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The artist’s latest work of video collage probes our sense of place, space and transition
The city has long been a byword for forward-thinking building, from the Neoclassical glories of the world’s first shopping mall to Modernist masterpieces galore
Santiago Calatrava’s St Nicholas Greek Orthodox building resembles an art-deco radio
The posthumously completed Quito home of the Ecuadorean artist blends Baroque, European and indigenous imagery
Open at last, the Perelman Performing Arts Centre at the World Trade Center site is flexible and understated
Community centres, housing projects, a careful reimagining of an existing museum and a university faculty vie for award
David Chipperfield’s rooftop glass ‘pavilions’ were built in 2000 at the height of Clerkenwell mania
His visionary drawings, now on show in London, have been highly influential since the 1960s
‘Cultural insertion’ can breathe new life into empty commercial property — and tackle squeezed West End theatre capacity
The pared-down, sensual home of the revered Mexican architect graces a working-class neighbourhood in Mexico City
Built in 1950 as an affordable family unit, the property has been carefully restored for 21st-century living
South Korea’s burgeoning commercial gallery scene has led to the creation of architecturally adventurous buildings
We are obliged to sequester ‘stuff’ into soulless warehouses — maybe we should put some of it on display instead
An exhibition highlights a melding of craft and architecture that brings colour into homes
The 1896 mansion beautifully shows architect Charles Voysey’s skill in blending history with modernity
The architects’ work is celebrated in a London show which focuses on the stuff of their profession
The high street staple provided a spectacle of the rare and the serendipitous — and made our interiors far more interesting than today’s
A moated, gated, privatised space divided from the rest of London may have had its day
De Matos Ryan and AOC have brought both subtle clarity and cartoonish exuberance to the east London building
Edwin Heathcote selects his best mid-year reads
A new entrance has been integrated and internal spaces recovered in a £41mn refurb partly by architects Jamie Fobert and Purcell
In addition to providing protection in our rapidly heating cities, they offer another surface to add colour and decoration
Whether to add value to a property or to stash classified information, en-suite inflation is a growing phenomenon
Lina Ghotmeh’s structure in Hyde Park draws on everything from Stonehenge to ‘Mary Poppins’ and the root systems of trees
Architect Jeanne Gang’s work pulls together a complex building but with questionable material
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