POoR Collective works with local communities to co-design spaces they actually want to use. They took us around some of their favourite spots in the capital
Forensic and historical analysts are increasingly being dispatched to listed properties to debunk myths — and uncover new secrets
A Swiss couple with an idiosyncratic approach to the built environment believe their new venture Poeticwalls will bring vim to the property world
A ruined chapel perched above the Bay of Naples became the Roman-style fantasy home of the eccentric Swedish doctor and writer Axel Munthe
Historians are piecing together the trajectories of the French Huguenots, eastern European Jews and Bangladeshis who found refuge in Spitalfields — and finally opening the doors to a museum reflecting on immigration
The antithesis of the WFH Modernist box, these retreats are a return to the wonkily handmade, the lyrical and the eccentric
In an age of housing shortages and environmental challenges, architects are turning to a radical mid-century housebuilding programme for inspiration
The designer’s extravagant and wildly varying creations left an enduring legacy of buildings and parks that are now integral to the identity of the city
A German museum makes a fitting epitaph for the revered Japanese architect
The M+ museum shows how the architect defied the profession’s lone-wolf stereotype in enigmatic yet generous buildings
Empty buildings are often what’s left behind by economic and social upheaval — and they’re perfect for transformation into unique living spaces
The American architect’s minimalist folly, with its views of lush lawns — or ‘expensive wallpaper’ — was as influential as it was controversial
Traditional brick construction is increasingly unsustainable. Some architects think that ‘unloved’ stone from local quarries is the ultimate low-cost, low-carbon building material
Aberto, a new annual art show staged amid the fragile remnants of the city’s architectural legacy, opens up striking unseen interiors
Jason Barr’s enthusiastic celebration of the skyscraper argues that high-rises are engines of progress
Glitzy and azure is making way for a quiet, organic aesthetic: plant-fringed edges, silvery decking and lake-green linings melding into their settings
From stately homes to skyscrapers, little adds more to a home’s desirability — and price — though it can be tricky to change a lightbulb
Hypertrophying towers should not begin to kill the reason for their presence in the Square Mile in the first place
Start with contrasting designs, single-storey plans — and tea with your conservation officer
The architect and Olympian gets pumped on pull-ups, Przewalski’s horse dung and Superman
From a renovated Bel-Air Brown House to an airy ‘birdcage’ home designed with Tampa’s tropical climate in mind
Home to several famous sculptors over the years, this building remains an extraordinary repository of the work of Arthur Fleischmann who lived and worked here for decades
Mattel’s Dreamhouses have tracked changes in design and desire, perhaps even more closely than the doll
The life of a Georgian home and its residents through the centuries, from town house to tenement
A five-year overhaul of the cultural complex will open up new subterranean spaces but is arousing heated debate
