• Salling Tower brings architectural expression to Aarhus harbour

    10 March 2016

    A new viewing tower and landmark is highlighting the harbour of Aarhus in Denmark

  • Listen: Vincent Lacovara on Croydon

    8 March 2016

    Near the end of 2015, the Government backed Croydon Council’s plans to compulsorily purchase the land needed for the £1bn redevelopment of the Whitgift Shopping Centre in the heart of the town. This huge development is a key part of the reinvention and reinvigoration of Croydon. Very many years in the planning, it is now finally coming to fruition through myriad projects and initiatives, according to Vincent Lacovara. Vincent Lacovara was a co-founder of architecture design and research agency AOC, and since 2003 has been working with Croydon Council, where he is now the placemaking team leader

  • All change: UNStudio’s Arnhem Central station

    8 March 2016

    The final element in UNStudio’s new Arnhem Central station has now opened, completing a 20-year project that gives the Netherlands’ city an integrated transport hub...and some radical architecture. Herbert Wright toured the project with UNStudio’s Ben van Berkel.

  • Will shadowless skyscrapers change our cities?

    2 March 2016

    NBBJ has once again delivered ground-breaking designs

  • Shining bright: Kiwi & Pom

    1 March 2016

    Gareth Gardner captures the final touches being put to a Kiwi & Pom pendant lighting composition in a new Marks and Spencer cafe in Brussels.

  • Review: England’s Post-War Listed Buildings

    1 March 2016

    A new book by Elain Harwood profiles England’s extraordinary variety of buildings listed after 1945, from humble prefabs to top-secret Cold War bunkers

  • Crystal clear vision: Lee Broom

    1 March 2016

    With a background in theatre and fashion, Lee Broom, designer of interiors, furniture and products, has combined elements of both worlds to create a unique brand that is advancing in an intriguing upward trajectory

  • The world’s 10 best designed bus stations for 2016

    26 February 2016

    A compilation of the world's best designed bus stations for 2016

  • Daydream believer: Theaster Gates

    22 February 2016

    Theaster Gates, artist and activist, has demonstrated that grass-roots architecture and culture can be a powerful force for activating human capital in the city. Artists often like to dream the impossible — but few go out and make it happen

  • Could self-healing concrete be the solution to flood-damaged roads?

    19 February 2016

    TU Delft has used bacteria to create a self-healing concrete