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Photo of a derelict brick building with colourful graffiti on the wall broken windows and overgrown vegetation at dusk.

Painting and sculpture

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Works of urban graffiti are not vandalism, but public monuments

They might appear to have little in common with statues or obelisks, but graffiti images serve a vital public function

by Rafael Schacter

Digital rendering of a modern architectural space with wooden beams, suspended rooms and large windows, overlooking a green atrium.

Architecture

idea

How the buildings you occupy might be affecting your brain

Cutting-edge research in the field of neuroarchitecture is revealing the public health implications of building design

by Cleo Valentine & Heather Mitcheltree

An ornate underground station with decorative arches, hanging lamps, and a yellow train arriving. Passengers are waiting and walking through the area.

Architecture

guide

How to appreciate buildings

It’s easy to become blasé about the built world. Tune in more deeply and architectural adventures await around each corner

by Colin Ellard

A night scene with a warmly lit cabin in the woods. An elderly person is inside, visible through large glass windows.

Architecture

film

From modernist architect, to a life off-grid, a creative life well-lived

Directed by Ryan Malloy

An elderly man holding a pipe sits in a study with books and papers on the desk and stained-glass windows in the background.

Psychoanalysis and the unconscious

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For Jung, architecture was a tool to represent the psyche

Carl Jung’s approach to architecture is a provocation: how are we creating spaces for the forgotten dimensions of our minds?

by David Borkenhagen

Black and white photo of a bathroom with a pedestal sink, two taps and a geometric counter, on a tiled floor.

Architecture

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The sink in the hall: how pandemics transform architecture

From the sink in the hall to the UV light in the bus depot: how pandemics past and present can transform architecture

by Theodora Philcox

Photo of a group of people sitting outside, smiling and raising drinks together. A picnic with bottles and fruits is visible in front.

Architecture

film

An elegy and a celebration of what it really means to find a home

Directed by Davina Pardo

Watercolour illustration of two rabbits carrying a large fruit past a sleeping cat in a garden scene.

Stories and literature

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Why are there so few children’s books set in the suburbs?

Children’s literature thrives on beautiful, imaginative or surprising encounters – so no wonder it shuns the suburbs

by Philip Reed

Photo of Brutalist architecture showing concrete buildings and a high-rise tower against a clear blue sky.

Architecture

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Rough, cold and politically charged: why do we love to hate concrete?

Concrete helped rebuild 20th-century cities and societies, both totalitarian and democratic. Why do we love to hate it?

by Vyta Baselice