Twist and shout: is this the Tate Modern for classical music?
Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s timber-and-glass vision for a new Centre for Music in London aims for great heights – but might not exactly reach them
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The top 10 architecture and design events of 2017
It was a year that celebrated new dawns. From plywood to postmodernism, from the return of council housing to a Cornish art gallery, our critic picks his highlights
Meet Liz Diller, the rebel architect behind MoMA, the High Line and now a home for Simon Rattle
Her practice beat Foster, Gehry and Piano to clinch London’s new £250m Centre for Music. She talks about fuelling gentrification – and why arts buildings have to be more than corporate baubles
The Jean-Michel Basquiat I knew…
The graffiti artist turned painter became the star of the 1980s New York art scene. Since his death aged 27, his reputation has soared. On the eve of a major UK show, we speak to those who knew him best
Foundation stone: leading architects on the homes that shaped them
How does your childhood home influence the one you make yourself? Seven leading architects look back at the foundations of their career
Wonder of the vulgar: Barbican exhibition to delve into garish fashion
Autumn show with clothes by Vivienne Westwood and Jean Paul Gaultier will explore renaissance to present day