Outside Tirana, mainly along Albania’s coveted coasts, the story is the same. The Red Sol Resort, planned by Spanish firm Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in Dhërmi, is immediately eye-catching for its ...

As for the capital, Tirana? Perhaps lacking in some of the beauty of rural Albania, but without doubt a city on the turn, with the opening of high-end restaurants such as Mullixhiu, the rise of trendy ...

A swathe of international architects, personally selected by Prime Minister Edi Rama, is radically re-imagining Tirana as a ...

Puzzle Tirana was designed in response to Albania's history. Image by NOA and Atelier4. Some of Tirana's new architecture picks up on the theme of reframing the past in a positive way.

Hilary Swift for The New York Times Supported by By Andrew Higgins Reporting from Tirana and Kruje, Albania The Muslim cleric preparing to lead what, if everything goes as planned, will become the ...