Architecture
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Beauty and the beef
How do you balance the welfare of livestock with an architectural aesthetic that befits bucolic surroundings? We pulled on our wellies to find out.
Architecture
A fix for an urban-planning disaster in Sydney and a Barcelona architecture firm on the up.
Design
Gert Voorjans turns his talents to domestic interiors, plus a look at what design can achieve in the coming year.
Height of ambition
The Oscar Niemeyer-designed JK Building is the tallest, most populous high-rise in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Thanks to an open-plan design and an eclectic mix of residents, it’s a city icon.
Statement piece
Berlin is firming up its footing on the world stage with a sparkling renovation of its stellar department store, KaDeWe, a six-year, €300m project.
Building momentum
From homelessness to hurricanes, the issues that call for homes that can be thrown up swiftly and securely are diverse. It also helps if they can profit their surroundings, both financially and aesthetically.
Piece together
Amid the crises that Lebanon has faced over the past few years, new design galleries and studios have emerged across the capital and secured its status as a chief design centre in the Middle…
2016 Venice Architecture Biennale – National Pavilions
Our second film report from the Venice Architecture Biennale focuses on the national pavilions’ responses to curator Alejandro Aravena’s quest for new points of view on the social, political and cultural issues facing the…
2016 Venice Biennale – Reporting from the Front
In the first of two film reports from the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale we talk to Chilean architect – and this year’s curator – Alejandro Aravena about his chosen theme ‘Reporting from the Front’…
Healthy architecture
How can architects, designers, retailers and city planners embrace a new vernacular that delivers places that leave us feeling better about our lives? Our fourth Quality of Life Conference film explores the notion.
