"High-tech is ever edging away from its ecological and humanistic roots"
High-tech architecture has strayed far from its environmentally conscientious beginnings, but could rise again if it returns to them, writes Phineas Harper. More
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Anthony Hunt is the high-tech architect's engineer
Anthony Hunt worked with architects Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Michael and Patty Hopkins and Nicholas Grimshaw to engineer some of high-tech's greatest buildings. We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of the influential engineer. More
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The Lloyd's building is Richard Rogers' first high-tech office block
Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we take a look at the inside-out Lloyd's building in London, Richard Rogers' second major building following Centre Pompidou. More
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Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre is high-tech architecture's most flamboyant structure
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Norman Foster's Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon, one of the most expressive and distinctive examples of the style. More
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Nicholas Grimshaw maintained his high-tech ideals for 50 years
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Nicholas Grimshaw, who has stayed true to his high-tech ideals over a career spanning more than 50 years. More
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Park Road Apartments is a radical housing tower clad in "ridiculous" metal
Terry Farrell and Nicholas Grimshaw built Park Road Apartments, which contained their own homes, in the 1970s. We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at the metal-clad housing block. More
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Four key projects by high-tech architecture practice Team 4
As Team 4, Su Brumwell, Richard Rogers, Wendy Cheesman and Norman Foster began to develop high-tech architecture. Continuing our series on the style we look at four key projects. More
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Hopkins House is a high-tech home for two of the pioneers of the movement
Hopkins House was designed by Michael and Patty Hopkins as their own home. We take a look at the lightweight steel and glass house as part of our series on high-tech architecture. More
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Norman Foster is high-tech architecture's international figurehead
We continue our high-tech architecture series by looking at Norman Foster, the architect of high-tech highlights for five decades including Reliance Controls in the 1960s, the Sainsbury Centre in the 1970s, HSBC in the 1980s, Stansted Airport in the 1990s and the Gherkin in the 2000s. More
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This week, high-tech architecture came back into focus
This week on Dezeen, we launched our series on high-tech architecture, which is covering the movement's buildings and key figures over the course of the next few weeks. More
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Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre was the first high-tech art gallery in the UK
Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we look at how the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts by Norman Foster marked the style's transition from industrial to cultural buildings. More
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Reliance Controls factory by Team 4 was a "democratic pavilion"
Continuing our high-tech architecture series we look at Reliance Controls, the last building that two of the giants of high-tech architecture – Richard Rogers and Norman Foster – designed together at Team 4. More
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Richard Rogers is high-tech's inside-out architect
We continue our high-tech architecture series with a profile of Richard Rogers, the architect of two of the movement's best-known inside-out buildings, Centre Pompidou and the Lloyd's building. More
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Centre Pompidou is high-tech architecture's inside-out landmark
Next up in our high-tech architecture series we look at the Centre Pompidou in Paris by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, the inside-out landmark that drew global attention to the movement. More
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Dezeen's introduction to high-tech architecture
High-tech was the last major architecture style of the 20th century. This overview by Owen Hopkins kicks off our series exploring the high-tech movement. More
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Grimshaw's "unapologetically futuristic" Sainsbury's supermarket awarded heritage status
The high-tech Camden Road Sainsbury's designed by Grimshaw, and the housing complex built alongside it, have been awarded Grade II-listed status. More
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Nicholas Grimshaw reveals 10 high-tech career highlights
High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chairman of his eponymous architecture studio. In this series of movies he talks through 10 highlights that defined his five-decade career. More
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High-tech pioneer Nicholas Grimshaw steps down as chair of his architecture firm
Nicholas Grimshaw has stepped down as chair of Grimshaw, the architecture firm he founded almost 40 years ago, to dedicate his time to a new foundation. More
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"High-tech never went away, though many wish it had"
High-tech architecture is not on the verge of a comeback. It actually never went away, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Wimbledon house was meant to solve the British housing problem but didn't, says Richard Rogers
In this exclusive video interview, British architect Richard Rogers reflects on the influence of the seminal house he designed for his parents at 22 Parkside in Wimbledon, London. More
