• Blueprint for the Future - James Woudhuysen

    20 April 2015

    Yes, British retailers have too much space — they’re overfooted. But the rise of mobile shopping may see a revival of street-market haggling, and payment technologies will have to fit all comers. Expect more LEDs, the appearance of shop-floor robots, and more engrossing attractions, says James Woudhuysen in the first of a new, forward-looking Blueprint for the Future column. A co-founder of Blueprint, James Woudhuysen now speaks to and writes for an international audience on the future of innovation.

  • The Bilbao effect: Britain plays to the gallery

    20 April 2015

    The last thirty years have seen a boom in the building of large-scale art galleries in English regional centres, unprecedented since Victorian days. For former industrial towns, stripped of a purpose and revenue stream by the collapse of heavy industry, art was touted as the new salvation. Have our prestigious new galleries realised the dream of local regeneration?

  • The Bilbao Effect - Hit and Myth

    13 April 2015

    Statement buildings are so last century. As the architectural world awaits the winning scheme for the Guggenheim Helsinki, we reflect on the legacy — both intended and unintended — of the Guggenheim Bilbao. What underpins its extraordinary success as a cultural icon? And can Helsinki hope to replicate that formula?

  • Curated Diary – Ross Urwin

    13 April 2015

    Founding creative director of Infrastructure Ross Urwin picks his top events for the coming months

  • Review - Stockholm Furniture Fair

    13 April 2015

    Braving the snowy climes of midwinter Northern Europe, Cate St Hill found Stockholm to be a furniture fair full of emerging young talent, pared-back colours, clean lines and effortless cool

  • Denton Corker Marshall completes new Australian pavilion for the Venice Biennale

    9 April 2015

    Granite-clad pavilion due to open for the 56th International Art Exhibition

  • Functional Sculpture: Coop Himmelb(l)au's European Central Bank in Frankfurt

    6 April 2015

    Greece’s travails may threaten to deconstruct the euro, but its guardians now have a new headquarters designed by an original master of deconstructivism. In Frankfurt, Coop Himmelb(l)au has housed The European Central Bank in twisting towers, and intervened in a vast historic market hall.

  • Review - Imm cologne and Maison&Objet Paris

    6 April 2015

    Blueprint editor Johnny Tucker reports from imm cologne and Maison&Objet Paris

  • The Art of Repetition - Chisel & Mouse

    6 April 2015

    With nine new buildings recently added to their portfolio, including a model of the Bauhaus, Chisel & Mouse continue to do what they love.

  • Sou Fujimoto in Miami

    30 March 2015

    Sou Fujimoto is the Japanese architect who brought a cloud composed of thousands of white, steel rods to Kensington Gardens in London. Now he’s created a waterfall in glass in Miami