• Reporter: James-Simon-Galerie Berlin David Chipperfield Architects

    The new entrance building for Berlin’s Museum Island, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, opens this summer

  • Hexagonal housing: Hoxton Press by Karakusevic Carson Architects and David Chipperfield Architects

    Karakusevic Carson Architects and David Chipperfield Architects have joined forces to create two striking towers of apartments whose private sale has helped fund the regeneration of the adjacent social and mixed tenure housing. It's an enlightened piece of community-centric redevelopment by Hackney Council

  • Let in the light

    Protecting their art treasures from harmful daylight has always been a major concern for galleries and museums, which often resorted to simply blocking it out. Thankfully, the approach is a lot more subtle these days.

  • Pond life – King’s Cross Pond Club

    This summer, visitors to the King’s Cross Pond Club will be able to take a dip in Britain’s first naturally filtered bathing pond, located squarely in the middle of one of London’s busiest construction sites. Aquatic plants will purify the water, even as the neighbouring diggers and cranes busy themselves with concrete and dirt. Shumi Bose speaks to artist Marjetica Potrc and Ooze architects, whose collaborative projects allow a glimpse of alternative ways of living