10 virtual tours of spectacular buildings around the world
Mughal palaces, Egyptian tombs and modernist masterpieces can be experienced in VR tours that depart from your sofa
Playgrounds grow up: ‘It’s not all the plastic, very engineered play spaces anymore’
After decades of off-the-shelf design, Australian playgrounds are becoming more sophisticated, more nature-based and more appealing to adults
Not fade away: the joy of a ghost-sign spotting walk
An urban stroll can become a journey into the past for those alert to the faded beauty of hand-painted adverts on old buildings
Stories and spectacle: climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge for a First Nations view
Tourist attraction BridgeClimb has been reimagined from a First Nations perspective as part of Sydney festival
Giant underwater ‘jellyfish’ roundabout becomes latest Faroe Islands tourist attraction
Already a hit on social-media, an infrastructure project linking the two largest islands is set to become a big draw for foreign visitors
10 hidden gems of local UK architecture: readers’ travel tips
This eclectic pick from the Outer Hebrides to East Sussex celebrates unsung buildings spanning the centuries, simple and ornate
Where Wes Anderson films ‘accidentally’ come to life
A new book portrays striking locations from Lisbon to Alaska brimming with the great director’s aesthetic appeal
Forget Stonehenge. See the solstice in … Milton Keynes
Away from its roundabouts and 1970s shopping centre, the new town’s pagan sun temple is the place to witness the longest day
Wing and a prayer: the bizarre Chicken Church of Java
Meant to be a dove, but looking more like a hen, one man’s vision of a temple for all faiths has enjoyed an unlikely resurrection
10 of Europe’s best converted and repurposed buildings: readers’ tips
All change! For train stations and factories that are now hotels and museums, and a flour mill serving as a roost for art lovers – and sea birds
A vision in concrete: Oscar Niemeyer’s Brazil
As Brasília turns 60, it’s time to reassess the legendary modernist architect on a visit to the Brazilian capital and Rio de Janeiro
Divine inspiration: rescuing run-down churches – a photo essay
Sixty-odd years ago a Welsh MP along with TS Eliot and John Betjeman formed a group to save ‘ancient and beautiful’ churches from dereliction and demolition. Today, the Friends of Friendless churches keep the doors open to more than 50 of these cultural treasures
London’s Victorian churches deserve a second gothic revival
Many of the fine monuments to London’s golden age lie undervalued and underused. It’s time these brick and stone glories were brought back to life
An architectural ski tour: Les Arcs, 50 years on
The modernist architecture of Les Arcs has not always found favour with skiers but as it marks its half-century, our writer warms to its egalitarian vision
First look: a tour of the restored Auckland Castle
When Harry Pearson last visited this Georgian gothic palace in County Durham ‘it was a jewel badly in need of a polish.’ Now its restored spires and grand state rooms are the centrepiece of an ambitious project to regenerate the Bishop Auckland area