Architecture
Architects in Iceland are showing us how to build with molten lava
Iceland’s volcanoes might have an unexpected new purpose. An architect duo want to harness eruptions to shape the houses and cities of the future.


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Wildflower Studios: The production company bringing Hollywood-style filmmaking to New York
The East Coast’s film-production scene is being revitalised by an innovative complex in Queens designed to celebrate the bigger picture. We meet Adam I Gordon, the warehouse owner-turned-studio boss.

Three firms demonstrating the role of architects in designing productive workspaces
From an environmentally minded life-sciences campus in San Diego to a transformed 1960s police station in Belgium, well-considered architecture can help businesses to step up their game and give back to their communities.

Richard England’s architectural world in Malta
Malta’s pre-eminent architect Richard England isn’t slowing down just yet.

The architectural diplomacy of Swiss embassies in Singapore, Cuba and the UK
Embassies are not just places of work; they are also living representations of a country’s worldview. We visit three Swiss outposts of diplomatic design.

Interview: Sara Zewde on how she is designing for a changing climate
Landscape architecture is often viewed as a “nice to have” design discipline, one that’s focused on making projects look pretty once architects have finished their work. It’s a notion that Sara Zewde is turning…

Olympiapark’s success story: How it set the gold standard in architecture
Built at an important moment as Germany restructured its postwar image, Munich 1972’s athletes’ village is a rare example of Olympics infrastructure that remains admired today.

This celebrated Brazilian architect finds inspiration outside of the blueprint
From making short films to becoming friends with Radiohead, architect Isay Weinfeld says that there’s more to life than architecture.

The Grand Palais director on the fragile art of renovation
As overseer of France’s revered cultural institutions, Didier Fusillier has ambitious plans for the capital’s most storied museum.

New Line House: A carefully rethought modernist home in the Sydney suburbs
The smart renovation in a Sydney suburb breathes new life into the work of a pioneering home-builder.
