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?
The planned renovation of Minster Court in the City says much about the attitude of developers to our postmodern buildings
A stone folly at the castle where Claudia Winkleman sniffs out treachery on television puts Apollo’s roving correspondent in mind of other perfect sites for plotting
While Scandinavia streams ahead with ecologically sound projects and Edinburgh promises restored retail therapy, the outlook for London seems murkier
The graphic designer and decorative artist mastered any number of crafts and his work deserves to be much better known
The replacement of Boswell’s department store with a luxury hotel is part of a beautification process that has gathered pace in recent years
The American modernist’s buildings are often easier to admire than love, but his critical stock is undoubtedly on the up again
The Elizabeth Line is a worthy winner, but the award’s annual attempt to shame policymakers into requiring more from the UK construction industry is doomed to fail
The Italian modernist who was at his most creative working in historic settings left behind an intensely individual legacy
The BT Tower floats above the city, a reminder of 1960s optimism and a faith in technology that is in short supply today
Six years after the devastating fire, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece is no closer to being restored. What can possibly explain the delay?
The Hungarian architect with a penchant for the fantastical left behind a series of highly provocative buildings
The new Staffordshire volume marks the completion of the revised Buildings of England series – and the end of a publishing era
Hollywood films are full of characters who design buildings for a living, but how well do they reflect the realities of the profession?
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
The Reformation was a disaster for British architecture, argues an impressive new book – and the country’s approach to building design has never been the same
