Architecture
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Constrained by government and with a lack of funding, local authorities are becoming developers to tackle the homes crisis
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Letter to public accounts committee chair appears to signal ebbing of government support for controversial Thames project
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From the offshore Santa Monica freeway to a mini Las Vegas with pyramids and the Parthenon, Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell look at the LA that never happened
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Don’t let philistine developers wreck our urban heritage
Simon JenkinsThere’s no point having conservation areas if they are not conserved. The government’s ruling on Paddington cube will be pivotal -
Other lives: Museum lecturer at Tate Britain and the Wallace Collection in London
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The late architect was a favourite of wealthy clients in part for her bold visions of futuristic cities, including extensive subterranean development
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In the 60s planners reimagined Newcastle as a 3D multi-level city, but what remains is now being closed off or demolished. Guided by architecture professor Stephen Graham, Karl Whitney explores this disappearing city
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The shortlist for Britain’s Holocaust memorial features some big names of art and architecture, but a muddled brief hasn’t made it easy for them
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The flamboyant Spanish architect whose Peninsula Place will be the centrepiece of a new £1bn development has a chequered history that includes swelling budgets, leaking roofs and falling tiles
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He’s been blacklisted and seen his work torn down. But the great Brazilian creator of vast gravity-defying buildings has just entered architecture’s elite
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This young couple spotted a slice of unused land, bought it for £200,000 – and built a stylish detached house
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If you live or work in a tower block or skyscraper, share your experiences and pictures of the best, worst and strangest aspects of it with GuardianWitness
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From Chicago to Dubai, Manchester to Melbourne, our cities are climbing above the clouds. What’s it like to live on the 64th floor?
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Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava is loved for his striking designs and loathed for cost overruns. Will his £1bn project for Greenwich peninsula stay on course?
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Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava unveils spectacular London building that will sit on top of renamed tube station
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Robotics and prefabrication could see more 3D printers deployed on building sites but quality control remains a problem
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London’s latest skyscraper aims to be a new blueprint for communal living. But why does it act as if its neighbours aren’t there?
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Geometry Club is a collaborative Instagram project in which people submit images of buildings forming carefully composed triangle shapes
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Green light given for £400m building in the City adjacent to Leadenhall Market, which featured in Harry Potter films
Unbuilt cities Mies’s Mansion House Square: the best building London never had?