50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
The designer of a Cistercian abbey in the Czech Republic and a number of other sacred buildings shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
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50 Wonders | Anna Liu: Palace of Labour, Turin
The Tonkin Liu co-founder is captivated by the heroic scale and organic forms of the Palazzo del Lavoro
50 Wonders | Keith Williams: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India
The architect recalls a memorable visit to Le Corbusier’s municipal complex in the Indian Punjab
50 Wonders | Tara Gbolade: Benga Riverside, Mozambique
The director of Gbolade Design Studio picks a community project by Kéré Architecture that took the long view
50 Wonders | Robert Sakula: SESC Pompéia
The Ash Sakula co-founder picks Lina Bo Bardi’s thrilling Brazilian cultural hub for #BD50Wonders
50 Wonders | Melissa Dowler: National Theatre
The Bell Phillips director explains how her relationship with Lasdun’s masterpiece has changed over the years
50 Wonders | Haziq Ariffin: Salinger House, Malaysia
As our anniversary series continues, Building Design’s Architect of the Year, Mica, nominates architectural assistant Haziq Ariffin to pick his Wonder
50 Wonders | Murray Kerr: Brasilia
The Denizen Works founder feels small in the heroically scaled Brazilian city
50 Wonders | Jo Wright: Neues Museum, Berlin
The Arup director was beguiled by the masterful rebuilding of Berlin’s war-ravaged museum when she returned to the city where her career began
50 Wonders | Chris Harding: Ronchamp
Corbusier’s simple hilltop chapel challenges our obsession with technology, says the BDP chair
50 Wonders | Nicholas Grimshaw: Bauhaus, Dessau
The Gold Medal winner and founder of Grimshaw recalls a heady trip east
50 Wonders | Christopher Lee: Moriyama House, Tokyo
The Serie Architects principal introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | Sarah Wigglesworth: Teatro Regio, Turin
The architect behind the influential Stock Orchard Street project introduces the latest in our series
50 Wonders | Jeremy Dixon: Hill House Pergola, Hampstead
The co-founder of Dixon Jones introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | Matthew Carmona: Pompidou Centre
The Bartlett professor introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | John Allan: Finsbury Health Centre
The former Avanti Architects director and biographer of Berthold Lubetkin introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | Cindy Walters: Benedictine chapel, Las Condes, Chile
The co-founder of Walters and Cohen and former Stirling Prize judge introduces the latest in our 50 Wonders series
50 Wonders | Phil Coffey: Kimbell Art Museum
The founder of Coffey Architects and former YAYA winner introduces the latest in our 50 Wonders series
50 Wonders | Femi Oresanya: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House
The HOK London principal, RIBA council member and chair of Architects for Change introduces the latest in our 50 Wonders series
50 Wonders | Stefanie Rhodes: Le Havre
The co-founder of Gatti Routh Rhodes Achitects, which won last year’s Young Architect of the Year Award, introduces the latest in our 50 Wonders series
50 Wonders | Stuart Lipton: 1 Finsbury Avenue
The developer behind seminal London office schemes such as Broadgate and 22 Bishopsgate introduces the latest in our 50 Wonders series
50 Wonders | Jamie Fobert: Sao Paulo Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
The architect of the Stirling-shortlisted Tate St Ives, and last year’s Architect of the Year, selects the second in our new 50 Wonders series
50 Wonders | Norman Foster: Crystal Palace
It’s AYA Day and Building Design’s 50th birthday! To celebrate, we invited Norman Foster to launch our landmark new series
