Architecture
The New European Bauhaus
The pre-war German design school set the template for beautiful, functional
modernism. Can an EU-backed revival match up?
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Living among the ghosts of Italy’s past
The country's ghost villages deserve to be reinvented for modern use
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A bridge too far in Messina
The problem with Italy’s transport isn’t its bridges, but its roads, trains and green infrastructure – or rather lack of
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Germansplaining: Finding beauty in Quedlinburg
Next year, the quaint town in Saxony-Anhalt will celebrate 30 years of world heritage status. Once you visit, it’s easy to see why
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Vienna’s war against the passing of time
History never seems to pass in Vienna and this will always be the case
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The very English city that isn’t
Bath has been deemed a hotbed of our country’s elitism. That’s all well and good, but the city’s roots are anything but English
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Twilight in the temple: Milan’s crumbling giant
Once the envy of Europe, the San Siro stadium shared by AC and Inter Milan is on its last legs – but still capable of stirring the soul.
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Moscow’s hidden cathedrals
The city has unveiled the world’s largest underground rail loop, but its celebrated Metro system is not without its sinister side
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Where hope springs eternal under grey skies
Each year, spring toys with our emotions but the wait makes its delights all the sweeter
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The city that wears its scars on its sleeve
Berlin is lively and welcoming. But, reminders of past horrors are ever-present across the city
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In the Zone: Living on the edge
The borderlands of Paris are home to great works of architectural modernism – and some terrible mistakes
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The tip of the iceberg
Why the crazy 15-minute city conspiracy theory is no laughing matter
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Paris, the 15-minute city
A French-Colombian professor wants to rewire our metropolitan areas – and the city of lights is first
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The buildings that say ‘sod you’
After all these years (and all those documentaries), no one understands brutalism... especially Nadine Dorries
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Moving monuments:
Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu
believed that Bucharest’s churches were
in the wrong place. So he simply had
them moved
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Farewell my ugly: Naples and the fall of Gomorrah towers
The flats of La Vele were supposed to be the emblem of a utopian style of architecture. But they soon took on a very different identity
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Paris’s root and branch reform
The city of light has – finally – stopped taking its historic trees for granted and is devising ways of preserving them
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Hitler’s grand designs for a Berlin that never was
In the north of Berlin, on the site of a
little-visited former garden, lies one of
the city’s best-kept historical secrets
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Le Corbusier: The architect who revolutionised the 20th-century city
City skylines of tower blocks, motorway networks, urban plazas - everywhere you look today there are traces of the Swiss-French architect
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A white elephant trumpets its success
Hamburg’s £740m concert hall went
wildly over budget – but it is an
overwhelming hit with visitors and
locals