• The architecture of High Rise

    9 May 2016

    Turning the works of JG Ballard into film has been a surprisingly rare occurrence, especially so when you consider in what high regard his output is held. Now filmmaker Ben Wheatley has taken on 1975’s High-Rise

  • Hide and Seek – OMA’s Timmerhuis

    9 May 2016

    Almost as soon as the bombs that all but obliterated Rotterdam had stopped falling, the redevelopment of the city began and it’s been going on ever since. The latest addition is the Timmerhuis - a ‘floating cloud of steel and glass’ by OMA, that seems to hide itself in the fabric of the city

  • All the wood’s a stage – Studio Gang’s Writers Theatre

    3 May 2016

    Timber is enjoying a renaissance as a contemporary building material, but the USA has been slow to catch up on innovations in Europe and Japan. Enter Studio Gang, one of the US’ leading practices. At the new Writers Theatre in a small town in Illinois, it has given timber a stage and pushed its performance to new levels

  • Spaces standards for homes

    3 May 2016

    A new nationwide minimum space guideline for new-build homes has been brought in by the Government, which might mitigate some of the worst abuses. Ten architects, housebuilders and developers give their views on the new move...

  • Montblanc, Hamburg by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

    26 April 2016

    Luxury pen maker Montblanc has just opened its latest store, its European flagship, in Hamburg, the company’s hometown. Designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance had the task of translating the brand’s detailing and narrative into its latest retail environment, ready for a roll-out through its other stores. Johnny Tucker reports

  • Forum for change – Herzog & de Meuron’s Blavatnik School of Government

    26 April 2016

    Herzog & de Meuron’s latest building, a wedding cake-like stack of glass volumes, is home to Oxford University’s first School of Government. Funded by Britain’s richest man, Leonard Blavatnik, its centrepiece is a grand cylindrical void designed to foster collaboration and interaction between future world leaders

  • The art of repetition – Dorothy

    20 April 2016

    UK studio Dorothy, comprising a Brummie, a Scouser and a Manc, has expanded its range of conceptual prints to include lost music venues and football stadiums.

  • Creation from Catastrophe: How Architecture Rebuilds Communities review

    18 April 2016

    The Royal Institute of British Architects’ latest exhibition looks at ways that cities and communities have recovered from disasters - from the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire to today’s grass-roots community schemes

  • Walk the walk – Shepherdess Walk by Solidspace and Jaccaud Zein Architects

    18 April 2016

    Forget about open-plan living, it’s all about the split section and flexible homes that work with the occupier and maximise the use of space, as Jaccaud Zein Architects’ and design-led developer Solidspace’s new residential development in Shoreditch attests to

  • Hendrix Flat, London by Outside Studios and Haines Phillips Architects

    11 April 2016

    It was 48 years ago today, that Jimi Hendrix had a pad to stay. His bedroom’s now restored to style, pretty sure it would’ve made him smile. So let me introduce to you, the place that’s waited all those years... 23 Brook Street, Mayfair