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What can you expect from an all-women-designed building? Architecture that prioritises community
Conversations with the community led to the creation of Toronto’s Reina condominium complex, complete with multi-generational units, ample stroller parking and child play areas visible from the communal gym.
‘Buildings affect our health’: Thomas Heatherwick on how dull architecture is just as harmful as fast food
The world-renowned English designer behind Azabudai Hills and Olympia is on a mission to make buildings that better serve our wellbeing.
Lisbon’s abandoned commercial spaces are offering creative solutions to the housing crisis
In a city centre that’s short on space, architect José Guimarães is betting that the answer isn’t to build more but to revamp what already exists.
A new chapter for Berlin’s Stabi, as a decade-long overhaul seeks to restore Scharoun’s civic landmark
We settle down in the spacious reading room of Berlin’s beloved public library, as it undergoes a renovation that will finally deliver on its 1960s ideals.
Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum reopens after renovation, with its original vision restored
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum’s architecture is almost as celebrated as the artworks held within. A recently completed major renovation has restored the museum to its original glory.
Room to grow: Impressive educational architecture in Finland, Austria and beyond
Built learning environments can be transformative, inspiring students to look after their surroundings while nurturing creativity. We talk to architects shaping outcomes for the better by eschewing screens and embracing natural light and greenery.
This award-winning Chilean football stadium is an architectural triumph
Stadiums aren’t just sports facilities. Done well, they can foster a sense of community and even enhance landscapes – as this example shows.
Frank Darling, the mystery Canadian architect who designed Toronto
Frank Darling, the prolific architect of Edwardian Canada, designed hundreds of banks and grand buildings yet his indelible mark on the skyline is largely forgotten.
‘If you have the privilege, this is a way to survive.’ How two 1950s towers built community in São Paulo
Edifícios Locarno and Lugano, twin residential towers in Higienópolis in Brazil’s largest city, were designed by German architect Adolf Franz Heep in the 1950s. The modernist apartment blocks remain comfortable homes to this day.
Step inside the Boston Central Library, a beaux arts monument to democracy
Founded in 1848, the Boston Central Library’s McKim Building is a celebration of civic pride and access to knowledge.
