Centre Pompidou in Paris faces four-year closure for repair works
France's culture minister has revealed that the high-tech Centre Pompidou in Paris by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers will be closed from 2023 to undergo major renovations. More
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Dezeen's video guide to high-tech architecture
Dezeen has created a short video guide to high-tech architecture from A to Z as the final part of our high-tech architecture series. More
High-tech architecture from A to Z
To conclude our high-tech architecture series, we round up everything you need to know about the movement from A to Z. More
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Waterloo International Terminal was "made to fit the cleaning machine" says Nicholas Grimshaw
We continue our high-tech architecture series with this exclusive video interview in which British architect Nicholas Grimshaw describes the painstaking level of detail required of his landmark station project. More
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"We were all broke" when we designed Park Road Apartments says Nicholas Grimshaw
British architect Nicholas Grimshaw explains the impact that limited resources had on the housing block he designed with Terry Farrell, in this exclusive video interview created for our high-tech architecture series. More
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HSBC headquarters was "more than just a building" says Norman Foster
In this exclusive video interview filmed as part of our high-tech architecture series, British architect Norman Foster explains how the headquarters he designed for HSBC in Hong Kong in the 1980s transformed his architecture firm into a global brand. More
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Sainsbury Centre had its "crisis" moments says Norman Foster
British architect Norman Foster recalls the challenges of designing the UK's pioneering high-tech art gallery, in this exclusive video interview filmed by Dezeen as part of our high-tech architecture series. More
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15 significant high-tech buildings you should know
Continuing our high-tech architecture series we've rounded up 15 examples of the style that you should know, including high-tech highlights the Center Pompidou, Lloyd's building and the Willis Faber & Dumas building. More
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"High-tech now looks very much like another post-imperial delusion"
High-tech architecture aligned with the revival of Victorian values in the 1980s, but did not end up producing the factories of a new period of British creativity, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Reliance Controls "dissolved traditional boundaries" says Norman Foster
In this exclusive Dezeen video interview created as part of our high-tech architecture series, British architect Norman Foster reflects on his first high-tech building and how it shaped offices to come. More
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Michael and Patty Hopkins took high-tech architecture to historical settings
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Michael and Patty Hopkins, who designed one of the movement's most pragmatic buildings – Hopkins House – and went on to develop historicist high-tech architecture. More
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The Willis Faber & Dumas building is a revolutionary high-tech office
We continue or high-tech architecture series by looking at Foster Associates' Willis Faber & Dumas building, a revolutionary office block in Ipswich, which was completed in 1975. More
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"High-tech was a supreme toys-for-the-boys moment"
Continuing our high-tech architecture series, Catherine Slessor looks at how the women in Team 4 helped shape the narrative of the movement. More
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Hopkins' Portcullis House demonstrated that high-tech could be adapted to historic settings
Next up in our high-tech architecture guide, we look at Portcullis House in London, which demonstrated how the style could be used in historically sensitive locations. More
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Herman Miller Factory was a flexible, non-monumental high-tech factory
We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at the highly flexible and adaptable Herman Miller Factory in Bath, which was designed by Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw in 1976. More
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Renzo Piano's Kansai airport has a mile-long high-tech terminal
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. More
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Crystal Palace was "birth of modern architecture" says Norman Foster
British architect Norman Foster has revealed that if he could visit any building from history, it would be Crystal Palace, which he cites as a major influence on high-tech architecture. More
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Foster's HSBC building in Hong Kong is a revolutionary high-tech skyscraper
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters was a ground-breaking skyscraper and established Norman Foster as a global brand. We take a look at the high-rise bank as part of our high-tech architecture series. More
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Renzo Piano is the Italian high-tech architect
Renzo Piano designed one of high-tech architecture's seminal buildings – the Centre Pompidou. Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we profile the Italian architect who was a key figure in the largely British-led movement. More
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Stansted Airport "challenged all the rules of terminal design"
Norman Foster's studio turned the typical airport layout upside down with its 1991 Stansted Airport, which saw the high-tech architecture style applied to aviation for the first time. More
