The M+ museum shows how the architect defied the profession’s lone-wolf stereotype in enigmatic yet generous buildings
Empty buildings are often what’s left behind by economic and social upheaval — and they’re perfect for transformation into unique living spaces
The American architect’s minimalist folly, with its views of lush lawns — or ‘expensive wallpaper’ — was as influential as it was controversial
Traditional brick construction is increasingly unsustainable. Some architects think that ‘unloved’ stone from local quarries is the ultimate low-cost, low-carbon building material
Aberto, a new annual art show staged amid the fragile remnants of the city’s architectural legacy, opens up striking unseen interiors
Jason Barr’s enthusiastic celebration of the skyscraper argues that high-rises are engines of progress
Glitzy and azure is making way for a quiet, organic aesthetic: plant-fringed edges, silvery decking and lake-green linings melding into their settings
From stately homes to skyscrapers, little adds more to a home’s desirability — and price — though it can be tricky to change a lightbulb
Hypertrophying towers should not begin to kill the reason for their presence in the Square Mile in the first place
Start with contrasting designs, single-storey plans — and tea with your conservation officer
The architect and Olympian gets pumped on pull-ups, Przewalski’s horse dung and Superman
From a renovated Bel-Air Brown House to an airy ‘birdcage’ home designed with Tampa’s tropical climate in mind
Home to several famous sculptors over the years, this building remains an extraordinary repository of the work of Arthur Fleischmann who lived and worked here for decades
Mattel’s Dreamhouses have tracked changes in design and desire, perhaps even more closely than the doll
The life of a Georgian home and its residents through the centuries, from town house to tenement
A five-year overhaul of the cultural complex will open up new subterranean spaces but is arousing heated debate
Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum designed the dwelling to provide housing in areas prone to flooding
Edwin Heathcote selects his best mid-year reads
The celebrated architect enjoyed two periods of profound productivity — some 50 years apart
Michael Gilson’s tribute to 20th-century English gardening, its role in social change — and its forgotten hero
The Carbuncle Cup celebrates the monstrosities we are condemned to live with
He explains the thinking behind ‘Archipelagic Void’ and why following other starchitects is like joining the James Bond franchise
Horace Walpole’s Gothic Revival house became hugely influential as an English architectural style
An architect by training, he creates outdoor ‘rooms’ on tropical estates in Florida and the Bahamas
Ron Howard’s poignant documentary delves into what drove the enigmatic man behind the Muppets
