The reopened Dutch Rijksmuseum is pleasing audiences, engineers – and cyclists

Smithfield spat, massive Meccano, Racy Rochdale, and controversy for MOMA and Israel

Whatever the medium, drawings tell a wider story; and we want to see yours

Howard Liddell, eco-enthusiast who believed sustainable should also be beautiful

Corb storms the US, whither American architecture, and RIBA’s regional worries

Creating playground structures for a children’s hospice was a voyage of discovery for all

How the RIBA Plan of Work 2013 evolved and what has changed

Routemap for the RIBA Plan of Work 2013

An RIBA exhibition demonstrates how much Indian master Charles Correa can teach us

Phyllis Lambert’s own riveting account of her life’s work, New York’s iconic Seagram building

The Independent Group, half a century on – how significant were they?

What’s on and when, at the RIBA and in the wider world

Readers' views and reactions

Circle Reading Hospital doesn’t just look different – it’s the result of a deliberate strategy in which an agreed approach and aspirations provided the reference point throughout construction

A preparedness to look at every option afresh breathed fresh air into the Finchley Memorial Hospital rebuild, expanding its site from a squeezed languishing corner to a health campus

London’s Royal Masonic Hospital ditched neo-Georgian for Streamline Moderne look

21st century standards meet 18th century style at Bristol’s Old Vic

Research into matching guidance and aspiration with low budgets

A bitter tale of a home not fit to live in, and a picture that was worth a thousand words

An alliance of four small practices hopes to win a share of the big jobs

There is still work for architects at the shops, despite the recession

Our second fact-packed Products in Practice technical supplement is out. Digital version here