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Down to earth: Woodland research and construction near Bath, UK, by Invisible studioSubscription
Poised for flight: Visitor centre in Denmark by Dorte MandrupSubscription
Park at Rectory Farm, London, by Carmody Groarke and Vogt Landscape ArchitectsSubscription
Mine craft: Terrils du Martinet in Charleroi, Belgium by Dessin et ConstructionSubscription
Rooms for improvement: Anna Puigjaner and Maria Charneco, MAIO, SpainSubscription
Overarching ambition: Two houses, Oropesa, Spain by Paredes Pedrosa ArquitectosSubscription
Into the woods: Cowan Court, University of Cambridge, UK by 6a ArchitectsSubscription
Ghost storeys: Sala Beckett theatre in Barcelona, Spain by Flores & PratsSubscription
War of the worlds: Port House headquarters, Antwerp, Belgium by ZHASubscription
Refabricating de Stijl: De Ploeg factory, Bergeijk, the Netherlands by diederendirrixSubscription
Fruit of the loom: The Loom, London, UK by Duggan Morris ArchitectsSubscription
Opening statement: Yapı Kredi Culture Centre in Istanbul, Turkey by TegetSubscription
Market share: Malmö Saluhall, Sweden by WingårdhsSubscription
Mirror mirror on the wall: ‘After Image’ pavilion at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London by IF_DOSubscription
Winds of change: Casa de Los Vientos in Cádiz, Spain by José Luis MuñozSubscription
Peripheral vision: Rue Bonnet social housing in Paris, France by Avenier Cornejo ArchitectesSubscription
Peak efficiency: Oberholz Mountain Hut in the Dolomites, Italy by Peter Pichler Architecture and Pavol MikolajcakSubscription
Perfect pitch: Conservatoire in Nantes, France by RAUMSubscription
Sense of an ending: Red House in London by 31/44 ArchitectsSubscription
Station to station: Skjern River pumping stations in Jutland, Denmark by Johansen Skovsted ArkitekterSubscription
Court circular: Frontón Bizkaia handball courts in Bilbao, Spain by Marcelo Ruiz PardoSubscription
Twiggy in Ghent, Belgium by Architecten de Vylder Vinck TaillieuSubscription
Crystal Houses in Amsterdam by MVRDVSubscription
Bremer Landesbank in Bremen, Germany by Caruso St John ArchitectsSubscription
The Silo in Copenhagen, Denmark by COBESubscription
168 Upper Street in London by Amin Taha + GroupworkSubscription
A host of oasts: Caring Wood by James Macdonald Wright with Niall MaxwellSubscription
Bijlmermeer estate by NL Architects with XVW architectuurSubscription
County Seat Valkenberg in Twente, the Netherlands, by Ard de Vries ArchitectenSubscription
Calders House, Catalonia, Spain by narchSubscription
Natural conversation: Hytte Lille Arøya by Lund Hagem ArchitectsSubscription
Estuary English: Redshank in Essex by Lisa Shell Architects with Marcus TaylorSubscription
Hampstead homestead: Netherhall Gardens in London by BrinkworthSubscription
On the waterfront: Lisbon’s MAAT by Amanda LeveteSubscription
Pumping up the volumes: Pumping Stations by Johansen SkovstedSubscription
Dialogue Centre in Szczecin by KWK Promes: ‘An exercise as archaeological as it is topographical’Subscription
‘A civic masterpiece’: Charles Jencks on Herzog & de Meuron’s ElbphilharmonieSubscription
Heady Mix: Cité du Vin in Bordeaux by XTU ArchitectsSubscription
Water Square, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by De UrbanistenSubscription
Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz in Innsbruck, Austria by LAAC Architekten and Stiefel Kramer ArchitectureSubscription
Magma Art and Conference Centre in Tenerife by Artengo Menis PastranaSubscription
‘The CKK Jordanki by Fernando Menis is an intoxicating cocktail - and there’s nothing quite like it in architecture’s mainstream’Subscription
‘Peter Salter’s Walmer Yard is a luxe enigma that must be swallowed whole or not at all’Subscription
School of Economics in Milan by Grafton Architects: ‘an architecture of sobering power’Subscription
Towards the Light: Tanatorio in Spain by Juan Carlos Salas Subscription
‘The New Psychiatric Hospital in Slagelse by Karlsson and VLA presents a bold future for the entire type’Subscription
