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Design

Well built

Our pick of superlative designs that are functional, beautiful and made to last.

  • Issue #123
  • 18 min read
Well built
Architecture

On balance

Bridges connect us. We meet the architects and engineers using them to brand cities, draw tourists and, of course, bring people together.

  • Issue #122
  • 12 min read
White cable-stay pedestrian bridge spanning a river with city skyline in background.
Architecture

Complex life

How Whitlam Place in Melbourne eschews the cookie-cutter design of most new apartment complexes springing up in the fast-growing city.

  • Issue #122
  • 8 min read
Complex life
Architecture

The opener

We consider the loss of Cairo’s Maspero Triangle and dabble with dance. But first up: Miami finds the art in parking, Swiss gallerists have a Highland fling and Lewis Hamilton drives his point home.

  • Issue #120
  • 5 min read
The opener
Design

Thinking out loud

Philosopher Alain de Botton has persuaded celebrated architect Peter Zumthor to make a home for contemplation.

  • Issue #120
  • 8 min read
Thinking out loud
Architecture

Beauty and the beast

If the forces of mediocrity aren’t challenged then ambitious architecture is too easily threatened with eradication, as the case of 15 Clerkenwell Close only too sadly shows.

  • Issue #120
  • 4 min read
Beauty and the beast
Architecture

Worship worthy

When architect Ricardo Bofill discovered a vast, disused cement factory, he transformed it into his firm’s HQ – an office of religious proportions.

  • Issue #120
  • 7 min read
Worship worthy
Architecture

Architecture

From a concrete creation in Chile to a cosy studio in New York, we highlight eye-catching architecture.

  • Issue #120
  • 6 min read
Architecture

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