Wasteful, damaging and outmoded: is it time to stop building skyscrapers?

Tall buildings are still deemed desirable, even glamorous, but experts are drawing attention to the high environmental cost of building them

The future of the arts: ‘The world is coming into visual art on a human scale’

Our art critic longs to see paintings in person once more, and looks to a future where exhibitions may run longer and borrow less from abroad

The five: robots helping to tackle coronavirus

Automatons have been chipping in with the effort to beat Covid, from disinfecting hospitals to delivering groceries

The world’s top 10 new architecture projects

Making a virtue out of global lockdown, our critic takes a virtual tour of the world’s best new architecture projects – from a rural Vietnamese preschool to a Belgian folly and a synagogue in Paraguay

20 apps to up your skills

Want something to show for the weeks you have spent in lockdown? These apps will help you achieve your aims