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Retrospectives on postmodernism are a reminder that its interest in the eclectic, the contradictory and the popular have much to say about how cities – and architects – might work, says David Knight.

Reports of the death of the tall building have been greatly exaggerated, says Antony Wood of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. But while the skyscraper’s future is assured, its evolution must continue.

Research into alternative models of architectural practice leaves Jeremy Till and Tatjana Schneider optimistic that ‘spatial agents’ can go beyond the way buildings look and are made to address broader social and political concerns

Repository or laboratory? Monument or instrument? The way art is made and displayed is changing, says Martin Caiger-Smith, so how should museum architecture respond?

The Chinese experience shows what tall buildings can contribute to urban planning in cities like London, say Terry Farrell and Stefan Krummeck.