The Albanian capital Tirana is currently undergoing a massive construction boom. Some of architecture's biggest names, including MVRDV, BIG and Stefano Boeri, are busy transforming the city with ...

Compared to other European capitals, Tirana is small and easy to explore on foot. Buses in the centre are also very frequent (£0.35 for each ride). For a weekend getaway, stay near the lively Blloku ( ...

Stefano Boeri received several awards for his original Vertical Forest, Milan's greenery-covered Bosco Verticale, and the Italian architect has since conceived similar buildings for Switzerland, China ...

Rising up from among Tirana's Soviet- and Fascist-era low-rise cultural monuments is a new wave of towering mixed-use buildings. At 6 ft 7 inches tall, Edi Rama, the Albanian prime minister, casts ...

There is nowhere to sit at the roomy Radio in Tirana, the capital of Albania. It’s a Thursday night, a New Orleans–style band is cranking out swing tunes, and the tables, surrounded by a vintage stash ...

Mount Tirana by CEBRA, Skanderbeg Square. Image Courtesy of CEBRA Mountains are one of nature’s most impressive features. Everlasting, awe-inspiring, and beautiful, they are the original landmarks. By ...

Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to transform the Albanian capital into a "world city". Starr Charles reports.

Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled plans for The Grand Ballroom, a sports arena in Tirana, Albania, held within a 100-metre-wide sphere modelled on a sports ball. Replacing the existing Asllan Rusi ...