Architecture

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Steep climbs lead to sacred spaces carved high into the cliffs of Ethiopia
9 minutes

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The replica and the original
Architectural copies of lost structures require reckoning with history and heritage. At what cost is the past rebuilt?
Elizabeth Kostina

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A lush tour of Fallingwater – the Frank Lloyd Wright design that changed architecture
14 minutes

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A 3D rendering of the Colosseum captures its architectural genius and symbolic power
17 minutes

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The celebrated architect who took inspiration from sitting, waiting and contemplating
29 minutes

videoArchitecture
West Africa was once an architectural laboratory. Is it time for a revival?
12 minutes

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‘I listen to the land’ – poetry and greenery intertwine in Emilio Ambasz’s architecture
9 minutes

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The new architecture wars
Traditionalist and modernist architecture are both mass-produced, industrial and international. Is there an alternative?
Owen Hatherley

essayArchitecture
The subtle art of elevation
Architectural drawing speaks of mathematical precision, but its roots lie in the theological exegesis of a prophetic book
Karl Kinsella

videoArchitecture
Tour the European architecture that dreamed of a wondrous, fictitious China
16 minutes

videoCities
The rise and fall of Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong’s infamous urban monolith
18 minutes

videoDesign and fashion
The art of Istanbul dances to life in a tribute to the city’s timeless beauty
4 minutes

videoHistory of technology
See the Mediterranean as it was captured in some of the earliest surviving photographs
20 minutes

videoArchitecture
Modern architecture should embrace – not ignore or repel – the nonhuman world
8 minutes

videoThinkers and theories
Jeremy Bentham was consumed by creating a perfect prison. Here’s the result
4 minutes

videoArchitecture
The radically impractical 18th-century architect whose ideas on beauty endure
19 minutes

videoCities
Inside the unique London community built by residents to defy housing discrimination
21 minutes

videoArchitecture
Why a sculptor pivoted from gallery installations to big-box stores design
9 minutes

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How the Dorze in Ethiopia make ‘beehive’ houses from bamboo that last a lifetime
35 minutes

essayArchitecture
Being in a building
One of the great buildings of the Renaissance reminds us that buildings are made to be explored, smelled and even tasted
David Karmon

essayArchitecture
Heritage at sea
Must we simply accept the loss of beloved buildings and cities to the floods and rising seas of the climate crisis?
Thijs Weststeijn

essayArchitecture
Acoustic naturalism
Our movies and offices are engineered to sound natural based on what rang false in the theatres of 18th-century Paris
Joseph L Clarke

videoArchitecture
A whirlwind tour of Hong Kong’s high-rises is an awesome meditation on urbanity
9 minutes

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Cultural wisdom begets cozy temporary homes for the Nenets of the Siberian Arctic
32 minutes