Asif Khan's ethereal portals for Expo 2020 Dubai - Photo by Helene Binet, courtesy of Asif Khan design studio.

2020 Best Architecture: 12 great stories from Dubai to the Arctic

2020 Best Architecture: an Arctic whale watching facility, a pitched-roof garden house in Beverly Hills and a sustainable micro-library in Indonesia are among our favourite architectures of the year.

A4 CANDLE by Kazuhiro Yamanaka - Courtesy of Kazuhiro Yamanaka

5 unconventional candle-designs to lit your Christmas dinner with style

Tom Dixon and Zaha Hadid candle holders, Ingo Maurer’s magical LED ‘flames’, a simple A4 paper sheet flickering design by Kazuhiro Yamanaka and Pelty candle-powered speaker. 5 out-of-the-box candle-designs humbly revealing hidden science and technology.

Roatán Próspera Residences by Zaha Hadid Architects with AKT II and Hilson Moran Partnership - Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects.

Zaha Hadid Architects develops the Roatán Próspera modular housing complex in Honduras

Can a digital architectural platform allow residents to customize their own home while supporting local business in a sustainable way? The Roatán Próspera project by Zaha Hadid Architects features curved roofs and rounded balconies on the Bay Islands in the Caribbeans.

OPUS by Zaha Hadid Architects in Dubai - Photo: ©Laurian Ghinitoiu.

Hotel entirely designed by Zaha Hadid opens at ZHA’s Opus building in Dubai

Under the Burj Khalifa, Zaha Hadid Architects’ Opus building explores “the balance between solid and void, opaque and transparent, interior and exterior”. The project is home to the new ME Dubai hotel, the first and last one in which the late architect created both the architecture and the interior design.

One Thousand Museum skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects in Miami - Photo ©Hufton+Crow.

Zaha Hadid Architects’ One Thousand Museum tower in Miami photographed by Hufton+Crow

The One Thousand Museum skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Architects features a hurricane-proof structural concrete exoskeleton with a fluid design. The 62-storey residential tower opposite Museum Park in Miami offers views across Biscayne Bay which includes the city’s new art and science museums.

Zaha Hadid Architects' Beijing Daxing Int Airport - Photo by ©Hufton+Crow.

2019 Best architecture: twisting bridges, Bauhaus and desert roses

2019 Best Architecture. Zaha Hadid Architects’ giant starfish-shaped airport in Beijing and Thomas Heatherwick’s architectural sculpture in New York, but also a former locomotive hangar turned into an indoor urban plaza and an inclusive LGBT Center in L.A. are among our favourite architectures of the year.

WAF 2019 shortlist - Amos Rex by JKMM - Photo by Mika Huisman.

WAF 2019 Shortlist – architects tackle climate change, one building at a time

World Architecture Festival – WAF 2019 shortlist shows how architects can build a more sustainable future… Starting from a subterranean museum, a treehouse and an eco-airport indoor bio-diversity garden with a 40-metre indoor waterfall.