Latest articles by Harriet Thorpe
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Lisbon Triennale connects architecture to culture through classification
The fifth Lisbon Triennale promises five exhibitions, 12 special projects and plenty of architectural plans to get lost in. Rich in historical inquiry and appreciation, materials and layers, it confirms the power of architecture within culture, and suggests how classification of the past can play a powerful role in shaping the future of architecture.
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Davide Macullo’s artistic timber house in the Swiss Alps
In a small village in Switzerland architect Davide Macullo has created an artistic response to the landscape through architecture with a timber house, a new addition to his Swisshouse series of houses in the Calanca Valley
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What to see at Open House London 2018
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The unlikely synchronicity between Italian radicalism and Japanese metabolism
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Drawing power: an exhibition of early artworks by Zaha Hadid
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Quirky cabinets frame a curious new collection at Sir John Soane’s museum
A new exhibition at the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London explores the collectable nature of a selection of seemingly obscure contemporary objects within three unique and evocative cabinets designed by architect Mat Barnes
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Balkrishna Doshi exhibition opens at Vitra Design Museum
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Leading female architects in their own words
International Women’s Day 2022 and Women’s History Month: Wallpaper* talks to four leading female architects about dreams, heroines and navigating the architecture world
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The ghosts of Caruso St John: a new show examines 33 unrealised projects
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Architect Johan Sundberg’s tree house hides in Swedish scenery
This private summer retreat in Sweden designed by Lund-based architect Johan Sundberg is submerged into its green surroundings, yet wide open to views of the sea through its sliding glazed facade to the south – it has us dreaming of long days and Scandiavian summers
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Mid-career manifesto: Sir David Adjaye pauses to reflect on his design philosophy
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Japanese and Italian design combine in Chicago office interior by Alvisi Kirimoto
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A house in Zurich questions the aesthetics of digitally-designed architecture
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David Chipperfield takes stock with a monograph documenting 30 years of work
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Junya Ishigami announced as Serpentine Pavilion 2019 designer
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Street photography from OMA’s Taipei Performing Arts Center construction site
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The top buildings that shaped culture in 2017
The year of 2017 brought many new architectural offerings. Here, we celebrate the best examples of the smartest new builds, canniest restorations and smoothest extensions that are upgrading the experience of life in our cities and communities across the globe.
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Financial Times office building Bracken House restored to glory in London
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Zaha Hadid Architects carves out riverside promenade and flood barrier for Hamburg
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Jean Nouvel’s European Patent Office is inaugurated in The Hague
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Flexible tiny house by Beatrice Bonzanigo presents infinite opportunities
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RIBA International Awards 2020 jury is announced
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Eccentric houses in Southern Puglia offer a new take on modernity
Discovering a sense of freedom from form in Southern Puglia, Salento Moderno documents a distinct breed of Italian houses with an imaginative and anarchic approach to architecture.
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Pavilion made of recycled IKEA mattresses wins Chart Architecture prize
