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.
Author: Jason Sayer
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.
BREAKING: Stirling Prize Awarded to Foster + Partners' Bloomberg European HQ
The London office, where 4,000 Bloomberg employees work, was lauded for its sustainable architecture, workplace design, and new public spaces.
Stallan-Brand Designs Dramatic 56-Foot-Long Cantilever for a School in Scotland
Soaring 34 feet above an outdoor play area, the Broomlands Primary School's larch-clad canopy was inspired by the pitched roofs of local vernacular architecture.
Studio Weave Conjures a Whimsical School Expansion Outside London
Completed on a tight budget, the 1,615-square-foot project in West London offers moments of play and calm for students facing moderate to severe learning challenges.
The Sordid Saga of Eileen Gray's Iconic E-1027 House
Designed by Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray, the 1929 French Riviera villa was an obsession of Le Corbusier and fell into ruins before being bought by conservationists in 1999.
The Artist Christo Floats a 661-Ton Installation on London’s Serpentine Lake
The London Mastaba, which uses more than 7,000 barrels and reaches 66 feet into the air, was originally conceived in 1958.
The Smithsons' Robin Hood Gardens Becomes a Cautionary Tale at the Venice Architecture Biennale
A Ruin in Reverse raises questions about the future of social housing in London and marks the loss of genuine free space
Golden Lions Go to Eduardo Souto de Moura, Kenneth Frampton, and Switzerland at Venice Biennale
The Portuguese architect won the prestigious prize for a contemplative chapel he designed for the Vatican's Biennale contribution.
'We Will Not Stand Silent': 150 Demonstrators Gather at the Venice Biennale To Demand Equity in Architecture
Odile Decq, Martha Thorne, Farshid Moussavi, Jeanne Gang, and others protested this morning to demand equal representation in the architectural profession.
The U.K. Landmarks 17 Postmodern Buildings
The government body Historic England moved to ensure that some of Britain’s best Postmodern buildings are preserved.
Interrobang Revives and Restores a British Art Deco Masterpiece
The British architecture and engineering firm has transformed London's 1933 Hoover Building into a 66-unit residential complex, returning it to its former glory in the process.
Frida Escobedo Adapts Mexican Building Techniques to London for 2018 Serpentine Pavilion
Featuring screen walls and a mirrored roof, Escobedo's design will be "a timepiece that charts the passage of the day."
Publicity Stunt? "Working-Class Theme Park?" Questions Loom for the V&A's Three-Story Robin Hood Gardens Fragment
The Victoria & Albert Museum is preserving a three-story chunk of the Peter and Allison Smithson–designed Robin Hood Gardens housing project.
2017 Stirling Prize Goes to dRMM's Hastings Pier
The London-based firm restored a burned-down 1872 Victorian pier for a diverse array of public uses.
Foster + Partners–Designed Bloomberg London HQ Opens
The office houses an ancient Roman temple and may be the world’s most sustainable commercial building to date.
