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The ceiling at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia.

After 144 years, the ‘greatest modern building on Earth’ passes a new milestone

Here it is as if architectural modernism never happened, and we kept creating places with joy, natural patterns and a whiff of the sacred.

  • Nicholas Boys Smith
The former airship hangar at the old Brand-Briesen Airfield is the centre of Tropical Islands, a giant indoor resort.

The world’s most fascinating abandoned and repurposed airports

Some have been repurposed in interesting ways while others have been left as odd memorials, attracting hardened urban explorers.

  • Christopher Beanland
Towers are abundant in the old city.

Inside the ancient walls of a city unlike anywhere else in Europe

The tide has carried explorers, traders, conquerors and crusaders to Cadiz, and each empire has left an indelible mark.

  • Shaney Hudson
Shoppers at the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney. Fund manager say an improving economic backdrop and an expected February rate cut has made them quite positive about this reporting season.

The world has hundreds of stunning arcades. Australia’s are under threat

The great age of arcade building in Europe occurred between 1786 and the late 1930s, and influenced Australia’s shopping landscape. Now it’s under threat.

  • Lee Tulloch
The restored Norwich Castle – now fully accessible.

Built to keep people out, transformed castle now the UK’s most welcoming

A five-year renovation has transformed an 11th-century castle into the UK’s most accessible heritage attraction.

  • Rob McFarland
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Millau Viaduct.

10 engineering marvels that need to be seen to be believed

If you want to bring your travels up to date, consider the world’s more recent yet often overlooked engineering wonders.

  • Brian Johnston
Antwerp Palace of Justice.

The Sydney Opera House’s little sister and the other jewels of Antwerp

Belgium’s second city Antwerp comes first in the realm of boldly embracing old and new architecture.

  • Julietta Jameson
Treehotel, Sweden. For sheer wow-factor, it’s hard to beat the hotel’s most recent addition, Biosphere, which was designed by Danish architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group.

Banishing bland: The most stylish hotel and airline cabin designs in 2025

From an 1881 merchant’s house transformed into a boutique hotel in Athens, to Mondrian’s entry into Australia on the Gold Coast, we celebrate the brands getting creative and banishing bland.

  • Traveller Team
The Boathouse, London.

Born again: The greatest revamps and reinventions in travel this year

These award winners show how taking something inherently beautiful or unique and adding zeitgeisty features can double the joy.

  • Traveller Team
Admirers can only view these privately-owned homes from the verge.

The US suburb dominated by one of the world’s greatest architects

In the Chicago suburb of Oak Park lies a trove of work in the Prairie Style that is a delight to behold.

  • Caroline Gladstone