The world

A visit to the public plazas of Flores & Prats Architects in Barcelona, Spain.

A visit to one of Le Corbusier’s foundational projects reveals the flawed genius of this iconic architect.

It might look like a “giant Ghost Busters goo blob” in the middle of Paris, but this project knows its place perfectly.

Bonnie Herring discovers a former tea warehouse in Hackney, London, brimming with intrigue and creative capital.

Sophie Dyring visits three exemplar social housing projects in New York City.

The 2015 Dulux Study Tour makes its first stop at the doughnut-shaped Fuji Kindergarten in Japan by Tezuka Architects.

A former resident of Dubai returns to the city to find it changed beyond recognition, but not redemption.

Marnie Morieson journeys to Tokyo, where she finds a lack of planning control has resulted in a unique urban fabric.

Sam Daysh visits China for the last leg of his eighteen-day architecture tour of asia.

Sam Daysh visits the traditional buildings of Japan and discovered “a profound focus on beauty.”

On a tour of Japan, Sam Daysh is awe-struck by the fine attention to detail he discovers in its architecture.

Ben Milbourne investigates the people-powered urban projects shaping the Big Apple.

Robert Martin is drawn to the icy waters of the Kastrup Sea Bath, Copenhagen.

Ben Milbourne reports from the Chicago leg of the 2014 Dulux Study Tour.

Grace Mortlock ranks movers and shakers from the Vernissage at 2014’s Architecture Biennale.

Grace Mortlock ranks movers and shakers from the Vernissage at 2014’s Architecture Biennale.

Grace Mortlock ranks movers and shakers from day one of the Vernissage at 2014’s Architecture Biennale.

Jennifer McMaster stays at the Utzon family summer house on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Melbourne architect Warwick Mihaly tours some clever compact Perth houses.

Marnie Morieson heads for the hills in Mexico — a pilgrim’s route in the Jalisco Mountains.

Trekking in Nepal, Virginia Waller finds an architectural gem: the Hotel Everest View.

Federico Monsalve finds a new log cabin inside an old canal-side house in Ghent.

The Rev. Michael Paget reflects on the infamous signboards of St Barnabas in Sydney.

Roving at WAF, Melbourne architect Rowena Hockin asks “where’s the delight in a world without stairs?”.

Federico Monsalve finds a tiny timber structure in France a clever architectural exercise.

Tennent + Brown Architects realize the essence of Te Whare Tapa Wha, the Maori holistic health model.

Professor Nigel Bertram reflects on the impact of small public structures in regional towns.

Tommy Honey can’t decide if this tiny house on a hill in Nagoya is taking off or landing.

Melbourne architects Bellemo & Cat turn a stack of discarded chairs into a spiralling art piece.

A moment’s reflection on landscape by 2013 Gold Medallist Peter Wilson.

Lucy Marczyk of Nexus gives the interior designer’s rap on the Milan Furniture Fair.

Penny Craswell reports on her final day in Milan, spent at the Zona Tortona.

Penny Craswell visits the courtyard gardens of Spazio Rossana Orlandi and 10 Corso Como, and Brera design district.

Penny Craswell reports on day two of the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair from the new Rho Pero fairgrounds.

Penny Craswell reports from Milan 2013 on Tom Dixon’s MOST series of exhibitions.

Federico Monsalve visits the Lollipop House by Moon Hoon in an aspirational concrete suburb of Seoul.

One of Kengo Kuma’s early projects: The Opposite House in Sanlitan Village, Beijing.

Stephen Batey revisits the site of the 1962 housing fair that shaped suburban Sydney.

A string of new suspension bridges are opening along the 84-km New Zealand Cycle Trail.

The Urbis editorial team rounds up their highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2013.