Strategic speculation in Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, Mumbai, New York and Rio de Janeiro is challenging the architectural profession to rethink itself beyond the realm of building and address policy-making
Architects are ridiculed if they take a moral position, and attacked if they don’t. What, then, in the 21st century, is ‘the duty of the architect’?
Architecture as propaganda: Curators Alex Lehnerer and Savva Ciriacidis reconstruct the politically charged 1964 Kanzlerbungalow intersecting with the German Pavilion in a curatorial move that is both disarmingly simple while loaded with ethical complexity
With an array of starchitect buildings corralled like guests at a cocktail party, Vienna University recasts the idea and the identity of the modern campus
The Hayward Gallery’s recent event attracted and inspired young and old visitors alike
dOCUMENTA 13 offers a welcome critical alternative to the helium-light froth of the art fair circuit, says Charlotte Skene Catling
A panel at the Wellcome Centre asks: is it the task of architects to offer an antidote to social and political failings?
