buildings extend inclusivity in changing times’

The RIBA Journal, ‘ACME reinvents the Kentish oast as 21st century home’ – Tszwai So

2019

BBC News (Russian), ‘How the Belarusian church in London became the best religious building in the world’

British library, ‘UNOVIS – the Bauhaus of the East’- Tszwai So

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Spheron goes Art Deco for Rolls Royce showroom and workshop’

The RIBA Journal, ‘The making of a drawing’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘London house extension exemplifies next generation’s way of working’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘Why do we love or loath particular buildings?’ – Tszwai So

The Times, ‘Sharp British ideas for Notre Dame’

Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, ‘Emotional Architecture – Tszwai So’

Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, ‘Tszwai So in conversation with Hugh Pearman MBE’

2018

Building Design, ‘London architect wins Brussels memorial comp’

Building Design, ‘Nineteen British projects in running for EU Mies Award

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Spheron chief wins contest for monument to totalitarianism’s victims’

The RIBA Journal, ‘Eye Line 2018: the winners’

The RIBA Journal, ‘Belarusian Memorial Chapel’

2017

The Times, ‘Architects vie for pole position in the Strand’

Royal Academy, ‘ 10 buildings to see at Open House London 2017’

AJ Specification (AJ), ‘Belarusian Memorial Chapel’

ArchDaily, ‘Belarusian Memorial Chapel’

Architectural Review, ‘Memorial Service’

Architizer, ‘Building Faith: 10 Catholic Churches Designed to Uplift and Inspire’

Architecture Today, ‘Past Present’

Dezeen, ‘Artist can live life of solitude in micro apartment that emulates a religious retreat’

The Architects’ Journal (AJ), ‘Belarusian Memorial Chapel’

The RIBA Journal, ‘In from the Wilderness’

The RIBA Journal, ‘Re-embodying memories’ – Tszwai So

The RIBA Journal, ‘An unsung quest for authenticity’ – Tszwai So

World Architecture News, ‘London’s first wooden church since the Great Fire’

2016

The Times, ‘First wooden church since 1666 is set to shine its light’, Belarusian Memorial Chapel

The Times, ‘First Timber Church for 350 years’

The RIBA Journal, ‘A perfectionist whose passion inspires everyone’, Tszwai So

Wallpaper*, ‘Six unmissable events and exhibitions at London Festival of Architecture 2016’

Wallpaper*, ‘Cutting-edge religious architecture around the world’