Architecture
Inside Lambeth Palace, the historic building that will be home to the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally, who was appointed to the role last month, will be the first occupant of the palace following its £40m renovation
New York’s Studio Museum—known for championing Black artists—reopens in $300m new home
The legendary institution, which took seven years to build, reopens with an exhibition devoted to the works of Tom Lloyd
Belgium’s famous Menin Gate memorial to host first Armistice Day ceremony since €6m restoration
The structure, once described as a “sepulchre of crime”, has undergone extensive repairs—and now has a “living roof”
Amoako Boafo serves up a community tennis court in Ghana
The tennis-loving artist is bringing a space for sport, learning and creativity to the Accra neighbourhood he grew up in
‘It’s not complete without people’: the architect behind Art Week Tokyo's see-through pop-up bar
Designed by Ichio Matsuzawa, this year’s AWT Bar is made of transparent acrylic
‘Sometimes the space comes first’: how Shohei Shigematsu is using architecture to break cultural ground
The director of Office for Metropolitan Architecture's New York outpost is a master at presenting luxury marques at their most fantastical
Princeton University Art Museum graduates to expansive new home
The institution has doubled the size of its former space to display more of its collection of 117,000 works, plus newly commissioned sculptures and installations
Trump fires all members of fine arts commission that reviews construction projects in Washington, DC
The White House plans to install new Commission of Fine Arts members who “are more aligned with President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies”
Trump demolishes White House’s historic East Wing despite preservationists’ protests
One group called the sudden demolition “a collective loss” while another expressed concern the $300m ballroom that will replace the East Wing “will overwhelm the White House itself”
Historic architecture is celebrated in new Onera Foundation venue in Connecticut
The first show at the new space, opening on 1 October, is inspired by the Eero Saarinen-designed US Embassy in Oslo
Vancouver Art Gallery selects architects for second attempt at new building
After abandoning a costly design by Swiss starchitects, the museum has picked Vancouver-based Formline Architecture and Urbanism and Toronto-based KPMB Architects to take on the project
Outrage over heritage listing of temple in Mexico tied to sex-abuse scandal
La Luz del Mundo’s flagship church in Guadalajara is a unique structure, but should architectural value (and politics) override ethical concerns?
Calder Gardens opens this weekend in Philadelphia
The long-awaited project is not a museum but a contemplative, multi-sensory space—or an underground cathedral
Donald Judd’s architecture office reopens after previous restoration went up in flames
The building in Marfa, Texas, was badly damaged by fire in 2021, wrecking a three-year restoration project that was about to complete
Alexander Calder finally gets hometown space in Philadelphia
The $70m Calder Gardens is a unique space serving as both a celebration of the artist’s work and a meticulously landscaped oasis on the city’s grandest boulevard
Lina Ghotmeh to transform historic Uzbek scholar’s house into Jadids’ Legacy Museum
The space, due to open in 2027, will be dedicated to the ideas and enduring influence of Jadidism
In the new documentary Architecton, buildings collapse and stones dance
Victor Kossakovsky’s mostly-silent film reflects on the disposability of new buildings and durability of ancient construction
London’s Queen Elizabeth II memorial to feature contemplative Yinka Shonibare sculpture
The British-Nigerian artist Shonibare is part of the team behind the project, led by Foster + Partners
Tadao Ando’s only building in the Southern Hemisphere gets a five-year lifeline
The much-lauded temporary pavilion in Melbourne designed by the Japanese architect was facing an uncertain future
Sotheby’s offers peek at Breuer building’s makeover
New renderings show the subtle interventions the auction house is making to its new Manhattan locale ahead of the marquee autumn auctions in November
An expert’s guide to Postmodernism: five must-read books on the movement
All you ever wanted to know about the subject, from a pivotal novel to a book on how Postmodernism “shapes all aspects of contemporary life”—selected by The Cosmic House director Eszter Steierhoffer
Architect behind Serpentine Gallery's annual pavilion is also tackling Bangladesh’s museums crisis
The tent-like installation will be unveiled in London's Hyde Park later this week
Interiors of former Whitney Museum building landmarked ahead of Sotheby's move-in
Marcel Breuer's Brutalist gem on the Upper East Side is to undergo a partial renovation as part of its auction house revamp
Tadao Ando’s only building in the Southern Hemisphere faces uncertain future
The fate of the architect’s popular Melbourne pavilion, a project for the usually temporary MPavilion commission, is up in the air
Artists and architects shortlisted in Queen Elizabeth II memorial design competition
Designs by five teams have been shortlisted to create the proposed memorial in St James’s Park, with the winning entry due to be announced this summer
Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló is reaping the rewards from its continual reinvention
The Barcelona museum's latest revamp has added 2,000 sq. m for immersive exhibitions
What not to miss at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale
We introduce the 2025 main exhibition and pick out the national pavilions to look out for
Los Angeles wildfire memorial project seeks to save chimneys from famous architects’ houses
Chimneys from Pacific Palisades homes designed by Richard Neutra, Eric Lloyd Wright and others—in many cases the homes’ only remaining elements—would be turned into a memorial for wildfire victims
Catholic artists celebrate Antoni Gaudí’s place on the path to sainthood
Known as “God’s architect”, Gaudí was earlier this week declared “venerable” by the Vatican
Architect Lina Ghotmeh to design Qatar Pavilion at Venice Biennale
Lebanon-born Ghotmeh—whose other projects include a forthcoming redesign of the Western Range galleries at the British Museum—is known for her work addressing themes such as history and nature





























