Edwin Heathcote is the architecture and design critic of the Financial Times and the author of The Meaning of Home.
Dimitris Pikionis’s work around the ancient monument is one of the most enduring contributions to 20th-century architecture – and one of the most self-effacing
The winner of the competition to redesign the most popular galleries will be announced next month, but are the finalists thinking hard enough what the museum should really be?
The American modernist’s buildings are often easier to admire than love, but his critical stock is undoubtedly on the up again
The Italian modernist who was at his most creative working in historic settings left behind an intensely individual legacy
The Hungarian architect with a penchant for the fantastical left behind a series of highly provocative buildings
Norman Foster’s City Hall has been denied listed status a second time. But the more important question is: when will the capital be run from County Hall again?
The sculptor saw possibilities in steel that no one else had before, creating works that altered viewers’ perception of space
Deconstructivism wasn’t exactly a movement, but its practitioners – from Frank Gehry to Bernard Tschumi – certainly caused a great stir
In the pursuit of greater accessibility, institutions are making themselves oddly unapproachable
Street lights, kiosks and benches are easy to ignore, but they can make all the difference to how a city look and feels
