A French postman constructed an ‘ideal palace’ in his vegetable garden. It’s a wonder of ‘outsider architecture’ that combines the marvellous, the mystical and the grotesque
Eastnor, a high temple of Victoriana, has seduced kings, clerics, and Shiv from Succession. Now, its châtelaine is channelling its style into a line of furnishings
Bureaucrats, billionaire donors, artisans and builders united to deliver a national project at a time of political strife
Better social infrastructure can foster resilience in densely-populated urban environments
Pakistan’s first woman architect, now 83, is on a mission to decolonise, decarbonise and democratise design
Five years after a devastating fire almost consumed the cathedral, an army of artisans has brought it back to life
Playing with expectations and orthodoxies is pushing the boundaries of the built environment — from a ‘cork-insulated creature on hooves’ to a mob of red-brick meerkats
The country has not had an easy relationship with the once grand homes of the Anglo-Irish elite — leading many to be torched, repurposed or left to rot. But a new appreciation is being nurtured, and a ‘reckoning with the past’
They were a mid-century mainstay beloved of architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, but a revival is afoot — and today’s designs are infinitely more comfortable
Reaching beyond conventional maritime moulds, this West Sussex design evoking longships and abstract sculptures sets an innovative design course
Look beyond the Art Deco and MiMo. In recent years, the world’s leading architects have made their mark on the Magic City — to spectacular effect
An artist’s fantastical dream of an American landscape and his Persian-inspired home
In our seasonal special, we travel from property hotspots in Switzerland to those in British Columbia, weigh up the appeal of contemporary chalets and traditional turf cabins, shine a light on art and design rooted in Alpine culture — and explore how to embrace year-round living in the mountains
Step inside the homes of some of the world’s most illustrious writers, artists and other historical personalities — and see how interiors can reveal interior lives
An exquisite restoration by Haworth Tompkins architects does justice to a collection which foreshadows Google’s image search and the postcard walls of student bedrooms
The reinvention of the Portuguese art museum demonstrates the risk embedded in adapting elements to fit a larger scale
The architect’s art deco gems helped define Miami. Many have been lost. Others still captivate
Meet the architects and designers behind the evolution of the Magic City
The real-estate moguls, restaurant owners and non-profit organisers behind South Florida’s revival
Michael Mann’s hit TV drama caught the city’s evolution into a coke-fuelled neon fantasy. It’s never looked back
The international charity now helps more than 300,000 people every year. Fiona Golfar is one of them
Follow the market, from Mallorca to Montevideo
Plans to update the gallery, International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum are an inviting vision for the city’s docks
Trees and entire gardens should more often be placed at the core of the design process for homes, say the authors of a new book
A new exhibition highlights the ‘Beetlejuice’ director’s preoccupation with architecture, and his understanding of houses as both a site of aspiration and anxiety
