John Barr studied architecture in the early 1970s and is a product of both the architectural and educational ideas that emerged from the 1960s. Following graduation, he worked on a wide variety of projects in the UK, the Netherlands, the Middle East and Japan and, since 2012, he has combined practice with teaching at Strathclyde University Department of Architecture. Now, with the benefit of distance and a long career as an architect and teacher, he assesses the significance of an era that saw radical change and the promise of a better and more equal society.