The Sharaan by Jean Nouvel Resort: The new designs draw on Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site
Jean Nouvel for the cultural oasis in north-west Arabia. New Jean Nouvel concept designs unveil a new era in
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‘This is the Everest of zero carbon’ – inside York’s green home revolution
The city plans to build Britain’s biggest zero-carbon housing project, boasting 600 homes in car-free cycling paradises full of fruit trees and allotments. When will the rest of the UK catch up?
‘Courage, elegance, grit’: architect David Adjaye makes history by winning RIBA award
For the first time in its 173-year history, RIBA awards its gold medal to a black architect – and his best, and strangest, work may be yet to come
The museum of everything: do you have time to look at 150,000 exhibits?
In a world first, Rotterdam’s Boijmans museum has put its entire collection on display in a mammoth new warehouse. As the V&A considers a similar experiment, is this ‘open storage’ model the future?
Frank Lloyd Wright home in Phoenix set for new lease of life after $7.25m sale
- Desert home was built for son and daughter-in-law in 1952
- Buyers reportedly intend to preserve and restore house
Bamboo airports and psychedelic oil refineries: Richard Rogers’ thrilling legacy
The visionary architect behind some of the world’s favourite landmarks – and some of its most expensive housing – is hanging up his pencil. Our critic assesses his impact