Architecture
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Design
Be it furniture in the Czech Republic or a sauna in Finland (of all places), we’ve sought out some gems.
Standing on solid ground
The Czech town of Zlin was transformed by a visionary shoemaker who wanted to house his workers in a garden city. We explore his functionalist masterpiece.
The high life
The 1958 Bretagne Building in São Paulo has aged gracefully. Loved for its design, its biggest success is the sense of community it fosters among residents, making it a truly unique place to live.
Podium finish
Rome’s Olympic Village is now a modernist urban marvel – and a winning place to live.
Mix it up
Merging retail and residential can have a positive effect on a community. We visit Denmark and Japan to marvel at multitasking buildings that owe their success to their synergy.
Signs of the times
Our favourite city design details, from hanging lamps in Copenhagen to neon signs in Warsaw.
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’…
