Architecture
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Smarter homes
Meet the architects and businesses who are creating housing that’s affordable, sustainable and a pleasure to live in.
Making a scene
Palermo’s patched-up palazzos make the city the perfect backdrop to the stirring artwork on display at Manifesta, the roving biennale.
Height of taste
Japan’s capital is home to a new restaurant from the team behind Noma. We tested the flavour of its aesthetic fusion.
Architecture Briefing
The US firm moving beyond desert modernism, plus an artistic spot in the English countryside and a starkly dramatic Algarve capital.
In praise of balconies
Look up as you stroll Zürich’s streets and you’ll see these outdoor living rooms everywhere. Monocle Films visited the city to outline this architectural feature and how it improves quality of life.
Fit for purpose
Relocating its headquarters, London-based fashion label Cos adapted a historic building to suit its business needs.
Stairway to heaven
The co-operative apartment block in Valencia that’s a brutalist triumph, casting a spiritual spell on its devoted residents.
Park life
City dwellers are turning to the pleasures of the natural world as an antidote to urban stress. We uncover the green shoots of renewal in Paris, Munich and Beirut.
Architecture
We help Sydney improve the quality of after-life, meet the Vietnamese designers looking to the past for new solutions and venture into the dapper new showroom of an Italian design giant.
Bathing in glory
Summoned by the sun, students and suits alike flock to the Bains des Pâquis – and the baths’ custodians want to ensure that the water remains inviting all year round.