Maggie’s Manchester by Foster + Partners: ‘What matters is not to lose that joy of living in the fear of dying’Subscription
Lunar Base: Full Moon by unparelld'arquitectesSubscription
Biologic: Heide & von Beckerath’s BiobankSubscription
Firing on all Cylinders: Tobogan House in Madrid by Z4Z4 + Z4ASubscription
Hot pursuits: Apple Sauna in Bolzano by NOA*Subscription
Snake in the grass: Rowing Centre by SpacialAR-TE in Poçinho Subscription
Plane Sailing: House in Riehen by Reuter Raeber ArchitectsSubscription
Secrets and Lives: Estonian National Museum by DGTSubscription
March of the Arch: Housing in Boulogne by Antonini Darmon ArchitectesSubscription
New and old are bound together at Caruso St John’s Newport Street GallerySubscription
Shatwell Farm: Reshaping the ruralSubscription
Berlin Bunkers: the post-military as cultural spaceSubscription
‘A museum’s architecture shouldn’t be its best exhibit, but at the Tate Modern it steals the show’Subscription
Pleinen in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands by Hans Van Der HeijdenSubscription
The Malings in Newcastle, United Kingdom by Ash SakulaSubscription
Grand Parc in Bordeaux, France by Lacaton & VassalSubscription
Reinventing retirement: Housing and Social Centre in Aarschot by DRDHSubscription
Ecoboulevard in Madrid by Ecosistema Urbano ArquitectosSubscription
Hotel in Tudela, Spain by Emiliano López & Mónica Rivera ArquitectosSubscription
Safe as houses: Ely Court in London by Alison Brooks ArchitectsSubscription
Art and Craft: A House for Essex by FAT and Grayson PerrySubscription
‘For central Paris, the scale and language of Entrepôt Macdonald is new and daring’Subscription
‘Le Corbusier’s Ronchamp: a masterpiece of a unique but most personal order’Subscription
Clarity of plan and vision: The Cathedral in Sweden by Petra Gipp ArkitekturSubscription
Moving pictures: Flint House by Skene Catling de la PeñaVideoSubscription
‘At Rainham Hall, Studio Weave’s design conceit circles the theme of loss’Subscription
Transparency, democracy, high-security: Schmidt Hammer Lassen's International Criminal Court Subscription
‘Openess, simplicity and care’: 3XN's Stockholm Swedbank HQSubscription
Picture Palace in Galway, Ireland by Depaor ArchitectsSubscription
Ciniteca Matadero in Madrid by Churtuchaga + Quadra-SalcedoSubscription
Curzon Bloomsbury refurbishment in London by Takero ShimazakiSubscription
‘Gadget-led curation misses the fact that Anne Holtrop’s Fort Vechten museum is an exhibit in itself’Subscription
Reykjavík’s Harpa: from an empty shell to community hot spotSubscription
Family Tomb in the Acor mountains, Portugal by Pedro DiasSubscription
Pantéon Nube in Murcia, Spain by Clavel ArquitectosSubscription
Andalusia's Museum of Memory by Alberto Campo Baeza, Granada, SpainSubscription
Holy orders: Garden Museum extension, London, UK by Dow Jones ArchitectsSubscription
Defence of the realm: Fort Vechten Waterline Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands by Studio Anne HoltropSubscription
Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice by OMASubscription
‘Candy floss and whelks may have been swapped for lattes and panini, but dRMM’s pier promises to kickstart change in Hastings’Subscription
‘At Highgate House, Carmody Groarke have made brick an animate organism, giving expressive life to geometry and space’Subscription
Juergen Teller studio by 6a architects: ‘an elemental architecture, connecting nature and artifice’Subscription
AR BnB Winner: ‘Lund Hagem’s Knapphullet finds value in the heart of a difficult landscape’Subscription
Ace Hotel by EPR and Universal Design Studio: ‘a piece of make-believe that distills an image of Shoreditch life’Subscription
For the greater good?: the Commonwealth Institute/Holland Green housing by OMA with Allies and MorrisonSubscription
Light fantastic: Carré Lumière in Bègles by LAN Architecture Subscription
Stitching together the old and the new: Lichtstrasse housing in Basel by HHFSubscription
Vertical hangar: Bruther’s fab lab in CaenSubscription
