Why the architecture of prisons and asylums is bad for people’s mental health

Elizabeth Diller on the High Line, her plans for the Barbican and why she likes doing things she’s ‘unqualified’ for

Eric Parry: How sketchbooks guide a journey of discovery

Inside the ‘Empire of Ice Cream’ – Sam Jacob’s new exhibition

Royal College of Art to open new London campus by Herzog & de Meuron

Influenced by Modernist icons, the Menil Drawing Institute by Johnston Marklee suits Houston’s intriguing landscape

Creators of the best extensions in London to provide expert advice surgeries

The best places to skateboard are part of the city, not the skatepark

ICON Minds podcast: The Future of the City

ICON Minds: The Future of Cities

Floating tech utopias? Architects working at the extremes have smarter answers to climate crises

Everything is connected: Gustavo Ultrabo of Brazilian architects Aleph Zero

The China Design Museum in Hangzhou is European modernism writ large

Rebuilding Motor City: A decade on from collapse, Detroit rises

Dutch-Italian duo Studio Verter shun bombast for thoughtful, poetic, detail-oriented designs

Cities switch on to a new era of smart lighting

Declining health: How ‘wellness’ and our quest for immortality killed architecture’s for public health

Assemble’s alchemy: Conjuring a new kind of gallery at Goldsmiths

6a Architects spin compelling spaces from the layers of the past

Patrik Schumacher sues Zaha Hadid’s niece and Peter Palumbo for control of her estate

Alejandro Aravena on conflict, the legacy of his Venice Biennale, and being bold in the face of earthquakes