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At 83, the architect behind the Centre Pompidou and the Shard is working on his most ambitious projects yet. He explains why his buildings are designed to fly
After 50 years, Paris’s most radical cultural building is still unrivalled — but its co-designer says its planned makeover is overdue
A seductive survey of the architect’s oeuvre asks more questions than it answers
By juxtaposing two of the biggest names in postwar art, this show risks covering familiar ground — but succeeds instead in casting new light on their oeuvres
Industrial structures like the Pompidou and Lloyd’s Building seem nostalgic for a bygone age
Ronald Stern has spent four decades tracing the life and legacy of the iconic Italian carmaker
The new Centro Botín helps tie together the Spanish city and its waterfront
The RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner talks about his love of concrete — and being banned from practising in Brazil
Developers switch designs from 254-metre residential tower to squat office cube
Quest for sky high returns can grate on the eye
The French capital collects designs that will never be built, writes Adam Thomson
There are 260 planned developments of more than 20 storeys
Site to be developed by company that built London’s Shard skyscraper
Nono’s beguiling 150-minute opera was staged here with almost no distractions from the music
Exhibition both critiques and panders to art-world consensus
The makeover is long overdue but has the architect gone far enough?
Southwark council backs plans for 26-floor residential building
Most visible candidate is 308m Shard skyscraper
Planners, architects and developers across the world are promoting mixed-use projects, particularly if they include cultural buildings
With so many vineyards competing for tourism, a dazzling new design may also be a sound commercial decision
Architects must engage with differences in scale, style and era, from medieval streets to steel skyscrapers
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