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The bathroom at OPEN - Britain's most luxurious youth club.

The kids are alright: Britain's first luxury youth club

Forget table tennis. Britain's first luxury youth club offers teens Vitra chairs, a media lab and even a VIP area. Kate Burt takes a tour

Inside Architecture

Blade of Light (2006) Pencil sketch on paper 390mm x 313mm Retail value: £2000 Kindly donated by Lord Norman Foster of Thames Bank O.M.

Celebrating architecture as a 'social art'

Monday, 23 November 2009

A new auction brings architects and artists together in aid of Article 25

This weekend, Rome will feel the seismic shock of that scribble, whose sinuous re-expression in 51,000 tons of concrete and steel has given the city its Bilbao moment. Zaha Hadid's €150m Maxxi museum of contemporary art is up, and stunning.

Weekend Arts: Zaha hits Rome

Saturday, 14 November 2009

This weekend the starchitect unveils her latest project, Maxxi, a museum of modern art. Jay Merrick gets a sneak preview – and is stunned

The 2,800-ton undulating roof of the Aquatics Centre is lowered into place. It is expected to become the architectural centrepiece of the 2012 Olympics

Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves

Thursday, 12 November 2009

With its dazzling, undulating design and prominent positioning at the entrance to the Olympic Park, ministers hope that the London Aquatics Centre will be the architectural jewel in the capital's crown in 2012.

Lord Rogers triumphs with Stirling Prize for Maggie's Centre, just three months after Chelsea barracks rebuff

Lord Rogers wins award for cancer centre

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Architect triumphs with Stirling Prize for Maggie's Centre, just three months after Chelsea barracks rebuff

Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark

What a prize mess: The Stirling Prize

Saturday, 17 October 2009

The most prestigious award in British architecture is being presented tonight. It's just a shame that the buildings are so awful

An engraving of Theseus, who slayed the Minotaur then escaped from the Labyrinth

Has the original Labyrinth been found?

Friday, 16 October 2009

Steve Connor: Archaeologists shed new light on the inspiration for the Greek myth.

A computer-generated image of how Stonehenge’s new environmentally sensitive visitor centre will look

Stonehenge lays out the welcome mat

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Tortuous battle to agree design for visitor centre is finally resolved

Ancient theatre is uncovered in Rome

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Arena could have served to entertain the Emperor Trajan and his guests

Members of the council's planning committee and members of the Belgravia Residents' Association tour the Chelsea Barracks site, which has been at the centre of controversy over proposals for its development

Prince's charity probed

Monday, 14 September 2009

Regulator studying Foundation for Built Environment after claims it is 'private lobby firm' for Charles

The 'Cocoon' is the largest sprayed concrete, curved structure in Europe

What a creation! Darwin Centre's new wing is both a mystery and a triumph of design

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

It is described by its architects as a cocoon.

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