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Government proposals allowing residents to vote on new developments are full of holes
They have been downplayed in the past but an exhibition at London’s Riba puts them in the spotlight
The current situation presents a conundrum for Democrats ahead of November’s midterms
The latest addition to the London Underground is restrained and austere, with touches that echo older glories
This ‘deposit of unimaginable wealth in the sky’ is also an exquisite feat of architecture
A £70mn redevelopment has cleared away the sleaze and grime and replaced them with gilding and a members’ club
A reincarnation of London’s Ace Hotel doesn’t try too hard to be cool — and it’s better for it
Guggenheim Bilbao’s exhibition is stuck in the past and tone-deaf to present realities, but seductive nonetheless
The poet and designer hated modernity, yet this Elizabethan farmhouse was pivotal to the history of Modernism
The American was unfashionable in his time — now his eccentric trombone-shed has been made real
From boots and shirts to fanzines and architecture, a panoramic show at the Design Museum takes it all in
Creaky stairs and dusty attics used to be film’s language of fear. Now these on-screen homes are all cool concrete and glass
Two books look back fondly at the beauty of Brutalism and an era of municipal optimism
The Glasgow Museum’s £68mn renovation future-proofs the building, but at a cost to its original subtlety
Born in Burkina Faso, the Berlin-based laureate has built both innovative village schools and global prestige projects
The music venue complex is covered in garish gold and resembles a provincial nightclub
The show at The Building Centre takes in the beauty and banality of Brentford, Barking and Nine Elms
The biggest office-to-apartments conversion in New York’s history signals a deeper shift in Manhattan power
The artist will combine the potteries of England and the spirit of Chicago in his structure
The Rotterdam museum’s striking storage facility makes collections accessible to the public
Budapest’s new gallery-concert hall is part of a plan to regenerate a site of national pride
The latest outpost for the group is a brasserie-cum-cinema in a building rich with New Wave heritage
The Futures show brings ambitious technology to the National Mall’s most neglected museum
Tadao Ando’s €160m renovation of the former commodities exchange for the Pinault Collection is bold and counterintuitive
British designer who became one of the most distinctive figures on London’s cultural scene and helped transform its skyline
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