Culture – Page 5
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FeaturesArchitects aren’t giving themselves credit for R&D
Your practice could be missing out on tens of thousands of pounds in tax relief, says Mark Tighe
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FeaturesInterview: Lee Polisano on towers and ten years of PLP
As the 10th anniversary of PLP and the looming storm of Brexit approach, Lee Polisano looks into the future
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FeaturesClassicism is in our DNA. Just look at any terraced street
Classicism has been accused of responsibility for the Holocaust and the Grenfell fire but a new generation of architects can see past the baggage
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Features'Florian’s legacy is assured'
Florian Beigel has inspired generations of architects with his ability to communicate through words, drawings and buildings, says Julian Lewis
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FeaturesStill learning from Las Vegas
Denise Scott Brown’s early photography reveals the genesis of ideas that made her one of the most influential architects of the 20th century
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ReviewThe verdict: Ike Ijeh on Frida Escobedo's Serpentine Pavilion
BD’s critic is beguiled by the work of the youngest architect yet to win the annual commission
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ReviewReview | Piers Gough's architecture room at the RA
This year’s Summer Exhibition addresses serious themes with wit and verve, says Michael Collins
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ReviewReview | Five of the best pavilions at Venice
More than 80 national pavilions and events are being staged in Venice on the biennale theme of Freespace. Daniel Elsea picks five worth seeing
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ReviewReview: 2018 Venice Biennale
Freespace contains exceptional, thought-provoking work. But a few people’s ‘Will this do?’ approach is more trade show than architecture festival
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FeaturesA woman's view of Mipim
Kay Hughes arrived at the property jamboree for the first time with trepidation. But she found its dinosaur reputation is no longer fully justified
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FeaturesBetween our two hands: Creating space for the analogue in architectural education
How can architects draw and specify materials they have never worked with?
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FeaturesWhy North West Cambridge is a model for building on the green belt
This £1bn development is Cambridge university’s answer to a critical housing shortage for its students and staff. But instead of getting the private sector to build for it, the university has taken on the role of developer itself
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FeaturesWhat's so bad about buildings crumbling away?
In this extract from her provocative book, Caitlin DeSilvey challenges the received wisdom that heritage must always be conserved
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FeaturesThe bridges every architect should know
Marcus Binney leads a tour of the world’s most inspiring crossings
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NewsRA announces biggest investment in architecture this century
Two prizes and major new Chipperfield gallery spaces to be devoted to architecture
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ReviewReview: Architecture room at the RA Summer Exhibition
Michael Collins on the exhibition curated by Farshid Moussavi
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FeaturesThe mysterious Indian architecture that's vanishing with barely a murmur
India was once covered by stepwells - a typology unique to the country - but they are now facing extinction. A new book by Victoria Lautman aims to draw international attention to these fascinating structures
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OpinionWhy I welcome the rise of east London
Gentrification is not all bad, argues Charles Saumarez Smith, a long-standing resident of the East End
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ReviewBrutalism: Where did it all go wrong?
In a crowded field, this exhibition has much to contribute and deserves a bigger platform than the RA’s architecture ‘corridor’, says Daniel Elsea
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ReviewWhy are architectural exhibitions so hard?
Architecture is a uniquely difficult artform to present in a gallery. Photographers, painters and modelmakers have all tried, with varying degrees of success. Could the immersive world of comics be a more helpful medium? Richard Gatti finds out