Heydar Aliyev ultimate expression of parametricism’s “fluidity”
Our parametricism series launches with a look at the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan. Designed by Zaha…
at the MET, sculptural mannequins are crafted from real bodies
real bodies brought into focus at the Met The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Art exhibition introduces…
Lubaina Himid’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale review – alienation in a green and pleasant land | Venice Biennale 2026
Home comforts aren’t always all that comfortable. Here at the Venice Biennale, Lubaina Himid paints an awkward, tense,…
Photographic memory is a myth – here’s what research really says about remembering
Hollywood loves a superpower. Not all involve capes or cosmic rays. Some are cognitive: characters who can remember…
Parametricism is the architecture “of neoliberalism itself”
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off…
miriam van der lubbe on shared attention in design
Over the years, I must have written hundreds of them. Letters for people facing serious injustice and violations…
Toyo Ito chooses eight favourite projects by Andrea Branzi
Italian museum Triennale Milano has unveiled the Continuous Present exhibition in Milan, which showcases works by architect Andrea…
‘I paint the kind of people I’m attracted to’: Hernan Bas on hiding from the world in Venice | Art and design
Hernan Bas has been living in Venice this year, painting tourists. He’s aware of the ironies. (He is…
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale | Art and design
The Venice Biennale opening is just days away but Lubaina Himid isn’t in a rush. The artist, who…
Traditional townhouses inform interiors of Capella Kyoto hotel
The unique “rhythm and progression” of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this…
These 4 awe-inspiring photos show just what it takes to stand out amongst 10,000 images
The Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition has been running since 1854. That’s longer than the Eiffel Tower…
Adelaide Aquatic Centre by JPE Design Studio in collaboration with Warren and Mahoney and Karl Winda Telfer
Building on Adelaide’s Park Lands will always be contentious – even when replacing an existing structure. Architectural commissions…