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Why 65 Holborn Viaduct could be the most difficult site ever to be built on in London

A disused railway station below half of a central London site meant conventional piling was out of the question. The team that built a five-storey basement under Claridge鈥檚 hotel while keeping it open were drafted in to come up with a radical solution

The Elephant reborn: How Multiplex is rebuilding a south London landmark

The crumbling Elephant and Castle shopping centre built in the 1960s is being reinvented as a mixed-use destination as part of Southwark council鈥檚 strategy to regenerate the area. Thomas Lane visits to see how it is coming along

How a Victorian hospital became a forward-focused university department

When the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moved to a new site on the edge of the city, the old hospital was left to rot because of its uncompromising layout. Two decades later it has been reinvented as the Edinburgh Futures Institute, an educational initative which seeks to help solve the ...

鈥楤ecause the spaces work for children, they work for everyone鈥� 鈥� how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages

Two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live explain what鈥檚 so special about its design

In pictures

Historic England rounds up most 鈥榬emarkable鈥� 2024 heritage listings
Richard Rogers: A life in buildings
In pictures: Adjaye鈥檚 Florida library campus
In Pictures: Fosters鈥� Roman antiquities museum
In pictures: Heatherwick plans 拢500m makeover of 1970s shopping mall in Nottingham
In pictures: Fit-out specialist completes finance firm鈥檚 new Shoreditch HQ
In pictures: Winners of 2021 RIAS awards announced
In pictures: Arup unveils images of James Bond-inspired underground car showroom for Aston Martins
In pictures: Twelve Architects unveils plans for Manchester High Line
In pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office