• New Tate Modern

    4 May 2016

    The statement extension to Tate Modern by Herzog & de Meuron opens to the public next month and we look at what it will offer.

  • The beginning of a beautiful friendship

    4 April 2016

    Alejandro Aravena was largely unheard of outside of his home country of Chile until he won last year’s Pritzker Prize. Now, he’s directing this year’s International Architecture Exhibition in Venice...

  • What a carry-on

    21 March 2016

    Stephen Hitchins travels through history to trace the evolution of luggage from its earliest form to the new smart case.

  • Mind the Gap: Crossrail

    9 November 2015

    Stephen Hitchins looks at Crossrail, a project that has been debated on and off for 150 years and now is within sight of being realised. But will the greatest transport scheme for London since the Underground be worth the wait?

  • The eagle has landed

    19 October 2015

    Stephen Hitchins looks at the progress of the largest development in London since the Great Fire of 1666, set to include the new American Embassy.

  • The national pavilions of Expo 2015 with Stephen Hitchins

    13 July 2015

    Stephen Hitchins takes an informative and witty hike around the national pavilions of Expo 2015 in Milan.