Architect

British Museum names architects shortlisted in controversial renovation competition

Environmental campaigners previously called on practices not to take part in the contest following a £50m funding pledge from BP

Starchitect David Adjaye 'steps back' from major roles amid sexual misconduct allegations

The British-Ghanaian architect, who “rejects” the allegations, has resigned as an architectural adviser to the mayor of London among other positions in light of the allegations reported in the Financial Times

John Soane’s drawing office opens to public for first time

The small room acted as the 'creative heart' of the historic British architect's home and office, and is now available to view after a year-long restoration

Ai Weiweiinterview

‘It is a crime against humanity’: Ai Weiwei discusses refugees in the UK, moving on from Covid and why Lego is his medium of choice

Design Museum exhibition brings together more than a million pieces collected by the artist including spouts and Stone Age tools

Crime news

Moscow-based architect, who built ‘Putin’s Palace’, refuses to return to Italy to face trial

Italian Lanfranco Cirillo—whose 150-strong art collection was seized last year—will be tried in absentia by an Italian court next month for tax and money laundering crimes

At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the city becomes a community landscape

Projects and site-specific installations have been brought into six neigbourhoods, taking local needs into account

Liverpool should not be punished for its modern vision

The UK city has been stripped of its World Heritage status. Walter Aubrey Thomas, who designed some of its most famous buildings, would have objected, says his great-grandson