6+ hour, 51+ min ago  (491+ words) Xalet del Catllar's contains elements of architect's naturalistic style, expressed in works such as Park G'ell and Sagrada Fam'lia An elegant modernist building in the mountains north of Barcelona, originally constructed to house engineers establishing a nearby mine, has been…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (464+ words) From high-end boutiques to housing in disaster zones with beer-crate foundations, the Japanese architect creates with things people throw away. What will his distillery in whisky's holy land look like? "I don't like waste," says Shigeru Ban. It's a simple…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (321+ words) Hailed as one of the defining achievements of African architecture, the historic, recently refurbished Ethiopian landmark has now won the World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism prize "Only a few years ago," the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie said at the time,…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (506+ words) Shock departure of Devyani Saltzman comes weeks after new CEO joined and before major refurbishment Devyani Saltzman is leaving the Barbican as the arts institution undergoes another significant leadership change just a few weeks after its new CEO joined. The…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (679+ words) This extraordinary diner is the final wonder of the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who dreamt it up at the age of 103. And it's a fine place for a sunset kombucha and gin Perched among old brick buildings in an…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (461+ words) Queens-born Joe Macken's hyperrealistic model, made with wood, cardboard and glue, is now on view at the Museum of the City of New York In 2003, Joe Macken built a miniature model of a bridge out of popsicle sticks. He wanted…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (470+ words) Museum's revitalised galleries bring together 250 objects to show how design shapes modern life What do the first ever baby monitor, Nigeria's 2018 World Cup kit, an 80s boombox, the smashed parts of Edward Snowden's computer, a "Please offer me a seat" badge…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (682+ words) As a dedicated observer of things happening right outside my house, I can testify that that big puddle has been there for three months I've never needed to be convinced of the cognitive benefits of looking out the window. I…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (231+ words) Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork has created a sound installation emulating second world war spaces: a Japanese internment camp in California and caves used as bunkers in Okinawa "I've gone through a lot of video footage about the camps," Kiyomi Gork says....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (226+ words) As one of the longest-running battles in British heritage comes to an end, the listing of the London arts complex vindicates the audacity of this sensational droogs" paradise Ironically for the spitting feathers traditionalists, the origins and present form of…...