Set designer Lydia Chan creates maximalist London installation
Your Ship Has Landed, at the NOW Gallery, is a riotous explosion of colour, form and experience
Mecanoo transforms Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Library
The Washington DC library honouring the civil rights leader has been revitalised with new spaces, a public roof garden and a social focus
London basketball court co-designed with local residents
Home Court aims to create a positive multi-generational space in its Camberwell community
Mario Cucinella designs Tuscan cultural centre with ‘suspended plaza’
Palazzo Senza Tempo, in the Italian hilltop town of Peccioli, combines old and new structures with a cantilevered public platform
Opinion
Architecture
Mecanoo transforms Mies van der Rohe’s MLK Library
The Washington DC library honouring the civil rights leader has been revitalised with new spaces, a public roof garden and a social focus
Mario Cucinella designs Tuscan cultural centre with ‘suspended plaza’
Palazzo Senza Tempo, in the Italian hilltop town of Peccioli, combines old and new structures with a cantilevered public platform
London’s Courtauld Gallery reopens after redevelopment
The transformation project by Witherford Watson Mann has revitalised and opened up the neoclassical building within Somerset House
Cities
Design
Set designer Lydia Chan creates maximalist London installation
Your Ship Has Landed, at the NOW Gallery, is a riotous explosion of colour, form and experience
London basketball court co-designed with local residents
Home Court aims to create a positive multi-generational space in its Camberwell community
Stella McCartney creates bicycles with artist designs
The limited-edition series with bike brand Cannondale features work by three artists
Videos
Opinion
The dark arts of Big Oil advertising
Green fields, blue skies and nostalgic architecture: the fossil fuel advertising of 20th-century Britain inspired delusion. Now we are not such willing participants
Play is not a luxury – and our cities need to reflect that
Design should embrace children and their development by enabling diverse play wherever possible, argue Amica Dall and Penny Wilson
Rethinking the future of the Los Angeles River
Waterways have the potential to make cities more sustainable and joyful – but it requires collaboration, creativity and community, explains Mia Lehrer
