Architecture

Authorities hope the Barcelona church will be completed ahead of the 2026 centenary of the architect’s death

A brief look through the late architect’s most striking works of art

Structures by Modernist masters including Carlo Scarpa offer an alternative to the city’s medieval streets and Gothic churches

Beatriz Colomina’s latest book, X-Ray Architecture, argues that the spaces and technologies of the sanatorium gave rise to the modern movement’s iconic forms

‘The Circular Garden’ was grown from the soil in six weeks using fully sustainable construction materials

A new book surveys buildings in Central Asia and documents their distinctive styles

The controversial addition to Manhattan’s west side is emblematic of the triumph of digital spectacle over real experience

Five iconic buildings designed by the Japanese architect since 1962

In further news: V&A Dundee’s architect to design new museum in Turkey, and students protest tuition fee hike at CalArts

The London firm’s bold, contextually astute renovation of the 1990s gallery pays homage to the functional forms of Britain’s ur-New Town

At Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, the Dutch artist’s dystopian grandeur forces us not just to think about the industrial condition, but actually feel it

Frieze global partner LIFEWTR marks the inaugural Frieze Los Angeles with a publicly accessible artwork at The Standard DTLA by L.A. artist Tofer Chin

A riff on the gallery’s landmark 1956 show, Whitechapel Gallery’s latest exhibition boasts some compelling pairings but has an unconfident, sheepish quality

His design will emerge from Kensington Gardens like a low-lying cloud, with its interior intended as ‘a refuge for contemplation’

Once eclipsed by the men in her life, the architect’s supreme originality and energy are slowly being recognized

The avian playground was a manifesto for a modernism that could employ gymnastic engineering to theatrical effect – what happens with its inhabitants long gone?

A new biography of Philip Johnson reveals the contradictions and ambiguities of the world’s first ‘starchitect’

A swathe of renovations and extensions across the UK capital suggests an appetite for a different kind of architecture

Twitter users have been quick to think of alternative nicknames, including ‘the cotton bud’ and ‘the tadpole’

Designed by Beijing-based practice, OPEN Architecture, UCCA Dune burrows beneath the sand dunes in the coastal resort of Beidaihe