Dali and de Meuron in Madrid, Hollywood glitz and
pre-Columbian sculptures in LA and Norman Foster and truffle fries in the Bowery. Embark on a 21st-century grand tour, say Hannah Nathanson and Pandora Sykes... more
Baroness Margaret Ford was not in the best of moods on Tuesday. But after a short bollocking for daring to suggest here last week that the feisty chief of the Olympic Park Legacy Company was not best friends with Olympics builder-in-chief David Higgins, her mood turned sunny. ... more
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sacks the flat-capped wearing mayor of Moscow after a bitter feud marked by allegations of corruption involving his wife, the country’s richest woman... more
IT’S seven months since HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan relocated to Hong Kong and arrived to applause from staff at the bank’s Norman Foster-designed HQ... more
Fay Maschler doesn’t believe it is just the name and fame of Jamie Oliver that packs them in. The dishes arefresh, seemingly healthy and fairly priced.... more
Foster and Partners’ 7 More London is the capital’s first building to win the highest green rating possible, the equivalent of three Michelin stars — the implications for architects are huge... more
Property owners are loaning or cheaply leasing empty retail space or buildings on stalled development sites - known as "slack space" - to galleries and creative enterprises... more
The long-awaited redevelopment of Bucklersbury House and Temple Court in the City was kicked further into the long grass today as the developer pulled out of the project ... more
Abu Dhabi is taking the green shoots of recovery a step further, winning the race to host the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena). Abu Dhabi hopes it will add fuel to its Masdar project - a $15 billion (£9 billion) green city designed by Sir Norman Foster ... more
The age of the look-at-me building is drawing to a close as projects flounder and Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Richard Rogers make cutbacks — but there is a silver lining... more
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch.
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This week saw the 'final go-ahead' for Crossrail. But it is the everyday irritations and inadequacies of our transport system, not the grand projects, that concern people most... more
The Victoria and Albert Museum is as great an inspiration to Britain's artists and designers as it was when Henry Cole founded it 150 years ago...... more
Norman Foster's soaring glazed dome over the Court restaurant at the British Museum has created an eerie, other-worldly realm. But does the food match the surroundings?... more
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