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December 15, 2025
Skip to content Christmas Festival of Bad Habits Peer Collective and artist Kateřina Šedá reimagine the Christmas market as a public space for reflection, sobriety and shared experience in Brno, Czech Republic. Photos Matej Hakár In a quiet corner of Brno, a temporary installation is challenging the norms of seasonal consumerism. Architects Peer Collective and […]
December 3, 2025
Skip to content Zayed National Museum Designed by Foster + Partners, the UAE’s national museum in Abu Dhabi explores the history, identity and legacy of the nation through striking architecture, immersive displays, and a high-performance environmental strategy. Photos Zayed National Museum Zayed National Museum, the long-awaited centrepiece of the Saadiyat Cultural District in Abu Dhabi, […]
September 23, 2025
Skip to content Shoemakers Museum Purcell completes the Shoemakers Museum: a new home for Clarks’ 200-year legacy and a civic anchor for the Somerset town of Street. Photos Nick Guttridge Purcell has completed the new Shoemakers Museum in Street, Somerset; a new cultural and civic anchor that celebrates the town’s 200-year history as the home […]
September 18, 2025
Skip to content Holburne Museum Eric Parry Architects returns to Bath’s Holburne Museum with two new galleries designed to house Renaissance treasures from the Schroder family collection. Photos Dirk Lindner Eric Parry Architects has completed two new gallery spaces and associated facilities at the Grade I-listed Holburne Museum in Bath. The £2.5m project extends the […]
June 6, 2025
A landmark of Glasgow’s industrial past, The Briggait has long stood as a gateway between the city’s medieval Merchant City and the River Clyde. Now, thanks to an ambitious refurbishment by Collective Architecture, two of its historic market halls have been restored, rekindling a vital connection to the river and the distinctive cultural landscape beyond. […]
January 9, 2025
Sadler’s Wells East O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sadler’s Wells East brings dance to diverse audiences and much-needed permanence and purpose to Stratford Waterfront. Words Isabel Allen Photographs Peter Cook “We wanted to make a building that spoke of the site’s industrial past,” says Sheila O’Donnell. We are gazing at the saw-tooth roofline of Sadlers Wells East, […]
September 26, 2024
Haworth Tompkins’ £14.5 million transformation of the Warburg Institute in London’s Bloomsbury includes the Institute’s first gallery, a 140-seat auditorium, and a state-of-the-art centre for special collections. Photos Hufton+Crow The Warburg Institute in London, one of the world’s leading centres for the study of art and culture, has unveiled a transformational redevelopment of its Bloomsbury […]
September 9, 2024
In Hertfordshire, Bennetts Associates and Citizens Design Bureau have transformed the former Hertford Theatre, bringing it up to speed and expanding its offering as a new multipurpose arts venue. Photos Hufton + Crow On the banks of the River Lea, a new, angular, brick building has arrived in Hertford. ‘BEAM’ as the building is known, […]
February 5, 2024
A one-kilometre-long art museum in Rizhao, China, by Junya Ishigami forms an inseparable bond with its lake-based site. Photos Arch-Exist Designed by the celebrated Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, Zaishui Art Museum is located on an artificial lake in Rizhao, Shandong Province, China, and comprises exhibition spaces, a visitor centre, and retail areas. Extending one-kilometre across […]
December 7, 2023
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has skilfully reworked a major arts venue in Brighton. Photos Richard Chivers, Chloe Hashemi, Nick Street, Andy Stagg Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished the Grade I-listed Corn Exchange and Grade II-listed Studio Theatre, which forms part of Brighton Dome, a major arts venue in the heart of the city. The […]
June 22, 2023
Jamie Fobert Architects, in collaboration with Purcell and Max Fordham, has comprehensively reworked London’s National Portrait Gallery. Photos Olivier Hess, Jim Stephenson Jamie Fobert Architects, working alongside heritage architect Purcell and environmental engineer Max Fordham, has completed the most significant redevelopment of London’s National Portrait Gallery in the Grade I-listed building’s 127-year history. Central to […]
June 20, 2023
Melissa Dowler, a director of Bell Phillips Architects, on Los Angeles, a city that does not make much sense but has an unmistakeable joie de vivre. I don’t have a lot of time for patriotism. I maintain that the gift of being dual national (American mother, British father) is the right to be jaded about […]
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