• Pablo Bronstein: A Choreography of Errors

    9 June 2016

    Pablo Bronstein’s works explore themes arising from the baroque and postmodern in media including drawings, installations and choreography. Between rehearsals for his Tate Britain commission, Historical Dances in an Antique Setting, Herbert Wright had the pleasure of an audience with him, and an opportunity to enquire about the new production, and sundry diverse matters

  • A metal morphing head visualizes Franz Kafka's distressed psyche

    8 June 2016

    A visually striking 11m tall head kinetic sculpture in Prague has been formed of renowned writer Franz Kafka. Located inside a busy shopping centre, right next to a building in which Kafka himself once worked as a clerk in an insurance company, the sculpture has been named 'K on Sun' and was created by David Černý, a courageous Czech sculptor.

  • Sweden's smörgåsbord of Architecture

    6 June 2016

    Sweden is an astounding country being the home of Ikea, smörgåsbord, ABBA, Max Burger and incredibly successful in Eurovision. Today is the National day of Sweden, so what better way to celebrate than to delve into the top five picks of architecture throughout this stunningly modern Scandinavian country.

  • Listen: Patricia Brown

    2 June 2016

    Chair of the London Festival of Architecture, on all through this month, Patricia Brown argues that in order to meet housing needs, London must build much more densely but, crucially, without losing the character that makes the capital unique

  • 15th Venice Architecture Biennale preview

    2 June 2016

    Ahead of our full coverage in the next Blueprint (347), we preview some of the highlights of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by this year’s Pritzker Prize winner, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena. Running until November, the theme Reporting from the Front focuses on frontlines across the world where architects and communities are faced with complex challenges and urban issues

  • Dubai takes the lead with the world’s first 3D-printed office

    25 May 2016

    The City of Gold has decided to use 3D-printing for its newest showpiece building structure, using a 3D-printer to construct an innovative office space in just 17 days.

  • Salone del Mobile, Milan review

    23 May 2016

    Editor Johnny Tucker and London Design Guide author Max Fraser pounded the pavements and piazzas to bring you the best design the city had to offer

  • Patrick Schumacher: Zaha’s incredible moves

    23 May 2016

    Patrik Schumacher, a director of Zaha Hadid Architects, reflects on the startling curves and audacious moves that made Zaha Hadid’s work so compelling and daringly new to the profession

  • Frank Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton sets sail with multicoloured installation

    17 May 2016

    New colourful ‘sails’ elevate the Louis Vuitton arts centre in Paris

  • Sainsbury’s Digital Lab by Chetwoods Architects

    16 May 2016

    Maintaining a happy and productive workforce of digital creatives is one thing, but housing them in the basement is another. Sainsbury’s Digital Lab manages to do just that, thanks to a unique, collaborative design by Chetwoods Architects that repurposed unused underground space beneath a London office block. Herbert Wright digs out the story