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New takes on rills, pools, ponds and cascades
“People view our buildings like a gingerbread house... something tempting to eat”
As he prepares to open an outpost in London, the Peninsula magnate talks about building the oldest small hotel chain in the world
The top of the building has panoramic archipelago views and moneymaking telecommunications equipment
With buildings either being blown up or neglected, how can the city centre be preserved?
Architect Shahed Saleem has often drawn inspiration from the museum’s Islamic displays. Now he has designed a Ramadan pavilion for its courtyard
New-build developers are enticing buyers with a raft of green features — at a premium
Factory-built homes are pushing the boundaries of design and eco-friendliness but still suffer from stigma
From the dramatic mirrored Invisible House in the California desert to a Mallorcan country house adapted for self-sufficiency
Chipperfield says climate change and a sense of social purpose are at the heart of his practice
Sculptural property is aesthetically and materially rooted in the local environment and craft traditions
The artist used his home as a test-bed for concretising the intimate relationship between art and architecture, sculpture and space
Step inside the homes of some of the world’s most illustrious writers, artists and other historical personalities — and see how interiors can reveal interior lives
Off-site communal cooking would be less wasteful, share the domestic burden equitably and be more sociable
The 1930s lakeside home with trademark curves, chrome railings and glass brick has been harmoniously extended and renovated
Exhibition about the paradoxical status of women in India launches the new complex
We can’t prevent earthquakes but engineers and architects have the knowhow to design structures that can keep residents safe
The site in the Brutalist icon was originally intended for commercial use but has remained dormant for five decades
Cameron Smith’s house in Pasadena distils the aesthetic he’s honed at his destination store
Kitschy residential tower blocks are upsetting the historic balance of the capital’s financial district
In the first in a series on house museums, Edwin Heathcote visits the new iteration of the home of one of England’s most popular painters
Paris cathedral on track to reopen late next year after a fire devastated the Gothic masterpiece
Even the most sterile of environments can harbour a place that nurtures
Several books explore the reality of the workplace and how corporate spaces may blur with the home
The UK has the oldest, draughtiest and least energy-efficient homes in Europe yet they are ‘fetishised’, says the philosopher Julian Baggini
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