Brutal beauty: how concrete became the ultimate lifestyle concept

After a generation in the doghouse, concrete is more fashionable than ever. So why don’t we take better care of our brutalist architecture?

Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich

An extreme concentration of wealth in a city where even the air is for sale has produced a new breed of needle-like tower. By Oliver Wainwright

Back to the art cave! Inside Switzerland’s magical new gallery

With its grottos, stalactites and walls blasted from rock, the Muzeum Susch is like a Bond villain’s secret lair. Our writer steps inside this geological marvel

Twist and shout: is this the Tate Modern for classical music?

Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s timber-and-glass vision for a new Centre for Music in London aims for great heights – but might not exactly reach them

Masters and machines: the best art and architecture of 2019

Van Gogh comes to London, Keith Haring scribbles over Liverpool, Jean Nouvel gets weird in Qatar, and the V&A hits top gear