London car park of "sublime beauty" at risk of demolition
A monumental car park building close to London's Oxford Street is being sold, meaning it could now be demolished to make way for a new hotel. More
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"The copy in contemporary culture is both despised and feared"
Opinion: by walking out of Berlin's Neues Museum with an illicit 3D scan of the bust of Queen Nefertiti, a pair of artists has forced us to question whether conservation is an act of care or a radical form of repression, says Sam Jacob. More
Mae Architects gives second life to unloved Hillington Square housing estate
Demolition isn't the only solution to the problem of the UK's troubled housing estates according to architect Alex Ely, whose firm Mae Architects is renovating a series of 1960s slab blocks in Norfolk (+ slideshow). More
Giant 3D-printed replica of Palmyra Arch will be installed in London and New York
Full-scale copies of a 2,000-year-old Syrian architectural landmark believed to have been destroyed by ISIS will be on view in London and New York this April. More
Helmut Jahn's Thompson government centre faces demolition threat
The governor of Illinois has announced plans to sell Helmut Jahn's James R Thompson Center in Chicago – a move that could lead to the demolition of the Postmodern government office building. More
Skylights of Stirling and Gowan's Engineering Building to be replaced in £19.5 million renovation
Major preservation works are underway to replace the tilted glass skylights that define Stirling and Gowan's iconic Engineering Building at the University of Leicester, England. More
Oving Architecten shrouds concentration camp house in glass as a memorial to the holocaust
The former home of an SS commander at Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, the Netherlands, has been enclosed within a giant glass vitrine by Dutch studio Oving Architecten. More
Politician calls for immediate demolition of Robin Hood Gardens after listing bid fails
The latest bid to grant listing status to the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens estate in east London has failed and the local MP has called for it to be "brought down ASAP". More
Youth centre proposals shortlisted for Brutalist Preston Bus Station refurbishment
The Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed five possible designs for a youth centre that will form part of the £23 million redevelopment of Preston's Brutalist bus station, which was recently saved from demolition (+ slideshow). More
Richard Rogers calls for architects to help save "exceptional" Robin Hood Gardens
Architect Richard Rogers has urged the architectural community to support the preservation of the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens estate, which he has described as post-war Britain's most important social housing development. More
Page\Park appointed to restore fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art
Scottish studio Page\Park Architects has won a bid to restore the Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art building, which was devastated by fire last summer. More
Last-ditch bid launched to save Robin Hood Gardens from demolition
A high-profile campaign to save the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens housing estate in London has been revived. More
Restored Adolf Loos-designed interiors open to the public in Pilsen
News: from April visitors to the Czech city of Pilsen will be able to visit three restored interiors designed by influential Modernist architect Adolf Loos in the early 20th century (+ slideshow). More
Competition launched to create youth centre inside Preston's Brutalist bus station
News: an international design competition has been launched to create a "state-of-the-art facility for young people" inside Preston Bus Station, an iconic Brutalist building in Lancashire, England. More
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List
News: America has nominated 10 buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright for international listed status – including the influential architect's Guggenheim Museum in New York and his only free-standing skyscraper (+ slideshow). More
French court revokes planning permission for SANAA's La Samaritaine revival
News: an appeals court has blocked the SANAA-designed renovation of iconic former department store La Samaritaine in Paris, which includes a wavy glass facade that critics have compared to a shower curtain. More
Caruso St John to "restructure" Asplund's Stockholm City Library
News: British architecture studio Caruso St John has won a competition to restore and expand one of Sweden's most significant 20th century buildings – the Stockholm City Library by Swedish architect Erik Gunnar Asplund. More
Postmodern Portland Building will be saved, says architect Michael Graves
News: Michael Graves' seminal Portland Public Services Building will be spared from demolition, despite being described as a "white elephant" and requiring an estimated $95 million for renovation. More
RCA graduate Olivia Wright to convert vandalised bottle kilns into pottery preservation centre
Rows of irregularly shaped bricks will create patterns around these three towers that architecture graduate Olivia Wright has designed to transform a derelict and vandalised pottery factory in the English midlands into a conservation centre. More
Brutalist seminary to be resurrected in 2015 after 25 years of neglect
News: after a quarter of a century of decay, a full design team has been appointed to convert the Brutalist ruins of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia's St Peter's Seminary in Cardross, Scotland, into a major venue for art and culture. More