This month’s culture-focused issue contains a review of The Brutalist, which is also the title of Hellman’s cartoon of Donald Trump that appears on the cover. As AJ editor Emily Booth writes, ‘Megalomaniac? Genius? The former property mogul’s cultural impact is already profound.’

We present studies of three cultural projects, including ‘a powerhouse for dance’: O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sadler’s Wells East. Gianni Botsford’s retreat for creatives on the Isle of Wight, and Reiach and Hall’s museum expansion in western Scotland, are also in the issue. And there is a feature called Exhibitionists, in which we ask a range of practices to tell us how they approach museum and gallery fit-outs, in particular how they prioritise sustainability in their work.

In News, there is a profile of government architects – yes, they do exist – and a feature on infill development – the issues that are holding it back, and some potential solutions. We also share a first look at Niall McLaughlin’s designs for the Maggie’s Centre in Cambridge.

You can read a book review of Protest Architecture by Nick Newman, and there are columns by Hana Loftus (‘a hideous new footbridge underlines the poor state of design standards in the UK’), and Toko Andrews, who argues that architecture shouldn’t be an ‘old man’s game’ anymore.

In Competitions you can find out about the William Sutton Prize, while this month’s sketches are courtesy of Jack Oaten.