Architecture

In the Somport Tunnel beneath the Pyrenees, scientists try to solve the biggest mysteries of the cosmos

In the 1990s, Britain fell out of love with its concrete masterpieces – but then it all changed

A new film about an architect who survives the Holocaust is a stunning achievement, and one with deep resonance for our own time

How prewar Germany turned an embassy close to Buckingham Palace into a temple to Hitler’s ideology

Belgium is a funny old nation and that's what the most famous statue in Brussels, the Manneken Pis, represents to me

President Macron said Notre Dame would be rebuilt within five years and would be even more beautiful. And so it came to pass

The success of Notre Dame's comeback depends on whether we view it as an architectural gem or a functional religious building

It's likely that the public officials responsible for the collapse of the Novi Sad train station will evade accountability

Campaigners in the Canary Islands are striving for a more sustainable tourism model

The redevelopment of a bombed ministry complex in the Serbian capital is set to feature a Trump-Kushner hotel

In 5,000 years’ time, will people marvel at the accomplishments achieved today?

The common portrayal as a humourless Teuton could not have been further from a man whose work was infused with nuance, warmth and joy

Amid all the glories of Paris, the Pompidou Centre stands as a monument to modernism and to the man whose name it bears

In order for churches to be properly cherished they’ll have to welcome in people of other faiths and no faith at all

Taking advantage of Italy’s one euro houses is not as easy as it sounds

In Sardinia you can buy a house for just one euro, but is this too good to be true?

The pre-war German design school set the template for beautiful, functional modernism. Can an EU-backed revival match up?

The country's ghost villages deserve to be reinvented for modern use

The problem with Italy’s transport isn’t its bridges, but its roads, trains and green infrastructure – or rather lack of

Next year, the quaint town in Saxony-Anhalt will celebrate 30 years of world heritage status. Once you visit, it’s easy to see why

History never seems to pass in Vienna and this will always be the case

Bath has been deemed a hotbed of our country’s elitism. That’s all well and good, but the city’s roots are anything but English

Once the envy of Europe, the San Siro stadium shared by AC and Inter Milan is on its last legs – but still capable of stirring the soul.

The city has unveiled the world’s largest underground rail loop, but its celebrated Metro system is not without its sinister side

Each year, spring toys with our emotions but the wait makes its delights all the sweeter

Berlin is lively and welcoming. But, reminders of past horrors are ever-present across the city

The borderlands of Paris are home to great works of architectural modernism – and some terrible mistakes

Why the crazy 15-minute city conspiracy theory is no laughing matter

A French-Colombian professor wants to rewire our metropolitan areas – and the city of lights is first

After all these years (and all those documentaries), no one understands brutalism... especially Nadine Dorries

Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu believed that Bucharest’s churches were in the wrong place. So he simply had them moved

The flats of La Vele were supposed to be the emblem of a utopian style of architecture. But they soon took on a very different identity