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The polemical snapshot: architectural photography in the age of social media

Disseminated by smart phones and Instagram, critical photography thrives online. But can it change the way we look at buildings?

Shattered glass: the history of architectural photography

Exploring photography’s obsession with architecture as motif and metaphor, a cluster of exhibitions in Los Angeles ended by questioning the neutrality of the c...

The last page: Albania’s impervious nuclear bunkers

Photo essay: making space for sports

Photo essay: life is a beach

Photo essay: the photographic work of Francesca Torzo

Photo essay: school scenes

Chronic conditions: inclusive everyday spaces

Interview with Sebastião Salgado

What we do in the darkroom: photography’s sites of emergence

Art, craft, and essays about representation, facades to city plans: the architecture of paul klee, in practice: worofila on earth block construction in senegal, architects’ games: what do you want, a medal, interview with kader attia, retrospective: theaster gates, in what style should we repair, who, where, when, why, what " rel="bookmark"> folio: who, where, when, why, what, editorial: open house, uneven playing fields: untold stories of starting a practice, back of a napkin: the enduring influence of an ephemeral sketch, where to begin: ‘i started with coffee and cities’, donald judd (1928–1994), ‘the blues’: w awards trophies 2023 by mona hatoum, the stonemason: a life in minerals, portrait: mona hatoum, graphic novel: archives of distant homes, graphic novel: a global moratorium on new construction, cultivating the arts: the tree out of context, heart of stained glass: divinity and wealth in windows, yayoi kusama (1929–), resisting the controlling image: collage as a subversive tool, metropolis futures: collage constructions for a new world, undermined planet: exposing geographies of extraction, folio: hariton pushwagner, cristina iglesias’s monotypes: w awards trophies 2021, folio: sennefer’s garden, we are stretched from margin to centre, agnes denes (1931- ), klaus: letter to a young architect, philip christou on a late-night concept sketch, the open sketchbook: building ideas, drawing with an open mind: william mann on sketching buildings, sub-conscious sketching: vastu shilpa consultants share drawings made with pen, pencil and paint, the open sketchbook: finding ideas, a few loose sheets: francesca torzo on sketching, fugitive thought: sam jacob on the sketchbook, a sea of paper: níall mclaughlin on practice, process, and sketching collectively, the open sketchbook: collecting ideas, specious spaces: a short graphic novel, folio: albert galeron’s globe céleste, a room darkened in time with a solar eclipse, paint it black, monuments to men: ego and stature solidified in stone, william morris (1834-1896), sentimental value: from gordon matta-clark to emotional capitalism, folio: george finch, folio: francis bacon, folio: the flood of noah, folio: cornelis van eesteren’s general expansion plan for amsterdam, come dine with me: the dinner party, art, and revolution, folio: sarah wigglesworth’s dining tables, gijs van vaerenbergh: on architectural ‘misuse’, drawing, building; purity and corruption. piranesi’s différentes vues de pesto, folio: helena mändlová’s ‘dream’, building momentum in koshirakura, folio: moon hoon, folio: joseon dynasty royal banquet, folio: ​ben carré’s stage set, folio: the flying city, dutch delta works: from engineering feat to cultural statement.

Since 1896, The Architectural Review has scoured the globe for architecture that challenges and inspires. Buildings old and new are chosen as prisms through which arguments and broader narratives are constructed. In their fearless storytelling, independent critical voices explore the forces that shape the homes, cities and places we inhabit.

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