Lászlo Hudec’s striking contributions to the skyline added Hungarian modernism to the influences that made the interwar city such a cosmopolitan hub
Antonio Gaudi’s masterpiece is nearing completion a century after the architect’s death
While the architect’s approach to restoring France’s medieval buildings remains controversial, his many and varied talents are still utterly awe-inspiring
While annual registers that sound the alarm for architectural and cultural sites have accumulated, their challenge remains Sisyphean
Susanna Berger’s new book makes a sound argument for the tricksiness of Catholic architecture in 17th-century Rome
Though the architect himself is a controversial figure, his commercial interiors are the epitome of the emerging modern metropolis
A century ago, Alexander Tamanyan devised a startling layout for the Armenian capital. Despite changes in regime and fashion, his vision has endured
Hostels or hospitals for the old and vulnerable were first established in the Middle Ages, but as a thoughtful new London scheme shows, they still play an important role in society
It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision
By turns picturesque and insalubrious, mews houses have a compellingly chequered past
Eero Saarinen's US embassy building in Mayfair has long been undervalued, but its conversion into a luxury hotel may help revive its reputation
The decision to demolish Grenfell Tower – where 72 people died in a fire in 2017 – is inevitably controversial, but the process of doing so will be unusually considered
The Irish castle owned by the Dukes of Devonshire has had its fair share of vicissitudes, from sieges to extensive redecorations
The Gothic Revival masterpieces designed by Alexander Jackson Davis were sought after by some of the most successful Americans of the day
This magazine’s first home, the Adelphi was both a neoclassical triumph and a financial disaster for ‘Bob the Roman’
The designer was a genius but, as a new film shows, her achievements still have to be untangled from the men who kept getting in her way
The distinctive London cinemas designed by George Coles in the 1930s were like Hawksmoor churches for the celluloid age
This year’s festival is the largest edition yet, but a display of outsize ambition doesn’t resolve its internal contradictions
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 Isokon Building has become an architectural icon, but its own history is full of scandal and Central European emigrés
William Andrews Nesfield was a military man who designed elaborate schemes that sum up what people mean when they talk about Victorian formal gardens
Designed in the 18th century by Luigi Vanvitelli for Charles VII of Naples, Italy’s answer to Versailles is as dizzying today as it was 250 years ago
Only a few of his buildings survive, but George Dance the Younger’s visionary designs for London should be better known
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?
