A respectful renovation
The redesigned Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery by Selldorf Architects
An architect for the British Museum
Brought up in war-torn Beirut, Lina Ghotmeh later designed the Louvre Abu Dhabi
A cathedral in the classical tradition
A serene reinvigoration of the classical tradition
Bricks and mortarboards
An architect who makes a virtue of the laconic
When architects meet their makers
Studies in the pleasures of timber, thatch and stone
Prickly architect of Gothic marvels
Butterfield was a more complex figure than was evident in his great set-piece buildings
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
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