best architecture

2021 International Architecture Awards unveil 130 of the best-designed buildings and landscapes from around the world

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  The World’s Foremost International Distinguished Building, Landscape Architecture, and Urbanism Awards Program. It is the oldest and most prestigious international building awards program, bestowed by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The Oldest and Largest Global Awards Program Featuring the World’s … Read more

Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2019

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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

This is the highest price ever achieved for a U.S. home at auction and the highest sale ever in Broward County

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  The most elite buyers across the globe were impressed by this 5± acre estate completed in 2018 and featuring 11 bedrooms, 22 bathrooms, and 22-karat gold leaf gilding throughout. Since its inception in 2008, Concierge Auctions has broken world records for the highest priced homes ever achieved at auction. Playa Vista Isle in Hillsboro … Read more

Wet docks, giant ducks and the zero-waste city: the best architecture and design of 2018

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Windermere catches a wave, the V&A unveils the city of tomorrow, and Hope to Nope harnesses the explosive power of graphic design

Rowan Moore’s best architecture of 2017

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Postmodernism returned in style, Liverpool’s Welsh Streets were saved, but Grenfell Tower defined the year

• Observer critics’ reviews of the year in full