Airports are often devoid of joy – functional (well, sometimes) warehouses with little relationship to the cities that host them. Happily, that’s starting to change, with city councils using airports as catalysts for growth. In Denver, USA, the airport is the centr... Read more
Few things tell the tale of a country better than its design. And that was as true in communist countries of the 1970s and ’80s as it was in the Space Invaders/Sergio Tacchini tracksuit/BMX paradise of the West. Admittedly, the evil capitalists did do some things better ... Read more
Dogs are so hot right now. Click on the social media platform of your choice, and you’ll soon be met with a never-ending showreel of pups of every kind: cute French bulldogs, daft-but-loveable labradors, and if you’re lucky, snappy Jack Russells being chased by &l... Read more
One of the significant changes in architecture since Umbrella’s launch in 2010 has been in the perception of brutalism, the architectural movement of the 1960s-80s that used untreated concrete as its main construction material. While some criticism of brutalist buildings was fair – to... Read more
Locals call it ‘the island’. But these days, it’s probably better – though incorrectly – known as Canary Wharf. The area we're referring to is the Isle Of Dogs, chunk of east London formed by a loop in the River Thames. You’ll have seen... Read more
