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The Observer
observer.co.uk > style > travel > article > the-big-finnish-an-architectural-journey

The big Finnish: an architectural journey

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (527+ words) Wednesday 2 September 2026 His UK-based company, Architourian, does deep dives into places with a rich cultural heritage. Until recently the focus was India, a country that Macready, 61, grew to know when working on a hotel project in the hills above Chandigarh,…...

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observer.co.uk > style > homes > article > at-home-with-a-barbican-designers-modernist-vision

At home with a Barbican designer’s modernist vision

17+ hour, 7+ min ago   (581+ words) The Observer Tuesday 1 September 2026 At home with a Barbican designer’s modernist vision In a leafy south west London suburb, a family home is a detailed and intimate display of urban architecture that prioritises practicality The woman stitching a replica Bayeux…...

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observer.co.uk > style > homes > article > in-antwerp-a-design-focused-home-to-live-and-work-in

In Antwerp, a design-focused home to live and work in

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (660+ words) The Observer 50% off limited time offer Friday 17 July 2026 In Antwerp, a design-focused home to live and work in The Belgian gallerist Scott Lippens has transformed his apartment into a showcase for contemporary design Ana Mendieta at Tate Modern – the artist…...

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observer.co.uk > culture > architecture > article > nb1705riba-expertise-of-local-architects-could-make-cities-healthier-and-wealthier

NB1705RIBA - Expertise of local architects could make cit...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (295+ words) Sunday 17 May 2026 Cities could save billions of pounds and improve the health of residents by hiring architects with local knowledge to improve their designs, a new report has suggested. Research by the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has found…...

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observer.co.uk > style > homes > article > the-art-of-craft-designers-making-a-difference

The art of craft: designers making a difference

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (92+ words) Monday 11 May 2026 Cabin coup: a garden shed with a difference Fashion East: meet the industry’s most influential duo “Colours are important in a chair,” he says. “Orange is a happy, joyful colour – you can sink into an orange chair and…...

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observer.co.uk > culture > architecture > article > in-central-athens-a-family-house-full-of-space

In central Athens, a family house full of space

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (123+ words) Monday 11 May 2026 To make their mark, the couple demolished windows and moved walls They returned home in 2008 and joined forces as Point Supreme, through which they have worked on projects across Europe – a fire station in Belgium, a new campus…...

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observer.co.uk > style > homes > article > cabin-coup-a-garden-shed-with-a-difference

Cabin coup: a garden shed with a difference

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (133+ words) Monday 4 May 2026 Tuppen, Thomson and Hampson foundfurther creative solutions inspired in part by The Barefoot Architect, such as installinga south-facing “clerestory”, a series of windows high up where the pitched roof peaks, to let in sunlight. They made the ceiling…...

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observer.co.uk > culture > architecture > article > las-colossal-new-art-gallery-is-a-fossil-in-the-tar-sands

LA’s colossal new art gallery is a fossil in the tar sands

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (50+ words) Thursday 23 April 2026 A Matisse hangs in the sparely curated LA gallery V&A East Museum is the London institution’s cooler, younger outpost Is this Essex garden community the blueprint for modern housing? A Victorian hoop dress is installed alongside the…...

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observer.co.uk > style > homes > article > off-the-wall-at-home-with-artist-wilfrid-wood

Off the wall: at home with artist Wilfrid Wood

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (101+ words) 50% off limited time offer Sunday 19 April 2026 All smiles: one of Wood’s distinctive portraits, of his friend Laura ‘I like to have pieces on the walls that I might one day aspire to do myself’: every wall in Wood’s home is…...

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observer.co.uk > profile > obituary > article > obituary-melvin-edwards-sculptor

Melvin Edwards, sculptor

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (325+ words) 50% off limited time offer Saturday 11 April 2026 Some Bright Morning was the first of 300 pieces, constructed over 60 years, in what became his Lynch Fragments series. Everyday metalware – horseshoes, padlocks, scissors, bolts, nails – took on a sinister new form when combined for…...