Out with slides and swings. Modern children want sharks and helicopters
A new book shows us what happens when architects apply their professional philosophy to their domestic lives
Is Pyongyang a 1950s theme park or the capital of a hereditary dictatorship? It’s hard to tell
In the early 20th century, giant animals, hot-dogs, boots and baked goods began to loom large in California’s skyscape
Strong, bendy and abundant, bamboo is springing up in unexpected areas of design, architecture and technology
A new exhibition examines how the “high-tech” style of Norman Foster and Richard Rogers became so dominant
Acoustics can make the difference between a good building and a bad one. Simon Willis meets the designers finding new ways to control the cacophony
Moscow’s modernist buildings were denounced by Stalin and then neglected. But as Noah Sneider discovered, they are now being restored by a new generation of architects with a different view of history
Ole Scheeren is one of the world’s most successful young architects. As Simon Willis explains, he has built himself up by deconstructing the high-rise
