The size and pace of activity in Tokyo can be overwhelming, but at the human scale the city has an incredibly rich layering of experiences built over generations.
The concept of living heritage can help us make decisions that go beyond preserving historical facades to protect and add to, rather than freeze, the stories and layers of the past.
Zaha Hadid’s ongoing Australian projects and draft designs will attract plenty of attention in the future.
London Aquatics Centre, designed by Zaha Hadid. Artur Salisz
Celebrated architect Zaha Hadid, who died last week, had three projects on the go in Australia. Will there be a surge of interest in her work - as has happened to other architects who have died prematurely?
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A former colleague of the award-winning architect Zaha Hadid pays tribute to her ‘great presence’.
One of the architects of 443 Queen Street says: ‘The Queenslander – elevated on stilts and open to natural ventilation – was an inspiration for the tower’.
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Landmarks identify and define cities. Town-planning instruments should protect these landmarks from new development that does not respect the setting.
Luke Willett
Osborne’s grand scheme needs solid foundations: and that’s where architecture can lend a hand.
Virtual reality is improving in leaps and bounds.
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From education to sport to sex, virtual reality has dozens of applications, and we’re only just scratching the surface of its potential today.
The BreezeBlock house, designed by Eva-Marie Prineas for her sister.
Katherine Lu
One of the very first pieces of advice you receive in architecture school is Never Work For Family: the risks are too great, runs the argument, there’s too much emotion and too much money at stake, and…
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Wheatley has expertly reimagined Ballard’s futuristic novel in a way that rings true to modern living.
The city of light has found a way to draw on the resources of the private sector, while looking after the interests of its citizens.
Tidal Lagoon, Swansea Bay, as envisaged by LDA Design.
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Celebrate the shift to renewable energy with bold designs that add to the landscape.
China’s National Theatre.
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Our experts explain why China is taking a hard line on oversized, xenocentric, weird architecture. And no, it’s not to stifle Western influences.
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Jeremy Corbyn wants UK politics to be less theatrical – but the Palace of Westminster is the perfect stage for confrontation.
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There’s a lot of hype around 3D printing – should we believe it?
Changing fortunes. Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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The tower block is in the dock but terraced housing is on the up.
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It’s worth preserving Britain’s brutalist buildings for two key reasons: heritage, and money.
The freedom of the space outside can be a seductive distraction.
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Had the Romans, Chinese and English of old seen our buildings, built around views that distract from the interior and our interior lives, they would not have been surprised by modern discontent.
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From metal spikes to bagpipes, nasty architecture is making life harder for the homeless.
John James Audubon’s American Flamingo (1838).
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A review of some of the top arts and culture stories from the past year.
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Stark new additions to our urban landscape are usually met with moaning – but it rarely lasts.
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Perhaps the “art” label designates Assemble and the Granby project as outsiders, unique, creating something that can’t be replicated.