Architecture
London-based Studio Weave wins competition to revamp British Museum entrance
New welcome pavilions and a landscaped forecourt are scheduled for completion early 2026
Remembering Joseph Rykwert, influential writer and teacher on the theory of architecture
Warsaw-born RIBA gold medal winner, who became the professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, changed architectural understanding
Metropolitan Museum reveals design for new $550m wing for Modern and contemporary art
Designs for the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing, conceived by the architect Frida Escobedo, show a stepped exterior of latticed limestone
Environmental row escalates as historic Marks & Spencer store in London is set for demolition
Campaigners argue rebuilding Orchard House will release harmful embedded carbon and are calling on government to promote refurbishment over destruction
Through the Notre-Dame restoration, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc has now become ‘untouchable’. But at what price?
The five-year restoration of the cathedral has cemented the reign of the 19th-century architect, but his methods may not meet modern standards
Tracey Emin helps win fight to protect famous Margate tower block
Council rejects proposal to replace windows in Arlington House, a Brutalist seafront building
Farewell, functionality? The architect of this year's Art Week Tokyo Bar on her radical design
Plus, the three bespoke cocktails created by contemporary artists and mixologists
Take a peek behind the doors of acclaimed Tokyo houses
A programme of architecture tours at this year's Art Week Tokyo unlocks a series of historic private buildings
Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp
The new space's inaugural show is dedicated to the pioneering Cuban artist Belkis Ayón
Fate of Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper remains uncertain amid duelling lawsuits
Oklahoma’s Price Tower is caught in a tug-of-war between its current crypto-enthusiast owners, Wright’s conservancy and a company that restores historic buildings
'Not just the oldest, but the biggest': Alain Dominique Perrin on what to expect from Fondation Cartier's new gallery
Due to open in late 2025, the foundation's president hopes the new Palais-Royal location will draw around a million visitors each year
Fifty years after Hans Döllgast's death, conference explores his role in rebuilding post-war Germany
The architect rejected nationalistic solutions in favour of collaged restoration
Turning 21 with a bang: Frieze's revamped tent brings emerging galleries to the fore
The fair’s location in Regent’s Park is both a boon and a bind: but this year designers have reconfigured Frieze London’s layout to improve the experience for visitors and galleries alike
The Brutalist asks who owns the memory of the Holocaust and who defines an artist’s legacy
Brady Corbet’s new film, feted at the Venice International Film Festival and now playing at the New York Film Festival, follows a Jewish, Bauhaus-trained architect adjusting to life and work in the US after the Second World War
After 20 years without a permanent home, Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art will open this month
The museum is preparing to open a major new building in the heart of the Polish capital
Medieval Carcassonne laid bare in spectacular restoration
Visitors gain panoramic view of historic French city from upper ramparts after €5m restoration makes full circuit walkable
Brutalism meets art in São Paulo pop-up exhibitions
Homes designed by Ruy Ohtake and Chu Ming Silveira are the co-stars in annual show coupling contemporary art with architecture and design
Marcel Breuer’s summer house added to US National Register of Historic Places
What is happening with Breuer’s Cape Cod home?
Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper will go up for auction in October
Is Oklahoma’s historic Price Tower doomed?
Five of the best art books hitting the shelves this autumn
Our literary editor Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months
Second lawsuit to halt development of mega-spa on Toronto Modernist landscape is dismissed
The fate of the landmarked Ontario Science Centre also hangs in the balance of the redevelopment dispute over Ontario Place
Marcel Breuer’s Modernist cottage on Cape Cod sold to local trust, paving way for restoration
The Cape Cod Modern House Trust intends to use the architect's summer home to host residencies for artists, architects and scholars
New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse
A scheme by the non-profit Create London will convert the Newham building into a culture and learning centre
National Trust for Historic Preservation grants $3m to Black heritage sites across the US
Almost half of the funding will go towards preserving Modernist buildings designed by Black architects
Who really was John Soane? The man and manifesto behind the magnificent house museum
Former museum director Bruce Boucher’s room-by-room account of the architect’s collection takes far readers beyond the catalogue
Legal challenge to preserve Toronto's Ontario Place rejected as mega-spa project moves forward
In addition, it was discovered that the provincial government agreed to pay almost C$1m to make its controversial case for moving the Ontario Science Centre, which closed permanently Friday due to structural decay
Taking a close look at classical architecture as a ‘living system’
Edward McParland's recent, wide-ranging book takes an idiosyncratic approach to classicism, examining its complexities and expressive forms
From pews to power stations: a history of interwar British architecture that some feared might not be published
Gavin Stamp’s final book offers a fitting memorial to the architectural historian and Private Eye columnist
Virginia Overton creates new public work for Brooklyn’s former Domino Sugar Refinery
The Brooklyn-based artist has created an abstract wall sculpture for the building’s lobby using parts of the old factory’s iconic yellow sign
The Colombian architecture group championing traditional and Indigenous building techniques
Fundación Organizmo rejects the notion of Starchitects, instead collaborating with local artisans to create site-specific, sustainable buildings