Demolition of the White House’s East Wing received plenty of coverage this week, as did the much larger ball room that will replace it. Embellishment of the Oval Office’s décor has also been reported, and no blushes – or, perhaps, flushes – have been spared when it comes to bathrooms either, with a marble makeover for one historic example getting attention. But the current President’s ambition to reshape things in his own image extends beyond the walls of that complex. There

This week the National Gallery announced its intention to construct a completely new wing, to allow more works of art to be displayed and...

The Barbican is to spend millions improving signage, revealing original features and remodelling its foyers (2025). The Barbican is to...

At the height of the Renaissance, Italian architect Andrea Palladio created a series of exquisite rural villas in the Veneto region that...

The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square reopened its Sainsbury Wing in May, after two years of building works to brighten and reshape...

Anyone seeking to spy a wild dolphin from Scarborough’s recently-opened seafront viewing station this weekend might, as they hurry toward...

“Overwhelming” was how I described my first visit to the Musée du Louvre more than twenty years ago; “ordeal” was the word used by its...

The words ‘face’ and ‘façade’ are connected etymologically but also practically. Just as the former tells us something about a person’s...

Today’s appeal by English Heritage for our help with finding commemorative blue plaques lost to war, redevelopment or planning is also a...

The sustainability agenda is now driving a host of projects that are stripping back, remodelling and upscaling office blocks originally...

“Most people walking along Kingsway aren’t even aware the tower is here…” Nick Durrant of ING Media is describing Space House, the...

For years I’ve believed that St Magnus House, a riverside office building in the City of London from the prolific practice of Richard...

If you were looking north from the Sky Garden in Fenchurch Street this morning, I could see you. Mind you that probably applies if you...

The National Portrait Gallery reopened a month ago today. Reoriented and refreshed physically, by Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell,...

A generation ago the Financial Times left its purpose-built home in the shadow of St Paul’s for a generic glass box in Southwark. A dozen...

With new development continuing across London, including in areas like Stratford and Vauxhall that were ignored in previous decades, it...

There are a dozen Hiltons in London, from Paddington to Canary Wharf and from Southwark to Islington. But ask a taxi to take you to ‘the...

“There are many 5-star hotels in London but nowhere quite like Claridge’s,” claims its website. This is somewhat ironic, as we shall see,...

Richard Jolley’s cartoon, originally done for Private Eye, is fun but accurate: Britain’s national galleries of landscapes and portraits...

What's behind the red curtains? Find out by reading the latest entry in my unique project tracker for the new City of London Law Courts...