As the architecture world gears up for the announcement of the RIBA Stirling Prize, the race is on to save a space-age school ...

Built for Sir Philip Sassoon, MP, as low cost housing for rent, the ‘Durlocks’ was planned on garden city principles. The 33 houses had to contend with a steeply sloping site and Sir Philip’s desire ...

You can look for churches using the search boxes or on the pins on the map. Each entry gives the architect and location, and the icons on the left show listing status. Where available, we have ...

You can look for churches using the search boxes or on the pins on the map. Each entry gives the architect and location, and the icons on the left show listing status. Where available, we have ...

The White Cottage is located at Newlands Corner, on top of the North Downs and close to the ancient Pilgrims Way. It is a spot the illustrator Eric Parker once said had ‘the loveliest views in Surrey’ ...

The last coal-fired power station in the country, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, shuts down on the 30th of September 2024, and most ...

C20 Society is backing a new initiative from the London Museum, who have launched a public-call out for historic twentieth century signage to feature in Hanging Out – a permanent installation planned ...

The Palast der Republik (Palace of the Republic) in East Berlin’s centre is being demolished while I am writing this text. The Palast was one of East Germany’s most significant architectural projects.

Tecton and Berthold Lubetkin (1901-1990)’s roles in the history of British modernism have long been recognised, yet not all of their work receives the attention that it deserves. Far removed from the ...

A short metro ride from the centre of Stockholm, set within a hundred hectares of heavily-planted pine forest and grassy slopes lies the beautifully peaceful Woodland Cemetery. Built on the site of a ...

In 1913, a competition was held to design a new building to house the then Belfast Museum and Art Gallery’s expanding collections. James Cumming Wynnes of Edinburgh won the competition judged by Sir J ...

Alison Smithson was 21, Peter 26, when in 1950 they won a competition for a secondary school in Hunstanton. The symmetrical plan is traditional, its central hall placed between two courtyards, around ...