Architecture
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Funkhaus: on the same wavelength
We tour the stunning studios and recording halls of Funkhaus, east Berlin’s former communist broadcasting house.
Made with care
Got a civic project that not only needs to look smart but also have people’s best interests at heart? You need a Dutch architect.
In safe hands
Digital archives are no replacement for the real thing. In a visit to a secret hoard, history, humanity and passion are let loose to inspire, inform and entertain again.
Ghosts of the past
Belgium has opened a new embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This soft-power flourish will struggle to repair relations with the old colonial master, with the DRC on a worrying course.
Berth control
On Japan's Seto Inland Sea, one company is using top architects to create a truly bespoke cruise experience with just 19 rooms, a sharp contrast to the industry's mega-ships.
A little respect
Japan’s penchant for knocking down old buildings is taking a back seat in one prefecture, where the modernist architecture could, with the right exposure, help boost tourism.
The show must go on
Amie Ferris-Rotman reporting from Moscow: The Russian capital’s suburban cinemas crumbled with the USSR – but now two brothers are reviving the buildings and reinventing them as community hubs.
Gaudí regalvanised
The architecture of Antoni Gaudí has branded this city but until now this masterpiece has been off-limits. As it finally reveals its secrets, it’s caught up in a Catalan identity crisis.
Fixed abodes
Welcome to The Sea Ranch. Newcomers are encouraged – as long as they adhere to the aesthetic of this natural wonder
Read on
With Finland’s love of libraries well established, we head to a Helsinki haunt that typifies the country’s bookish ways.
