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The ultimate eco building – made of salt, sunflowers and recycled urine
Its door handles are made of salt. Its walls are made of sunflowers. Its furniture is made of Japanese knotweed. And it was stained with dyes made from filtered urine. Is this recycling marvel in southern France the future of architecture?
Oliver Wainwright
05, Jun, 2023 @4:17 PM
Serpentine Pavilion 2023 review – giant cocktail umbrella gives the park a party vibe
French-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh has unveiled her festive big top. And this symphony of timber is a lovely place to eat and think about food – if you can overlook the clumsy flat-pack feel
Oliver Wainwright
05, Jun, 2023 @3:31 PM
How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’
Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’
Oliver Wainwright in Desert Center, California
21, May, 2023 @10:00 AM
The toxic landscape of colonialism: Venice’s architecture biennale spotlights Africa
Is the era of the elderly white male finally over? This year’s global extravaganza, boasting a Ghanaian-Scottish curator, features a huge number of exhibitors from Africa – and shows its vicious exploitation continues
Oliver Wainwright
19, May, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘Design me a chair made from petals!’: The artists pushing the boundaries of AI
From restoring artefacts destroyed by Isis to training robot vacuum cleaners, architects, artists and game developers are discovering the potential – and pitfalls – of the virtual world
Oliver Wainwright
15, May, 2023 @6:00 AM
Tooth transplants and pickled penises: inside the revamped Hunterian
The new look museum still contains John Hunter’s curiosities – from giant skeletons to toad births – but now acknowledges the ethical issues they pose
Oliver Wainwright
12, May, 2023 @1:45 PM
Will Charles wear his ping-pong-ball crown? A shocking history of royal headwear bling
When Charles was crowned Prince of Wales, he didn’t know he was wearing a table tennis ball on his head. What can the world expect on Saturday? We examine the strange and often blood-drenched world of crown design
Oliver Wainwright
02, May, 2023 @3:22 PM
‘We made a nuisance of ourselves’: how Citizens House created real affordable housing – for ever!
After years of campaigning, 11 homes have been built as London’s first community land trust – protected in value from the volatile property market. We meet the people who made it happen
Oliver Wainwright
20, Apr, 2023 @9:30 AM
Want to buy a woollen home? Why Newcastle may have knitted the future of housing
Terry Farrell, the distinguished creator of dazzling buildings worldwide, has set up a £4.6m centre in Newcastle aiming to demystify the overblown language of architecture. So why does it contain a compostable woolly bio-cave?
Oliver Wainwright
19, Apr, 2023 @2:54 PM
Utopia in corduroy concrete: the mesmerising architecture of a Mexican master
Guadalajara is often seen as a place of tequila and mariachi music. Can the late Alejandro Zohn, whose buildings included a market roofed by giant shells, now make it famous for architecture? We report from a striking new exhibition in LA
Oliver Wainwright
10, Apr, 2023 @5:32 PM
Rainbow fur, £10,000 ballgowns and hounds in hats: inside LA’s canine couture show
At ‘master pet couturier’ Anthony Rubio’s fashion show, humans take a back seat as all eyes are on the pampered pooches dressed to kill
Oliver Wainwright
24, Mar, 2023 @2:52 PM
‘A gas-guzzling villain’s lair’: welcome to LA’s grotesque new high-rise
Inspired by Yeats and Wagner, the (W)rapper tower was meant to reawaken the city skyline. But is this monstrous erection just a monument to its designer’s ego?
Oliver Wainwright
17, Mar, 2023 @11:20 AM
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