As long as a jumbo and as tall as four double-deckers, the giant arts venue will host everything from dance shows to all-night raves. But can the £240m colossus put its troubled birth beh…
The multihyphenate set designer has worked with Adele, Kanye West and Beyoncé " but her new project is a shrine to endangered species whose stars are pipistrelles, planthoppers and bearded …
It nurtured the likes of Helen Mirren and Zawe Ashton but its headquarters were cramped and miserable. Now a revamp has added a touch of Broadway glamour to the famous institution A pink neo…
Transparent wraparound screens, touring deckchair pop-ups, rooftop suction devices … our writer talks to the designers rethinking theatre for the Covid age " and finds Dunoon leading the w…
It mesmerised Proust, terrified Homer Simpson and gave us the Hunchback " Guardian critics celebrate Paris's gothic masterpiece at the heart of the modern imagination As Notre Dame Cathedral…
With its charred plaster walls and restored mosaic flooring, the £13m rescue of the cherished London theatre has kept thrilling traces of the 2015 fire. The result is a spatial spectacula…
The singer who stunned Pharrell, the writer to rival Pynchon, the son of a stone carver making art out of his body … we choose 20 names to watch in stage, film, books, art, design, music a…
Japanese architects Sanaa get spiritual with the sublime $83m Grace Farms centre for arts, faith and justice in New Canaan, Connecticut, which is backed by a hedge fund manager. Just don't c…
Breakin' Convention is back and this year we've sent architecture, film and comedy critics to see what they make of it allWhipping their elbows, popping their groins and stomping their Cater…
Theatrical hell-raisers and the art world's enfants terrible take centre stage in our roundup of the biggest risk-takers of 2014TheatreOh! What a Lovely WarTheatre-maker Joan Littlewood was …
From the world's tallest building to Adele's 'modern jazz'-inspired third album, the big events of 2014 are lining upTelevisionTrue Detective Crime drama is always looking for new ways of dr…
What more has Courtney Love possibly got to share with us, and how will Steve McQueen fare at the Oscars? These are just a few of the topics that will set tongues wagging in the new yearPopC…
Remember that buildings shouldn't burn things, windows should let in light and copying is fine – but just try not to annoy the skateboardersOliver Wainwright
From kosher cooking to evenings with Kevin Spacey, JW3 focuses on Jewish culture without being expressly Jewish. And it is an ambitious space " once you get past the fortifications"I'm fed u…
It is the most coveted award in British architecture. But what's it like to live or work in a building that won it? Our critic uncovers a story of leaky roofs, sweltering space-bubbles, wind…
Researchers have developed a series of interactive wearable instruments that respond to bodily gesturesOliver Wainwright
Set designer and architect who defined the rock'n'roll spectacular over the last 30 yearsHe flew Tina Turner over her audience on a huge mechanical arm, drove U2 through their arena inside a…
Haworth Tompkins' bright red timber auditorium learns from the nimble speed and agility of theatre production itselfA startling red box has landed on the South Bank, nestled near the Nationa…