Architecture
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Max Creasy on the future of architectural photography and a shift to the ‘snapshot’
A show of photographer Max Creasy’s work opens at the AA in London, asking a key question: where is contemporary architectural photography heading?
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Honouring visionary landscape architect Kongjian Yu (1963-2025)
Kongjian Yu, the renowned landscape architect and founder of Turenscape, has died; we honour the multi-award-winning creative’s life and work
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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An upstate São Paulo house is rooted in culture and the location that inspires it
Balancing tradition and modernity, upstate São Paulo house Casa MM by Equipe Lamas is ‘an oasis of intimacy within a residential setting’
By Tianna Williams Published
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A new AI data centre in Beijing is designed to evolve and adapt, just like the technology within
Specialised data centre Spark 761, designed by llLab, is conceived as a physical space where humans and AI technology can coexist
By Tianna Williams Published
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Is slowing down the answer to our ecological challenges? Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025 thinks so
Copenhagen’s inaugural Architecture Biennial, themed 'Slow Down', is open to visitors, discussing the world's ‘Great Acceleration’
By Marwa El Mubark Published
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Tour this immaculately composed Islington house for an art collector who loves entertaining
An Islington house by Emil Eve Architects, on coveted Thornhill Road, combines warm minimalism and some expert spatial planning
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A beautifully crafted concrete family house in a Mexican suburb is a contemplative oasis
HW Studio have shaped a private house from raw concrete, eschewing Brutalist forms in favour of soft light, enclosed spaces and delicate geometries
By Jonathan Bell Published
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An idyllic slice of midcentury design, the 1954 Norton House has gone on the market
Norton House in Pasadena, carefully crafted around its sloping site by Buff, Straub & Hensman, embodies the Californian ideal of the suburban modern house embedded within a private landscape
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A Spanish house designed to ‘provide not just shelter, but a tangible, physical experience’
A Spanish house outside Tarragona creates a tangible framework for the everyday life of a couple working flexibly in the digital world
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Inside the Apple House, the sustainable centrepiece of Tom Stuart-Smith's gardening Eden
The mission? To explore and celebrate the ways in which nature can impact well-being
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Richard Neutra's Case Study House #20, an icon of Californian modernism, is for sale
Perched high up in the Pacific Palisades, a 1948 house designed by Richard Neutra for Dr Bailey is back on the market
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Shanghai’s biennial, RAMa 2025, takes architectural exploration outside
RAMa 2025, the architecture biennial at Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, launches, taking visitors on a journey through a historic city neighbourhood – and what it needs
By Phineas Harper Published
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In Scotland, a derelict farmer’s cottage turns contemporary home
Black and Stone is the reimagining of a 1930s farmer’s cottage that celebrates its historic nature and Scotland’s dramatic scenery
By Tianna Williams Published
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A Cornish coastal home that flows like the tide and landscape
On the north coast of Cornwall, De Rosee Sa design a retreat shaped by surfing, sea views and natural materials, offering its owners a life of comfort and calm
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Glenn Sestig brings his fashion-infused design to a French Riviera flagship
The Belgian architect is the creative force behind the modern-meets-Mediterranean design of shoe label Morobé’s new store in Saint-Tropez
By Anna Solomon Published
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Inside Kazakhstan’s Soviet-era Tselinny cinema – now a hub for contemporary culture
Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture, a modernist landmark redesigned for its new purpose by Asif Khan, gears up for its grand opening in Kazakhstan
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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A carbon-emission-busting house, yeast-biomass building, and more ‘Designs for a Cooler Planet’
‘Designs for a Cooler Planet’ returns to Aalto University in Finland as part of the annual Helsinki design and architecture week, highlighting buildings, materials and solutions towards a better future
By Natasha Levy Published
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In memoriam: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, 1939-2025
Pioneering British architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has died at the age of 85; we honour the creative who marked 20th-century architecture like few others
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil Calder Gardens in Philadelphia
The new cultural landmark presents Alexander Calder’s work in dialogue with nature and architecture, alongside the release of Jacques Herzog’s 'Sketches & Notes'. Ellie Stathaki interviews Herzog about the project.
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A Mexican clifftop retreat offers both drama, and a sense of place
Casa Piscina del cielo, a clifftop retreat by Zozaya Arquitectos, creates the perfect blend of drama and cosiness on Mexico's Pacific Coast
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A new Tadao Ando monograph unveils the creative process guiding the architect's practice
New monograph ‘Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings, and Architecture’ by Taschen charts decades of creative work by the Japanese modernist master
By Tianna Williams Published
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Broken up into six pavilions, this brutalist Mexican house is embedded in the landscape
Sordo Madaleno’s brutalist Mexican house, Rancho del Bosque, is divided up into a series of pavilions to preserve the character of its hillside site, combining concrete, curves and far-reaching views
By Jonathan Bell Published
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In Mumbai, two coastal apartments offer options for brothers with different styles
Rajiv Saini’s NJM & PVM apartments in Mumbai demonstrate how identical layouts can be transformed into two distinct interiors
By Tianna Williams Published
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The new 2025 London Open House Festival tours to book
2025 London Open House launches this weekend, running 13-21 September; here, we celebrate the newcomers in the residential realm, flagging the exciting additions to the festival's growing home tour programme
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Meet the newly appointed architects of Finland’s Museum of Architecture and Design
JKMM has been announced the winner of the competition to design the prestigious new Museum of Architecture and Design of Finland in Helsinki
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A minimalist Moroccan villa is meticulously designed as an ‘observatory of time and nature’
DDAR, a minimalist Moroccan villa in Essaouira, designed by Othmane Bengebara, was crafted around its owner’s love of creativity, entertaining and quiet retreat
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Anish Kapoor designs Naples station as a reflection of ‘what it really means to go underground’
A new Naples station by artist Anish Kapoor blends art and architecture, while creating an important piece of infrastructure for the southern Italian city
By Ellie Stathaki Published