Architecture
From the archive | a first glimpse of Storm King Art Center’s $45m redesign
The celebrated upstate New York sculpture park will begin an overhaul of its grounds to enhance visitor experience and biodiversity
Qatar ramps up cultural programme ahead of Fifa World Cup with museum previews and extensive exhibition programme
French curators take the reins at the country's new museums
Historic Beirut house damaged in city's devastating port explosion is reconstructed at Victoria & Albert Museum in London
The work charts an architect’s personal crusade to restore one of the finest remaining examples of Ottoman-Venetian homes in Old Beirut.
Williams College Museum of Art selects Brooklyn-based architects SO-IL for new building
The museum is currently housed in the university's former library building
London's Royal College of Art—whose graduates include Tracey Emin and David Hockney—doubles size of its Battersea campus
The £135m development is designed by Herzog & de Meuron
John Harris—an architectural historian and eagle-eyed connoisseur—has died, aged 90
A scholar of Inigo Jones and William Chambers, Harris mounted landmark exhibitions based on the RIBA drawings collection that he so radically transformed
Historic English villa—built by royal mistress to escape her 'stinker' of a husband—reopens after restoration
Henrietta Howard's Marble Hill is a rare surviving example of such a home, and even rarer as one created by a woman
Book reveals the perilous life and times of Stalin’s most celebrated architect
Boris Iofan, a Jewish architect born in Odesa—whose buildings included the Communist behemoth the “House on the Embankment”—built what the dictator demanded, creating architecture as an instrument of power
Ghanaian pavilion: returning country's presentation to spill out across Venice
For its second appearance at the Biennale, Ghana will install modular bamboo structures in locations around the city
Musée D’Orsay takes a trip through Gaudí’s fantastical world in new exhibition
Immersive show at the Parisian museum aims to show the varied output of the master of Catalan Modernism and go beyond his most famous work, the Sagrada Família
From torture to cream tea: new book chronicles the history of Britain’s castles
Eyewitness accounts from behind the gates of fortresses dating from the seventh century to now bring these imposing buildings to life
Photographer chronicles the destruction of the 'Ukrainian Stalingrad'
Stanislav Ostrous has been risking his life to photograph the architecture of Kharkiv, one of the first Ukrainian cities to be attacked by Russian forces
Book offers overdue estimation of Decimus Burton, an architect of Classical class
The acclaimed 19th-century architect's structures were once described insipidly as having “gentlemanly reticence”
Frank Gehry unveils new design for $350m arts school building in downtown Los Angeles
The new building for the Colburn School, an important music and dance institution, is expected to be complete in 2025
Metropolitan Museum picks Mexican architect Frida Escobedo for $500m revamp of Modern and contemporary art wing
Escobedo, the first woman to design a wing at the museum, was chosen over candidates including David Chipperfield, Ensamble Studio and other firms
Brazilian Modernist building struck by fire receives Getty conservation grant
The Jorge Machado Moreira-designed architecture and urbanism building of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro has received a $240,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to support the conservation of its archive
Decolonising South Asian architecture after British imperialism is the focus of new MoMA show
The exhibition chronicles efforts by architects in the region to adapt the tenets of international modernism to their material and cultural realities
New takes on Old Masters in a landmark of Old Hollywood
New York-based Half Gallery has taken over the home of Dorothy Arzner, one of the most successful lesbians in Hollywood in the first half of the 20th century
Laminating, latticing and plaiting bamboo: New book on Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia looks at sustainability and spirituality
Vo’s work offers a fresh perspective on the Western modernist tradition of “organic” architecture
Remembering Richard Rogers, Centre Pompidou architect who waded into the culture wars with his unique, hi-tech style
Anglo-Italian architect was responsible for numerous landmark buildings around the world including the Lloyd's insurance building in London
Former panopticon prison on Italian island to be turned into 'academy' for Europe's future leaders—and artist residency
The 18th-century horseshoe-shaped structure followed principle of social theorist Jeremy Bentham, which allowed for constant surveillance of inmates
The ugly pursuit of beauty: how traditional architecture has become a battleground for right-wing politicians
With the culture wars in full swing, reactionary ideas on city-making are again in the ascendant, argues architecture and heritage critic Robert Bevan
Spend, spend, spend: what lies behind the Stuarts’ taste for extravagant buildings and interiors
The turbulent period’s flashy architectural projects aimed to send out a powerful message, new book reveals
David Adjaye plans slavery museum in Barbados as new republic severs ties with Britain
Complex that will include a research institute for the Barbados Archives—a 400-year-old documentation of the British transatlantic slave trade
Top New York architect dropped midway through Hermitage Museum’s Moscow expansion project
Hani Rashid says he was ghosted by the Moscow city government
Remembering Owen Luder, architect whose gifts ran far wider than the Brutalist landmarks he is known for
Two of his most famous buildings, the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth and the Trinity Car Park and Shopping Centre in Gateshead, were demolished earlier this century
Art and architecture merge on Vancouver’s towers—but is the cultural outreach more than illusion?
Two public projects launching this week highlight the Canadian city’s booming developments, in which only a select few can afford to live
Squatters, desert cults and climate protestors: new book surveys the architecture of anarchist settlements
From geodesic domes in South Colorado to the Calais Jungle in Europe, this provocative work studies 60 structures that were built according to values of autonomy, voluntary association, mutual aid and self-organisation
Mies van der Rohe's landmark Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin ready for reopening after 'surgery' by David Chipperfield
Architect's Modernist masterpiece was “incredibly badly built” and took six years and €140m to restore to its former glory
Timothy Rub to step down as director of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Leader oversaw an ambitious series of construction projects but has also contended with reports of midlevel management abuses and equity issues