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A game of two halves: Renzo Piano’s Centro Botín in Santander
on 10 October 2017Renzo Piano’s new arts centre, Centro Botín in Santander, is designed in two halves, floating above the waterside like a pair of lungs clad in ceramic — and breathing life into the Spanish city
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An oasis of calm in the City: Angel Court by Fletcher Priest
on 7 September 2017A series of garden terraces provide a unique viewpoint from which to view the City of London at the new 27-storey tower designed by Fletcher Priest. The project has also increased local public realm by a third
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Warsaw rising: Zlota 44 by Studio Libeskind
on 4 September 2017A new luxury residential tower has become a dramatic addition to the skyline of Warsaw, but for both architect Daniel Libeskind and interior designer Woods Bagot, Poland’s past lies beneath the surface of its design
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Buried treasure: V&A Exhibition Road Quarter by AL_A
on 9 August 2017The Victoria and Albert Museum needed new space and increased access. Amanda Levete Architects' Exhibition Road Quarter takes the museum deep underground, creates the world’s first porcelain plaza, and simultaneously reveals its history
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Review: Mies van der Rohe & James Stirling: Circling the Square
on 6 June 2017An exhibition at the RIBA in London reexamines two iconic architectural schemes for the same site in the City of London by Mies van der Rohe and James Stirling
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Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk by Kwadrat
on 5 June 2017Poland has just opened it finest piece of architecture this century, but the Kwadrat-designed Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk is a battleground itself
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The Curve, Slough by bblur architecture, CZWG and Colorminium
on 10 May 2017The Curve, a new £22m library and community centre, by bblur architecture, CZWG and Colorminium, has given Slough a big boost, finds Herbert Wright.
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Review: Electricity at Wellcome Collection, London
on 18 April 2017Specially commissioned artworks are the highlight of the Wellcome Collection’s new Electricity exhibition, says Herbert Wright
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Europa building in Brussels by Philippe Samyn
on 10 April 2017The EU’s new Europa building is the most important new centre of political power built this century, and a marked departure from the modernist Brussels blocks that have housed Eurocrats so far. Designed to be a symbolic landmark, it not only integrates past elements in unexpected ways and visibly conveys sustainability, but also presents a poetic form behind an extraordinary screen facade. Its architect Philippe Samyn has sought to make it joyful.
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Imagine Moscow at Design Museum, London
on 29 March 2017A new exhibition at the Design Museum in London explores six unbuilt architectural landmarks in Moscow, imagined during the Twenties and Thirties following the Russian Revolution
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