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Auction house moves closer to heart of city’s art scene with purchase of brutalist Marcel Breuer structure
Architect Jeanne Gang’s work pulls together a complex building but with questionable material
A drawing office on the top floor of the architect’s theatrical home has opened to the public for the first time
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Gathering inspiration from immigrant cultures in the UK, the curators are focusing on celebration and ritual
The Ghanaian-Scottish academic, the event’s first curator of African origin, is focusing on voices from the continent
The country’s contribution to the architecture biennale takes the form of an ancient mazelike fort
The V&A shows how a ‘colonial’ style in fact always had diverse influences and practitioners
The architect behind landmarks such as London’s Gherkin skyscraper is having his first major retrospective at the Pompidou in Paris
Biomimicry can lessen a structure’s impact on the environment and reverse ecological damage
The suburban house was designed by Edwin Maxwell Fry, Walter Gropius’s 1930s British architectural partner
Highlights from the world’s biggest festival of design
A surprising number of original features were preserved during the 105-year-old building’s seven decades as a civic structure
The glass house she built seems to dissolve into the Brazilian rainforest and to embody her escape from war-torn Italy
The dazzling transformation of its iconic Fifth Avenue address is the next step in the brand’s voracious plans for double-digit growth
Horta’s Brussels home and atelier is the embodiment of flamboyant Art Nouveau design
The furniture designer, artist and architect talks taste
The Hong Kong gallery’s collection reshapes traditional narratives about the region
A shy and solitary character, his designs for churches, train stations and office chairs deserve more attention
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