Beijing has been named as the world capital of architecture for 2029 by heritage organisation Unesco and the Union of International Associations.  The triennial award went to Barcelona in 2026,…

The United Nations is helping to restore cultural sites in Lebanon damaged by the 2020 Beirut port explosions which, according to Human Rights Watch, killed 218 people, displaced 300,000, and…

The Saudi Arabian government is planning to adapt part of Jeddah’s historic Al-Balad district into a 370ha development containing 9,300 residential units, 1,800 hotel rooms and 1.3 million sq m…

The United Nations’ culture, education, and science agency Unesco has strongly condemned Russia’s missile attack on the historic centre of Odesa, Ukraine, which is protected under the World Heritage Convention.…

Barcelona has been named as the world capital of architecture for 2026 by heritage organisation Unesco and the Union of International Associations (UIA). The triennial award went to Copenhagen in…

A team led by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma & Associates (KKAA) has won a competition to design a visitor centre for Albania’s Butrint National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site.…

Stuttgart firm Bez + Kock Architekten has received the €50,000 first prize in an international competition to improve two of the most important cultural sites in Tunisia: the Byrsa Acropolis…

Four teams led by architects from Japan, Finland, France and UK have been shortlisted to design a visitor centre for Butrint National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site on Albania’s…