Holland's new art quarter takes shape

80km south of Amsterdam, in the historical forest town of Hertogenbosch, art is finding a new home. . .
Holland's new art quarter takes shape

Alan Fletcher's archive goes online

Phaidon.com has a new favourite website - created by the great graphic designer's daughter Raffaella
Alan Fletcher's archive goes online

Shigeru Ban adds to Hamburg's new cityscape

Water Towers see him join Herzog & de Meuron in Europe's biggest architectural transformation
Shigeru Ban adds to Hamburg's new cityscape

MC Escher inspires St Paul's installation

Alex de Rijke reprises John Pawson's staircase theme for this year's London Design Festival
MC Escher inspires St Paul's installation

Colombian designer reinvents the Zippo lighter

Rodrigo Torres attempts 'sacrilegious' update with new Sushi lighter for Alessi - stand well back
Colombian designer reinvents the Zippo lighter

Art of the Restaurateur wins best first book award

Nick Lander's wonderfully engaging read is given Jeremy Round Award for best first book by Guild of Food Writers
Art of the Restaurateur wins best first book award

The water's lovely - and so is the diving board

Studio Zoppini's Rijeka Olympic centre in Croatia mirrors surrounding rocks that jut from the sea
The water's lovely - and so is the diving board

Magnum and the dying art of darkroom printing

A look at the work of Pablio Inirio, the man who's printed Henri-Cartier-Bresson, René Burri and Dennis Stock
Magnum and the dying art of darkroom printing

Richard Meier honoured by Bisazza

Celebrated US architect has huge exhibition in Vicenza to tie in with 50th anniversary year
Richard Meier honoured by Bisazza

The story behind the Whitney's new look

New look for New York museum draws inspiration from its chief curator's view of art history
The story behind the Whitney's new look

Ingo Maurer's table with no legs

Best known for his lighting, German designer branches out into furniture for first Established & Sons commission
Ingo Maurer's table with no legs

Dutch diner has American soul

Amsterdam School of Architecture meets 50s American diner in this new café from Derksen Windt Architecten
Dutch diner has American soul

Dieter Rams 620 chair programme reissued by Vitsoe

If you're going to curl up with a copy of As Little Design as Possible what better chair to do it in?
Dieter Rams 620 chair programme reissued by Vitsoe

Beijing island winery is shaped like an asterisk

Japanese architect Keiichiro Sako creates timber-clad winery on man-made lake outside Chinese capital
Beijing island winery is shaped like an asterisk

Frieze architects SO-IL land UC Davis Art Museum

"Curved glass walls and soaring canopy turns traditional museum model inside out," says University Chancellor
Frieze architects SO-IL land UC Davis Art Museum

Forget the jet pack the Levitation bike is here

Michael Strain's 'levitating cycle' also boasts a wifi zone to limit those brief but pesky offline moments in your day
Forget the jet pack the Levitation bike is here

Islamic Cemetery nominated for Aga Khan Award

Austrian practice Bernardo Bader Architects creates serene place of rest in the alpine village of Altech
Islamic Cemetery nominated for Aga Khan Award

It's punk Jim, but not as we knew it

The Met's PUNK: From Chaos to Couture attempts to draw a straight line from the King's Road to Fifth Avenue
It's punk Jim, but not as we knew it
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