Hottest front-room seats: the best theatre and dance to watch online

From live-streams of new plays to classics from the archive, here are some of the top shows online now or coming soon

Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2019

From hemp and cork buildings to energy-efficient council housing, the climate crisis got us thinking laterally

Read the Observer critics’ review of 2019 in full here

Modernized Marble and Industrial Chic among the Tile Trends for 2020

  Tile of Spain Companies Forecast Ceramic Tile Trends for 2020. Tile of Spain manufacturers traveled to Italy last month to showcase their latest collections at 2019 Cersaie, the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings. The annual week-long event brings together architects, interior designers, and tile producers to explore the latest innovations and … Read more

Ringing the changes: how Britain’s red phone boxes are being given new life

It’s a design classic, but in these days of ubiquitous mobile phones, only 10,000 of the red kiosks remain on the streets. Can they survive the next decade?

Museum of underwater art to open on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Submerged sculptures and others that appear at low tide to be installed at several Queensland sites, as part of a project that also aims to rehabilitate sections of the reef

Stirling prize 2019 shortlist: from a cork creation to a Teletubbies-style whisky distillery

Energy efficiency is a priority this year as a railway station, visitor centre, social housing project and opera house vie for the RIBA award for British building of the year