The Pandemic and Protests Have Highlighted Just How Unequal Our Cities Are
With a new urban crisis surfacing, designers from around the world propose radical changes to transportation, cooperative living, and public space.
Author: Jason Sayer
From the Printing Press to Pinterest, Surveying Mass Media's Influence on Architecture
Freestyle, organized by London design studio Space Popular, is an immersive tour of U.K. architectural history.
Glenn Howells Architects Designs a New Facility for the English National Ballet
Located in East London, the new building is a pearl in City Island, a site ensnared by old and new infrastructure.
Cesar Pelli’s Only Building in the U.K. Is Now Home to a Coworking Space
The iconic One Canada Square in Canary Wharf has three floors filled with rich materials and an overall ’70s chic courtesy of local firm dMFK.
Grafton Architects Completes its First Building in the U.K., Kingston University’s Town House
The Dublin-based firm worked with a somewhat radical program that juxtaposes dance studios with a library and lecture area for the southwest London university.
An Architect's House Filled With Cosmic Energy and Historical References Rises in the South of England
Adam Richards based the design of his Sussex home on the Tarkovsky film Stalker, filling it with art, maps, and ample cultural symbolism.
Deconstructing Degrowth at the Oslo Architecture Triennale
The 2019 edition of the triennale imagines a world free from the pursuit of GDP—but is it enough?
Sustainable Architecture Comes Into Focus For This Year's Stirling Prize
In contrast to recent years, this crop of RIBA Stirling Prize nominees foreground sustainable design practices ranging from low-carbon materials to adaptive reuse.
Second Home Extends Its Bold Aesthetic to Its Latest Coworking Office
The company, known for its vibrant colors and ample indoor foliage, recently opened a new London office designed by Madrid-based firm Cano Lasso.
DS+R Designs Elevated Walkway for London's Greenwich Peninsula
The first phase of the High Line–esque walkway, which features vaulted steel piers and multiple landscaped "islands," opened this week.
In a Swiss Village, Architects Transform a Conference Center Into a Concert Hall
Studio Seilern Architects doubled the size of an underground meeting space, building dramatic glass-lined enclosure for the modern, 663-seat oak-paneled venue.
New David Chipperfield–Designed Addition to Berlin's Museum Island Set to Open
Wrapped with a stark minimalist colonnade, the James Simon Gallery blends a Modernist aesthetic into the storied Neoclassical architecture of Germany's national museum hub.
Chain Mail Now Protects Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Renowned Hill House
London studio Carmody Groarke designed a steel chain mail enclosure—with no less than 29,000 square feet of mail—that shields the Arts & Crafts masterpiece from water damage.
With Its Serene Amphitheater, Neri&Hu's "Introverted" Aranya Art Center Completes in China
The museum, located in Qinhaungdao and northeast of Beijing, also features an imposing facade of angled concrete panels.
Chinese-American Architect I.M. Pei Passes Away at 102
Ieoh Ming Pei was among the world's leading Modernist architects, designing iconic buildings throughout the second half of the 20th Century.
The Bauhaus Comes (Back) to Weimar
The new Bauhaus Museum Weimar—which just opened earlier this month—reveals the school’s forgotten and never-seen-before early history.
Feilden Fowles’s New Visitor Center for the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Is a Quiet Triumph
A softly-spoken essay in subtle details, the new visitor center is less about itself and more about the dramatic landscape it inhabits.
HASSELL Designs Vibrant Interiors for a Seven-Floor London Coworking Office
The new 32,300-square-foot coworking office, operated by Fora, includes a restaurant and cafe at its base.
This Dazzling Brick Facade in London Harks to the City's 20th Century Architecture
Architects Stiff + Trevillion collaborated with artist Lee Simmons on the facade for 40 Beak Street, which includes famed British artist Damien Hirst among its tenants.
A Minimalist School Addition Helps a British School Reconnect with Its Landscape
Years of ad hoc expansions has cut off St Teresa’s boarding school from nature, but new buildings by London-based IF_DO aim to turn the tide.
