Building Design's 50 Wonders celebrates the magazine's 50th birthday. Leading architects nominate favourite buildings

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50 Wonders | Terry Farrell: The Great Mosque at Córdoba, Andalucía

2021-09-14T06:00:00+01:00

The principal of Farrells talks about one of his favouite buildings

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50 Wonders | Simon Allford: Notre-Dame de Raincy
2021-09-07T06:00:00+01:00
The new president of the RIBA shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
50 Wonders | Deborah Saunt: Royal Vauxhall Tavern
2021-08-31T06:00:00+01:00
The DSDHA co-founder on one of London’s oldest gay venues, and creating connections to the community
50 Wonders | Karen Cook: Place des Vosges, Paris
2021-08-12T06:00:00+01:00
The architect of 22 Bishopsgate and founding partner of PLP explains why she loves this 17th-century Parisian public square
50 Wonders | Graham Morrison: Fondazione Querini Stampalia bridge
2021-08-04T06:00:00+01:00
The Allies & Morrison co-founder shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
2021-07-13T06:00:00+01:00
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
50 Wonders | Anna Liu: Palace of Labour, Turin
2021-07-08T06:00:00+01:00
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
2021-06-29T06:00:00+01:00
The architect recalls a memorable visit to Le Corbusier’s municipal complex in the Indian Punjab
50 Wonders | Tara Gbolade: Benga Riverside, Mozambique
2021-06-17T06:00:00+01:00
The director of Gbolade Design Studio picks a community project by Kéré Architecture that took the long view
50 Wonders | Robert Sakula: SESC Pompéia
2021-06-02T06:00:00+01:00
The Ash Sakula co-founder picks Lina Bo Bardi’s thrilling Brazilian cultural hub for #BD50Wonders
50 Wonders | Melissa Dowler: National Theatre
2021-05-26T06:00:00+01:00
The Bell Phillips director explains how her relationship with Lasdun’s masterpiece has changed over the years
50 Wonders | Haziq Ariffin: Salinger House, Malaysia
2021-05-06T06:00:00+01:00
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
2021-04-21T06:00:00+01:00
The Denizen Works founder feels small in the heroically scaled Brazilian city
50 Wonders | Jo Wright: Neues Museum, Berlin
2021-04-14T06:00:00+01:00
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
2021-04-07T06:00:00+01:00
Corbusier’s simple hilltop chapel challenges our obsession with technology, says the BDP chair
50 Wonders | Nicholas Grimshaw: Bauhaus, Dessau
2021-03-29T06:00:00+01:00
The Gold Medal winner and founder of Grimshaw recalls a heady trip east
50 Wonders | Christopher Lee: Moriyama House, Tokyo
2021-02-02T07:00:00+00:00
The Serie Architects principal introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | Sarah Wigglesworth: Teatro Regio, Turin
2021-01-27T07:00:00+00:00
The architect behind the influential Stock Orchard Street project introduces the latest in our series
50 Wonders | Jeremy Dixon: Hill House Pergola, Hampstead
2021-01-04T07:00:00+00:00
The co-founder of Dixon Jones introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | Matthew Carmona: Pompidou Centre
2020-12-22T07:00:00+00:00
The Bartlett professor introduces the latest in our 50th birthday series
50 Wonders | John Allan: Finsbury Health Centre
2020-12-09T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-12-02T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-11-25T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-11-18T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-11-11T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-11-04T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-10-28T07:00:00+00:00
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
2020-10-23T09:00:00+01:00
It’s AYA Day and Building Design’s 50th birthday! To celebrate, we invited Norman Foster to launch our landmark new series