‘The school reveals the city’: St Angela’s College by O’Donnell + TuomeySubscription
Bunești, the Romanian university built by studentsSubscription
Haus der Stille in Frankfurt by Karl + ProbstSubscription
House of One in Berlin by Kühn MalvezziSubscription
‘What makes this scheme distinctive is its quiet determination’: Community centre in Italy by Burnazzi Feltrin ArchitectsVideoSubscription
Neoplasmic architecture: Alga(e)zebo by MAM in LondonSubscription
Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland by Peter Zumthor Subscription
Piscine Tournesol in Lingolsheim, France by Urbane KulturSubscription
Municipal Pool in Bagneux, France by Dominique Coulon et AssociesSubscription
Municipal Pool in Tabuaço, Portugal by Topos Atelier de ArquitecturaSubscription
London Aquatics Centre by Zaha Hadid ArchitectsSubscription
Thermal Bath in Bad Ems, Germany by 4A ArchitektenSubscription
Walter Gropius Meisterhäuser Dessau, 1925-26Subscription
Sergison Bates semi-detached, Stevenage, 2000Subscription
Alison Brooks Villas, Accordia, Cambridge, 2006Subscription
Sacred and profane: Archaeological museum in Seró, Spain, by Toni GironèsSubscription
Domus Conclusus: Villa Além in Alentejo, Portugal, by Valerio OlgiatiSubscription
January 2002: Sarah Wigglesworth Architects' Straw Bale House
Rubido Romero Foundation by Abalo Alonso Arquitectos, GaliciaSubscription
Zaha Hadid's Serpentine Extension exploits old and new
Summer house, Sweden by Tham & Videgard ArkitekterSubscription
Yenikapi Transfer PointSubscription
D Hotel in Lucknow, India by Sanjay Puri Subscription
White Out: Rotor installation in Ghent, Belgium Subscription
1930 June: Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, CataloniaSubscription
Interpolis Building by Abe Bonnema in Tilburg, The NetherlandsSubscription
British Airways Building by Niels Torp in Heathrow, UKSubscription
British Airways Building by Niels Torp in Heathrow, UKSubscription
Microsoft Building by Sevil Peach in Schiphol, The NetherlandsSubscription
Microsoft Building by Sevil Peach in Schiphol, The NetherlandsSubscription
PwC Building by Foster + Partners in London, UKSubscription
PwC Building by Foster + Partners in London, UKSubscription
‘In the Parc de La Villette rules can be invented or perverted’Subscription
St Olav’s Hospital by Narud Stokke Wiig ArchitectsSubscription
Medisch Centrum Rijnmond-Zuid by Wiegerinck ArchitectenSubscription
QEII Hospital by Penoyre & PrasadSubscription
Tetrarc's collective housing scheme in Nantes, FranceSubscription
Arketip Housing by Emra Arolat in TurkeySubscription
1992 April: 'Turkey's Forgotten Georgian Churches' by Chris HellierSubscription
2010 October: Housing Development by Édouard François (Grenoble, France)Subscription
Hotel Fouquet in Paris by Édouard FrançoisSubscription
Hotel Fouquet in Paris by Édouard FrançoisSubscription
2006 November: Housing, Louviers, France by Édouard FrançoisSubscription
2000 May: Housing by Édouard François (Montpellier, France)Subscription
1998 January: Harvey Nichols Department Store by Heatherwick Studio (London, UK)Subscription
1963 February: Architects’ Own House (Tisbury, Wiltshire, UK)Subscription
2002 January: Sustainable School by Lucian Kroll (Caundry, France)Subscription
Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo Subscription
Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale by OMA: Rem Koolhaas, Clement Blanchet Subscription
‘Zumthor’s Diocesan Museum shows clearly and movingly the continuity of Christian faith’Subscription
Metropol Parasol by Jürgen Mayer H. Architekten, Seville, SpainSubscription
Augustiner Museum by Christoph Mäckler Architekten, Freiburg, GermanySubscription
Reyner Banham on Stirling's Cambridge History FacultySubscription
Castelo Novo Visitor Centre in Fundão, Portugal, by Comoco ArchitectsSubscription
Metz, France – Shigeru Ban's new Pompidou Centre nears completionSubscription
Stockholm, Sweden – Johan Celsing's crematorium for Woodland CemeterySubscription
Nottingham Contemporary by Caruso St John ArchitectsSubscription