Architecture
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Vaulting ambition
We give some well-deserved credit to the team invested in London's finest and most ambitious new hospitality spot: The Ned.
Architecture
The Swiss Natural History Museumand its new home, the Nordic airport offering visitors a warmwelcome and a few fixes for Belgrade’s cycling infrastructure.
Social climbers
Staircases can trigger conversations, provide a sense of arrival and dazzle with ingenuity. So why are they neglected in the design of so many new projects?
A careful restoration brings Harwell Hamilton Harris’s Birtcher-Share House into a new era
How do you improve on perfection? For the owners of the Birtcher-Share House it meant asking what the architect would have done and matching his humility at every step.
How to fit in
It’s tempting for successful architects to go global but these three practices are nicely rooted and widely reflective.
Cut from different cloth
Uniqlo’s new home represents the company’s desire to become a more hi-tech operation – and rewire its staff at the same time.
Strong foundation
Despite being fired from two jobs, Monica von Schmalensee now heads Scandinavia’s largest architecture practice. She mulls over the merits of being direct in the design world.
