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FT architecture and design critic Edwin Heathcote elevates the small pieces of design that make up our cities, from phone booths to manhole covers
A new retrospective showcases the groundbreaking work of the late anti-consumerist, who once likened Italian design to pornography
Architect John Hejduk’s pioneering and playful grid designs have been realised in this stripped back, modernist project in the heart of upstate New York
What ever happened to the old-fashioned stamp, seashell or invertebrate collection?
The laureate for architecture’s top award cherishes ideas of neighbourliness, even at a grand scale
An engrossing exhibition shows how newfound freedoms in West Africa and India inspired an optimistic, independent design approach
The £132mn music venue is a story of architectural choices ranging from wonderful to woeful
The late-era Arts and Crafts property by Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott heralds the designer’s shift towards housing for the masses
The UK government wants them converted to homes but that is misguided — the buildings have a very different potential
From ‘The Shining’ to ‘Saltburn’ and ‘The Zone of Interest’, films upend our notion of the garden as a haven
TikTok is abuzz with the interiors trend — but it’s a style that has a long history
Turning grand 19th-century town halls into luxury flats and hotels diminishes the public realm — and civic pride
The Barcelona home is considered to be the architect’s first masterpiece
In a new book, a social scientist offers a witty and sceptical view of our obsession with greenery in urban spaces
Programs such as Dall-E and Midjourney are revolutionising the designs of buildings, but threatening the industry too
From working on film sets to furnishing stately homes, the New York couple’s opulent style defies boundaries
The founder of Studio Mumbai’s attempt to translate his work into a gallery setting is not without problems
Are we in the midst of a ‘blandemic’? Do our cities need more Gaudí, as some contend? For the FT’s architecture critic, plain and restrained can be beautiful
Watching flickering flames on a TV screen meets our deep-rooted need to stare at a crackling fire
The LA house of Viennese architect Rudolf Schindler is a European intellectual’s take on bohemian California life
This new museum in the Karaköy neighbourhood is admirably transparent — though beset by Turkish politics
‘They remain a curious, fleeting form of uninvited interior decoration. We have no power over the tastes they express’
This light and airy one-bed property, in a former artists’ studios built by the influential 20th-century architect, is on the market for c£1mn
Pioneering designer behind the Pompidou takes centre stage at the French winery and sculpture park
Edwin Heathcote selects his must-read titles
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