Architecture
Professor unveils new twist on the humble escalator
Architects and developers queue up for a chance to install the Levytator – the moving staircase which can glide round corners
Inside Architecture
St Petersburg's tower to the sky fails to get off the ground
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Shaun Walker: Dreamed up in the heady days of ever-rising oil prices, before the financial crisis struck, it represented the optimism and swagger of the new cash-rich Russia.
A warren of streets: Eco-City 2020
Friday, 3 December 2010
As Russia plans to build a glass-domed undergound city deep beneath Siberian ice, Nick Duerden explores subterranean dwelling.
Paddington's Merchant Square building is a bit of a mind-bender
Friday, 26 November 2010
Britain is awash with large commercial buildings whose façades have been tarted up with supposedly creative gubbins because planners encourage the so-called Per Cent For Art approach. We're not talking Anish Kapoor. Nine times out of ten, that 1 per cent of building cost pays for witless "artistic" glass fins projecting from façades.
As they like it? RSC hopes redesign will win over critics
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Rob Sharp: After three years and £112m, Stratford has changed its stage.
Shard now UK's tallest building
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Britain has a new tallest building after the Shard, currently under construction near London Bridge, yesterday outgrew the previous holder, Canary Wharf Tower in Docklands, which stands at 235m (771ft).
Cultural desert: Will Abu Dhabi censor its new museums?
Monday, 15 November 2010
The world's leading architects are building museums in Abu Dhabi as the emirate pours a fortune into trying to become one of the art capitals of the world. But will the works inside be censored?
Austin Williams: The "beauty debate" isn’t even skin deep
Monday, 15 November 2010
At a recent architectural debate in south London, the Strata Tower, the landmark building in Elephant & Castle was lambasted for its ugliness.
Grand designs: winners from the World Architecture Festival
Thursday, 4 November 2010
The world’s biggest architectural event is underway in Barcelona, with the first round of winners announced today.
The Sagrada Familia: Men At Work (for the last 125 years)
Saturday, 30 October 2010
The Pope's visit has induced unusual urgency in the building programme.
Architects angry at Prince's power grab
Friday, 29 October 2010
Rob Sharp: He has damned modern designs for London's National Gallery and Chelsea Barracks, trumpeted a traditionalist model town in Dorset and delivered verdicts on buildings to ministers and world leaders.
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