In the 1890s, under the guise of night, a slice of upper crust Cantabrigians would climb the crenelated gatehouses and Gothic chapels that populate Cambridge, England. Their clandestine aims were ...

I’m wedged into a gap about 50cm wide, desperately pushing as hard as I can into the steel wall in front of me to save myself from slipping. Granted, I’d only fall about 3.5m, and there is a mat ...

“Buildering” is a word you probably have never heard before, and the same is true of the French word “parkour”, but both these describe overt acts of artistic expression with elements of rebellion ...

Around 25 to 30 people are standing in front of a UBC clubhouse. The congenial atmosphere doesn't fit the image of raucous shit-faced yahoos climbing the exteriors of campus buildings at 3 a.m. Teens ...

When Netflix recently announced that Alex Honnold would attempt to free solo a skyscraper live in Taiwan, it felt like the modern version of an old story. Before him, Alain Robert, the "French Spider ...

Buildering: Misbehaving the City is a traveling group exhibition that explores the unsanctioned use of architecture and the urban environment. Fusing the words "building" and "bouldering" (a type of ...

When Netflix recently announced that Alex Honnold would attempt to free solo a skyscraper live in Taiwan, it felt like the modern version of an old story. Before him, Alain Robert, the "French Spider ...

Scaling buildings might sound reckless — but it could also be the ultimate mindful movement. Our fitness director took on some of London’s top climbs to see what it’s all about I’m wedged into a gap ...

Steven Matijcio talks with Troy Schulze about the exhibition, “Buildering: Misbehaving the City”, now at the Blaffer Art Museum. Shaun Gladwell, “Pataphysical Man” (video image), 2005. Steven Matijcio ...