All Editorial articles – Page 10
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FeaturesLearning from Chicago: Travels with Frank Lloyd Wright
Despite barely building outside the US, Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence – and influences – are felt all over the world, writes Gwyn Lloyd Jones
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OpinionTrump and the other wall
When the US president visited Jerusalem he stepped into a place charged with an almost unique power, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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NewsFirst image revealed of David Kohn's V&A photographic gallery
Project will more than double display space for museum’s photographic collection
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OpinionWhere are the landscape visionaries to guide us through the 21st century?
Some things have improved since Nan Fairbrother’s day but planning pressures and encroachment on the Green Belt mean we urgently need fresh thinking, writes Gillian Darley
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FeaturesNew York vs London residential towers: Which is better?
New York and London are both bristling with new residential towers, a boom driven by demand and skyrocketing prices. But how do the two cities regulate their location, shape and design quality? Ike Ijeh reports on a tale of two high-rise housing booms
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OpinionHere’s the detail that's missing from all the manifestos
Politicians must think about design codes if they’re to deliver quality housing in the numbers they promise, says Hank Dittmar
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TechnicalTechnical study: Tate St Ives extension, St Ives, Cornwall
Jamie Fobert’s discreet subterranean gallery extension has calmed locals’ concerns about the impact on the town’s skyline and reflects in its design all the elements that make St Ives special
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NewsFriend and Company's V&A shop completes
Redesigned main store salutes craft of exhibits with digital technology
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OpinionDon't bulldoze what lies beneath
Joe Morris celebrates Old Street roundabout and warns that careless redevelopment plans could imperil the very things that bring it life
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FeaturesInclusiveness onsite at Columbia University, New York
Columbia University’s new Manhattanville campus by Renzo Piano has championed a policy of inclusiveness for the construction teams that built it. Ike Ijeh reports from New York on how using minority employment targets works in practice
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FeaturesDear British politicians: A letter from the Netherlands
Kay Hughes led a group of women architects and planners on a cycle tour of Holland to see what they could learn before the UK severs its ties with Europe
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NewsLincoln student wins Foster's Travelling Scholarship
Winner will study sustainable masterplanning in emerging cities
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Building StudyLa Seine Musicale, Paris, by Shigeru Ban
The second concert hall to be completed in the French capital within three years is a showcase to innovation and style. Ike Ijeh admires the distinctive features of this venue, which was designed by award-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban
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Opinion
I want to make Dartington Hall into a testbed for tackling society's intractable problems
Martyn Evans explains his big plans for the historic Devon estate, inspired by its pioneering founders and using today’s best architects
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FeaturesThe mysterious Indian architecture that's vanishing with barely a murmur
India was once covered by stepwells - a typology unique to the country - but they are now facing extinction. A new book by Victoria Lautman aims to draw international attention to these fascinating structures
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OpinionWalking in the footsteps of Jane Jacobs
Data is a useful tool but urban designers mustn’t overlook the importance of human intuition, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionIt's time to reconcile architects and urbanists
A false and unhelpful division has arisen between the two disciplines, argues David Rudlin, the new chair of the Academy of Urbanism
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Building StudyThe Storyhouse, Chester by Bennetts Associates
The Storyhouse in Chester is a daring construction of opposites, with a theatre, cinema and library brought together in a space that combines new-build and the spirit of the orginal 1930s picture house. Ike Ijeh reports on how the building energetically opens up storytelling to the local community