Architecture
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To the rafters
Gracing the interior of a number of contrasting sporting arenas, Neue Holzbau’s intricately engineered timber designs have put the Swiss company in a league of their own.
Zürich: co-operative living
We head to Mehr als Wohnen, a unique mixed-use development housing a happy and healthy community.
Happy space
City dwellers pine for attractive and usable public spaces and city planners are taking note. We visit places where poetic verses are daubed on streets and ‘playable pavements’ allow children to let off steam.
Inside Jørn Utzon’s Fredensborg Houses, where architecture and community age well
The foreboding exteriors of the Fredensborg Houses have been compared with a prison. But inside, Jørn Utzon’s revolutionary housing project is as captivating as his masterpiece: the Sydney Opera House.
Culture
A lease of new life in Kuala Lumpur’s venues, a concrete option for Irish cinema-lovers and the return of a German literary review.
Suite dreams
Whether you’re escaping the bustle of Mexico City, reconnecting with nature in Ireland or yearning for some quality time in iceland, here’s our round-up of relaxing retreats for the holidays.
Play with your food
Architect and caricaturist Gustav Peichl finds many similarities between what he does and what he eats – but the main one is pleasure.
Baltic beauty
Finland’s capital boasts magnificent architecture, quirky drinking venues and dashing design.
Clean canvas
A Victorian bath house in south London has been reborn as an inviting – and very timely – new gallery space serving Goldsmiths’ art college and the community beyond.
My house is your house
On an area of parkland in central Warsaw stands a small settlement of wooden Finnish homes. A legacy of postwar hardship, these days they stand as a striking symbol of peace and friendship.
