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Standing tall

The Spanish city’s first residential high-rise signalled that Valencia was on the up. Six decades later, it remains a status symbol.

  • Issue #165
  • 11 min read
Torre Ripalda's distinctive curved brick facade with repeating horizontal bands photographed from below against blue sky
Architecture

Streets ahead

Learning the rules of the road can be fun. This traffic school helps kids to move in the right direction.

  • Issue #160
  • 3 min read
Child wearing orange helmet riding yellow go-kart vehicle on miniature road in Basel traffic garden
Residences

Hidden gem

The angled roof of this secluded Ligurian residence complements its wild surroundings and offers its owners a quiet coastal escape from the bustle of city life.

  • Issue #146
  • 1 min read
Hidden gem
Design

Rise again

There’s often a temptation to pull down and rebuild but over the following pages we look at projects determined to make do and mend, starting with a modernist marvel in Spain.

  • Issue #145
  • 8 min read
Rise again
Design

Work in progress

Fifty years ago, architects started to reimagine the office. As we prepare for another shake-up of the workplace, we look at the ideas that stood the test of time.

  • The Forecast #11
  • 11 min read
Work in progress
Residences

Grand scale

The Majestic Mas de Tanit, built in the 70s on the French Riviera, has long drawn a glamorous international crowd.

  • Issue #128
  • 9 min read
Grand scale

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