Thomas Heatherwick: Pied Piper who has the very rich under his spell

Despite the collapse of his plan to build a garden bridge across the Thames, the ambitious designer still has projects aplenty across the globe, thanks to those who admire his talents

It’s open! You can now stay on the famed first hole of Pebble Beach Golf Links

IT WILL BE HARD TO OVERSLEEP YOUR TEE TIME WHEN YOU’RE STAYING ON THE FIRST HOLE. Pebble Beach Resorts has opened a stunning new guest room and meeting complex at the famed golf resort: Fairway One at The Lodge. These investments further solidify Pebble Beach’s reputation as North America’s premier coastal golf resort. Fairway One … Read more

Sun Rain Room review – a home for all seasons

Architects Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin have spent 12 years on an extension that lets the weather straight into their Georgian townhouse. The result is hard not to love – especially on a rainy day

London’s Walkie Talkie building sold for record-breaking £1.3bn

Sum paid for City skyscraper by Hong Kong food conglomerate Lee Kum Kee is highest ever for a single UK building

The billion-dollar palaces of Apple, Facebook and Google

From California to London, the tech giants are employing top architects to build spectacular symbols of their immense global power. But they have their critics…

The V&A’s £55m new courtyard: ‘Like a Marbella beach bar airlifted to South Ken’

Amanda Levete’s dazzling new porcelain piazza brilliantly reunites the museum with the Kensington streets. But the giant new jewellery box of a gallery lurking below ground is the real star of the show