Architecture biennale 2018: all hail the new queens of Venice
The appointment of Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara as curators of the great architecture biennale is striking – but no one who knows their work should be surprised
Critics
Centre Point and the Hoover building review – from beasts to beauties
Denounced as vulgar when they were built, these newly desirable London landmarks have been reborn as luxury flats boasting distinctive dimensions as well as chequered pasts
The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller review – yours for half a billion
Christie’s, King Street, London
Picasso’s bolshy flower girl is just one of the rare gems to be glimpsed in London before this vast private collection goes under the hammer
Why wood is back at the top of the tree for architects
Strong, clean and versatile, engineered timber is the ‘new concrete’. With wooden skyscrapers in the offing, could it be the answer to the global housing crisis?
The Spanish holiday home as an architectural collectible
In rural Aragon, the Solo Houses project is giving international architects free rein to create the buildings of their imagination
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