Architecture

The first in an occasional series in which an artist, curator or writer discusses the buildings and environments that have most influenced them

The ArcelorMittal Orbit and the recent history of large-scale folly

Dan Graham discusses sci-fi, dance, model-making and the ‘just-past’ with Turkish artist Can Altay

Amelia Groom considers the Japanese architecture group Metabolism, while Nick Currie talks to Rem Koolhaas about organic cities and flexible buildings

For this exhibition of the architect's work at the Ludwig Museum, Budapest, a bewildering array of materials and structures

From housing design in Japan to urban interventions in Caracas, architecture in 2011 was characterized by a rethinking of public and private space

The great philosopher provides clarity and precision to interior decoration

Emily King grapples with The Designers Republic's firt book

Many architects are turning towards found materials. Are the buildings of the future already waiting in the rubbish?

Great buildings that were never built

Newly published translations of the work of two overlooked design prophets

From Zaha Hadid to the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Shanghai Expo and museum extensions in Boston, Dresden and LA

The changing shape of the mosque in Britain

New railway stations in Belgium and the UK reveal different approaches to utility and excess

For the first time in its history, the Director of the Venice Architecture Biennale is a woman: acclaimed architect Kazuyo Sejima

An exhibition at Fondazione Querini-Stampalia dilgently records the Venetian architect’s unique lectures

Shanghai Expo 2010 is the most recent incarnation of the Great Exhibitions that began in London in 1851

Drawing connections between architectural models, painting and Utopian settlements in the work of Ian Kiaer

Tracing the history of ruins in art, from 18th-century painting to 21st-century film

Unemployment, the London Olympics, new galleries in Metz and Rome, the Shanghai World Expo and contrasting spa designs