Oliver Wainwright

With France plunged into political turmoil, and president Emmanuel Macron's approval ratings at an all time low, the country might be thankful to have a distraction of epic proportions this weekend.

Imagine growing up in a place where every stage of your life was framed by the best architecture of its day.

The cathedral, “the soul of France” finally resurrected following a meticulous five-year, €700m restoration. “The area...

When Denise Scott Brown visited Las Vegas for the first time in the 1960s, she was overwhelmed with emotions.

Anselm Kiefer’s homage to Van Gogh, Ithell Colquhoun’s seaside of surrealism and Gilbert & George fill the galleries, while the V&A opens its archives at the illustrious new East Storehouse

A ghostly bearded face peers out from the wall of a bedroom, flanked by a pair of winged, snake-like beasts baring their teeth, their necks chained to an ermine roundel.

It’s got triple-height splendour and 1550s wall paintings likely inspired by Emperor Nero’s villa in Rome. Our writer plays lord of the manor at Calverley Hall – once home to knights, weavers, stonemasons and murderers

A century of foolhardy development, including public subsidies for rebuilding in the firebelt, hugely contributed to this tragedy, writes our architecture critic. LA must rethink – and build upwards not outwards

‘Crime don't climb” is one of the glib mottoes long used by Los Angeles real estate agents to help sell the multimillion dollar homes in the hills that surround the sprawling metropolis.

This megacity is like Hong Kong on steroids – a vertically sprawling, astonishing urban phenomenon that can only be understood in three dimensions