Folly
About

In 2019 Folly started as an email newsletter. Delivered once a month it aimed to explore architectural history through a light-hearted approach. It was rooted in a fascination with the ridiculousness of architecture, taking the Folly as our primary reference—a foolish entity with no apparent function. But it is precisely this fanciful mode that we strive to exist in. It is a fertile space where we can play with forms of writing and methodological approaches—unburdened by the seriousness of academia.  

Growing organically it started to include a range of voices, asking new contributors to expand this curious approach. At the end of each year, we published a collection of texts; Book One, Two, Three, and Four. The profits for these were donated to New Architectural Writers.

In 2024, we decided to transition from digital to analogue, creating Folly Journal. Its aim is to continue championing forms that push and test the discipline. It is an irregular journal that supports the absurd and experimental in critical writing about architectural history.

Folly has also collaborated on exhibitions; working as part of research teams to explore the constellations of physical and digital archives or the domestic and feral nature of Pigeons.