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    Government proposals allowing residents to vote on new developments are full of holes

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Architecture
    The secret history of the women designers behind cherished buildings

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  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
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    The latest addition to the London Underground is restrained and austere, with touches that echo older glories

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    This ‘deposit of unimaginable wealth in the sky’ is also an exquisite feat of architecture

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    A reincarnation of London’s Ace Hotel doesn’t try too hard to be cool — and it’s better for it

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    Architecture
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    The poet and designer hated modernity, yet this Elizabethan farmhouse was pivotal to the history of Modernism

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    Design
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  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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    The architecture of horror shifts from gothic to Modernist

    Creaky stairs and dusty attics used to be film’s language of fear. Now these on-screen homes are all cool concrete and glass

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
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    Modernist dreams — the architectural future that never was

    Two books look back fondly at the beauty of Brutalism and an era of municipal optimism

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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    Refurbished Burrell Collection keeps its wonder, if not its integrity

    The Glasgow Museum’s £68mn renovation future-proofs the building, but at a cost to its original subtlety

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Architecture
    Francis Kéré becomes first African architect to win Pritzker Prize

    Born in Burkina Faso, the Berlin-based laureate has built both innovative village schools and global prestige projects

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    Architecture
    The Outernet development is a disaster at the heart of London

    The music venue complex is covered in garish gold and resembles a provincial nightclub

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
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    The biggest office-to-apartments conversion in New York’s history signals a deeper shift in Manhattan power

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    Theaster Gates is an inspired choice for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion

    The artist will combine the potteries of England and the spirit of Chicago in his structure

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    The Rotterdam museum’s striking storage facility makes collections accessible to the public

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    Budapest’s new gallery-concert hall is part of a plan to regenerate a site of national pride

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    The latest outpost for the group is a brasserie-cum-cinema in a building rich with New Wave heritage

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    François Pinault’s Bourse de Commerce stakes his claim at the heart of Paris

    Tadao Ando’s €160m renovation of the former commodities exchange for the Pinault Collection is bold and counterintuitive

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    ObituaryArchitecture
    Richard Rogers, architect, 1933-2021

    British designer who became one of the most distinctive figures on London’s cultural scene and helped transform its skyline

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