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Home, and away London and beyond

 

> Crossrail

   What became London's Elizabeth Line started its journey here

 

> San Francisco Modern

   Admiring post-war towers whilst strolling the West Coast city

 

> Centre Point

   Groovy! Seifert's London tower at a moment of change

 

> Off the rails? 

   New directions for London Underground's architecture

 

> British Embassy, Rome

   Exclusive Visiting Basil Spence's gem in the eternal city

   

> Manchester modified: Spinningfields

   Two days considering the reshaping of a district

 

> The Angel Building

   Exclusive Pioneering reinvention in London, with the architects

 

> Berlin: Topography of time

   Absorbing multiple histories on the streets of Germany's capital

 

> Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia: The heart of stone 

   Experiencing Barcelona's church after decades of its evolution

 

> Paddington Waterside

   A maturing London development reviewed for signs of life

 

> Fragments of… Blade Runner: The city and the city

   Los Angeles, 2019 - one of five pieces on the film across this site

 

> Venice: The gilded cage

   Wandering a place trapped by its past, present and future

 

> British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre

   Press preview Touring the newest wing, with its architects

 

> Hamburg: Water, fire and air

   Walking the city still shaped by these elements today

> Tide and technology: Dockland's last wave

   Before closure, London’s industrial waterways made one final effort

> Grand Designs: The Lambeth water tower

   Exclusive Inside the television series' 100th project, in London

 

 

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The City of London Where Britain's capital began

 

> 30 St Mary Axe

   Visiting the 'Gherkin', including its summit bar...

 

> Holland House

   ... and a continental cuckoo in the nest below

 

> Future Fantastic? The Barbican at 25

   The Brutalist estate marks its quarter-century

 

> City/edge City

   How the Square Mile is pushing east

 

> Tower 42

   At the top of the former NatWest tower, a super-tall pioneer

 

> The Leadenhall Building

   Press preview On floor forty with its architects

 

> 20 Fenchurch Street

   Heretical thoughts within and about the Walkie Talkie

 

> Bloomberg

   Press preview Inside and beneath the new building

 

> Merrill Lynch Financial Centre

   Exclusive Exploring the bank in the company of its architect

> City of London Law Courts  ++ PROJECT TRACKER ++

   Following this major development from start to finish

 

 

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Chris Rogers  |  Writer on architecture and visual culture

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