On Architecture
Broad horizons
Libraries are now much less about places to house books as places for people to work
Dreamy spires
Oxford’s brilliant modern buildings
Burrell 2.0
The Burrell Collection’s second chance to capture the hearts of Glasgow
On a pedestal?
Give up joyless meat-hating for Lent
Urban skirmish
The new Chelsea Barracks is striking for its forgetfulness
Spanish prize
Jonathan Ruffer’s daring philanthropic experiment hopes to bring a different kind of regeneration to the north-east
House of fun
The Cosmic House breaks through the orthodoxies of modernism with its game-playing, colour and ornament
The Critic’s new home
Ecclesiastical textiles, Regency architecture and relief carvings: welcome to The Critic’s new address
City of pricks
London is no longer a Victorian city constructed on a medieval street plan, but a collection of cheapskate towers and characterless streets
Gaslighting London
Westminster City’s plan to replace London’s gaslit routes