Completed in 2017, architecture studio Kieran Timberlake designed London’s US Embassy to be at once secure and welcoming.

The London-based social housing complex was design by architects Alison and Peter Smithson as a manifestation of their socialist theories. 

Thamesmead was designed to be a revolutionary housing estate but, like many of its Brutalist contemporaries, it failed to meet its utopian goals

Team 4 was an architecture firm set up in 1963 that comprised the young British architects Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Wendy Cheesman and Su Brumwell.

As the Covid-19 pandemic turns seething metropoles into virtual ghost-towns, what might the post-lockdown city look like?

The Barbican Estate has topped the list of Britain’s ugliest buildings several times, yet the unique Brutalist complex is undoubtedly one of London’s most iconic structures

Built for the 2012 London Olympics, Zaha Hadid’s London Aquatic Centre has an undulating roof that dips down like a wave

Ernö Goldfinger’s high-rise residential block in Poplar, East London was designed as a solution to London’s post-war housing problems 

Over a decade after designing the Tate Modern, Herzog & de Meruon completed the Blavantnik Building – a brick extension that doubles the museum's exhibition space

The post-war architectural style, characterised by block-like forms usually cast in raw concrete or brick, defined an era of architecture in Britain 

There's not much to fault Glenn Howells Architects, the designers of the new English National Ballet building on London's City Island. But its prominent site should have been given over to a true community hub.

Here's a look at 10 of the most recognisable buildings by Norman Foster, widely recognised as one of the leading architects in Britain

Thomas Heatherwick’s love-hate relationship with the British press has taken a bitter turn of late. But, with a host of landmark projects about to be launched across the world, he is no mood to take a step back. For Icon 173, James McLachlan caught up with the multifaceted artist, architect and designer.

The £13m redesign will see the museum, the largest of its type in the world, closed for 2 years for a wholescale rearrangement

Surrounded by a Piet Oudolf garden, the London-based designer's new building is one of the most sensitive, meticulously-refined centres commissioned by Maggie's yet.

A 'fast track for beauty' proposed by the Beauty Commission is troubling – but a focus on community is worth celebrating. It's time for practical, nationwide action to make the built environment work for everyone, says Public Practice

Art, architecture and engineering merged to create a minimal “ribbon of steel” that bridges the two banks of the Thames by London’s St Paul’s Cathedral

One of South Korea's biggest bands is part of a new art project that has the potential to create a new harmony between art and pop

The designer tells Icon how she used bold colours and biophilia to enliven a new public space at Broadgate

In the modern city, God is found in the most unlikely places, from warehouses to bingo halls. These new religious buildings add fascinating layers to the urban experience