David Chipperfield’s first UK exhibition

The Stirling Prize winner’s disappointment in the UK shows the lack of a serious discussion of architecture, writes Edwin Heathcote

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The greening of Arabia

It is easy to snipe at Abu Dhabi’s ambitious, futuristic and slightly absurd plan to build Masdar, the world’s first eco-city, but Edwin Heathcote says it may yet bear dividends for us all

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Investors seek to revive faded glory of Cairo

Whatever their state, the buildings of central Cairo represent a rich architectural heritage.

Square the Block, London School of Economics

Edwin Heathcote visits a strange and arresting addition to this city’s stiff, imperial attempt at a Parisian boulevard

Inside some of London’s finest buildings

Open House weekend invites the public into the doors of a quirky collection of buildings ranging from homes and churches to academies and architects’ offices, writes Edwin Heathcote

A novel approach

Roslin Chapel, a jewel of 15th century architecture, enjoys a renaissance sparked by Dan Brown and a recent production of ‘The Magic Flute’, writes Victoria Glendinning

New life in the funeral palace

After years of disuse, the revivied Centquatre centre in Paris aims to revitalise cultural life in the city’s northern reaches, writes Natalie Whittle

A new Italian renaissance

A rash of announcements is heralding a rebirth of avant-garde architecture in the south of the country, writes Edwin Heathcote