This year’s @AIANational conference suggested that US architects are becoming more committed to the idea of architecture as a force for creating a better world, says @BiennaleBooks ow.ly/7iao50WiP6a

As the five finalists for a permanent memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park are announced, Jonathan Glancey looks at what has worked in the past - and what doesn’t work if we want something imaginative, well realised and uplifting independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

CALICI MILANESI — handmade glassware

New York City has about 600 secret parks, oases, plazas, courtyards, rooftop gardens and other patches of greenery. Here's how to find them. bit.ly/4hy6CjL

Operation Bowler by Jonathan Glancey is out today! 📚✈️

The thrilling true story behind the Allies’ mission to take back Venice from the Germans – and save its artistic and architectural treasures.

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PO George Westlake. DSO.
One of THE FEW.
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Led Operation Bowler.Not to damage Venice docks.

Launching this week The story of #Venice in #WW2 & by Jonathan Glancey

Introducing Soane and Modernism:
Make It New (12 February - 18 May 2025)

Our first exhibition of 2025 investigates Sir John Soane as a forerunner of architectural modernism and places his work in dialogue with celebrated modernists and those who share affinities with his work.

📢Tickets are on sale now for #popesgrotto 2025 Open Days! Numbers are strictly limited and 🎟️are selling fast ticketsource.co.uk/popesgrotto #alexanderpope #heritage #twickenham #openday

Great to see @LordLeycester in @Countrylifemag - if you'd like to learn more about this wonderful place I am giving a talk for @hbap1924 next week (see below)

Saul Steinberg (Romanian-American, 1914-1999)
Christmas card, 1949
For The Museum of Modern Art

Bring the many faces of the Soane to life for our younger visitors! ✨🏛️

We’re looking for a Learning Officer to lead sessions for schools, young people, families, and community groups – creatively communicating history for all ages.

Curious? bit.ly/3Qwe0lW | ⏰ 3 Jan

The countdown is over! We're absolutely thrilled to announce that the Burrell Collection by John McAslan + Partners has been named the winner of our 2023 Andrew Doolan Best Building in #Scotland Award 🎉

@JohnMcAslan
@burrellcollect
#DoolanAward

World Architecture Festival: Global celebration of design, including Changi Airport’s Terminal 2 | The Straits Times straitstimes.com/life/home-desi…

Discussing how to define “care” How much common ground is there on what this means to different individuals and interest groups …
⁦@worldarchfest⁩ facilitating a truly international conversation on topics like this #WAF24

The philosophy section at the train station bookshop in Florence

We’re beginning the night celebrating our brand new lifetime achievement award, the recipient, a figure whose name has been synonymous with the conservation, restoration, and celebration of architecture for the past six decades is none other than Sir Donald Insall 👏👏

When’s the last time you saw an architecture critic have a regular television appearance? AN spoke with ABC7 Chicago’s Lee Bey and Ed Keegan of the Chicago Tribune about their new editorial roles and architectural criticism more broadly.
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Come to St Anne's Limehouse, currently on the heritage at risk register, and see an exhibition on Hawksmoor's 6 London churches and the campaigns to save them (St. Anne's as featured in 1960s Vogue) @OpenCity_UK