Architecture

By Tom Ravenscroft Vast ceremonial spaces, a presidential palace and the largest mosque in Africa have been captured in these photographs of Egypt‘s New Administrative Capital, taken by Johan Blasberg. Taken earlier this year, the photos show the architecture and public spaces of […]

By Starr Charles Dutch studio MVRDV has completed the Portlantis exhibition centre that doubles as a viewing tower overlooking the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Designed to serve as a “beacon” for the port, the Portlantis centre is composed of five rotated and stacked […]

By Jenna McKnight Mass timber and ample glazing feature at an elementary school in northeast Vancouver, which was designed by Canadian firm HCMA Architecture + Design to depart from the “dark, insular schools of the past”. Situated on a 1.4-hectare site, the public school serves about […]

By Starr Charles Following the Royal Institute of British Architects‘ announcement that Japanese studio SANAA has won the 2025 Royal Gold Medal, we spotlight 10 of the studio’s most interesting projects. SANAA, the studio led by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, was named the winner of this […]

By Amy Peacock Part of the 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at OMA‘s CCTV Headquarters in Beijing, an iconic symbol of China‘s construction boom. OMA‘s skyscraper was among the first wave of high-profile buildings designed by Europe’s top […]

Architecture Discipline completes a wooden house in Goa, shaping the low-carbon material into a striking residence that overlooks the Arabian Sea BY JONATHAN BELL A new wooden house in Goa by Architecture Discipline lays a claim to being India’s first mass timber home, […]

By Ella Jessel A dark grey roof shaped like an armadillo’s shell peeks out behind a row of terraced houses on Station Lodge, a home in southwest London designed by local architectural studio Lacey & Saltykov. Named after its location overlooking Motspur […]

Soviet brutalist architecture offers eye-catching imagery; we delve into the genre’s daring concepts and look beyond its buildings’ photogenic richness BY EDWIN HEATHCOTE The curious thing about Soviet brutalist architecture is that it is incredibly rich in profoundly photogenic buildings that appear […]

By Starr Charles Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres. Built by Kengo Kuma and Associates as part of the Grand Paris Express – a new rapid transport system around the […]