Architecture
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Setting the stage
Part of the city’s scenery in more ways than one, Vega has risen from its socialist roots to provide the perfect home for all kinds of music.
Streets ahead
Learning the rules of the road can be fun. This traffic school helps kids to move in the right direction.
Ring the changes
Luxury shops can often resemble department stores. Cartier’s local approach is a jewel in its crown.
Brick’s blessing
At this huge ecclesiastical spectacle, it’s small details that count: its five million bricks were sanded by hand.writer
Team building
With its open, egalitarian design and a layout that promotes easy political discussion, Seattle City Hall is a building that can actively shape public policy.
Open kitchen
A new restaurant is mixing up the Moroccan food scene by combining traditional design and French flair. Time to tuck in.
Urbanism
Sydney’s most important cultural venue since the Opera House, an Álvaro Siza watch and designer Ron Arad’s approach to work.
Freedom of expression
Turin is a city with many bold and experimental mid-century residential developments. Using these buildings as an inspiration, a new generation of architects is continuing to push the envelope.
Design tours: The world’s best public housing?
The world is urbanising fast. But how do you accommodate people in cities in a way that offers dignity, affordability and a sense of community? Vienna may have a solution.
Civic beauty
Sweden’s Eslöv Civic Hall is a monument to ambition. As the mid-century building is restored, we find out how it is making elite architecture a part of everyday life.
