Foster + Partners' recyclable desert pavilion
The firm’s 2015 Expo Pavilion has been designed to be rebuilt in the UAE once the show is over
William Burroughs: artist, author, photographer?
A new show at London’s Photographers’ Gallery examines a less familiar side of the beat author’s work
Why is Frieze NY recreating a 1970s LA hotel?
Frieze Projects will pay tribute to Allen Ruppersberg’s installation, Al’s Grand Hotel, at this year’s fair
Snøhetta’s landscaping of Times Square is a hit
Norwegian architecture practice of the moment landscapes iconic New York area to great acclaim
Kenya Hara on the future of Japanese design
The Muji design chief says his country’s manufacturing should be a little more like Swiss cheese
Stan Douglas' jazz-funk utopia
The artist's new film, Luanda-Kinshasa, resurrects a lost NY studio to raise questions of cultural equivalence
Bouroullec brothers sitting pretty at Vitra
Design duo's latest sofa for the Swiss firm domesticates their much-loved office breakout area design
David Walsh considers MONA's future
Maverick gambler and Museum of Old and New Art founder on how he's made sure the museum won't last forever
How Soviet posters brought colour to a B&W era
This month London's GRAD gallery presents a stunning, rare selection of Soviet film posters from the silent age
Discovering Picasso studio by studio
Madrid's 2014 blockbuster Picasso show examines the artist's output based on his places of work
Harvey Quaytman paintings on show in New York
McKee gallery shows one of the 20th century's least classifiable painters (and the subject of our new monograph)
Alain de Botton curates online auction for Paddle8
Art website asks best selling author to put together a themed auction along the lines of Art as Therapy
What is it about Dan Graham's pavilions?
The US artist produces another signature, large-scale sculpture for a show at the Dutch De Pont museum
The Circle Skyscraper is complete
China's latest 'round building' tops out in Guanghzou courtesy of Milanese architects AM Project
Simon Starling selects art for New Contemporaries
The British artist joins Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Enrico David to chose the best work from British graduates
Is Banksy headed for Moscow?
The state broadcaster claims the Russian capital is due to host a show by the British graffiti artist
How to get ahead in architecture by Eva Jiřičná
Czech architect says site visits aid learning and lead to international projects in Architects' Journal interview
Iconic London taxi changes shape again
Another revised look for black cab but do design cues go far enough in preserving its heritage?
What will Jeff Koons create with Sean Penn's guns?
The artist plans to rework all of the actor's "cowardly killing machines" into a sculpture to raise money for charity
James Franco stars in Isaac Julien film
An international dramatisation of art and the financial crisis premiers at Victoria Miro in London this month
Thomas Struth goes to Disneyland
The Dusseldorf School photographer shoots the quaint side of America's most famous theme park
Good manners go underground in Tokyo
Latest graphic designs from The Metro Foundation urge users not to sneeze or squeeze through the closing doors
The one billion euro railway station
After a hundred years at the planning stage a new railway tunnel reunifies the residents of Leipzig in Germany
Meet the lady who turned Europe onto US pop
MoMA honours the Romanian-born dealer Ileana Sonnabend with a new-year show
42,000 plastic men adorn new Louis Vuitton store
Do Ho Suh's Cause and Effect sculpture, built from tiny acrylic figures, graces Tokyo's newest LV boutique
Could Lord Foster's SkyCycle scheme take off?
The Pritzker laureate wants to build 220 kilometres of cycle routes above London's train lines
New Picasso linocut series shows how he worked
13 recently acquired sequential Picasso linocuts go on display at the British Museum tomorrow
Robert Indiana's regrets over LOVE
"It was a marvelous idea, but it was also a terrible mistake" artist says about the work that came to define his career
Damien Hirst makes a spot Mickey Mouse
Artist's version of the cartoon character is to be auctioned off for charity at Christie's in London next month
Steve McCurry's camera phone advice
The world-renowned photographer tells the BBC how to take a great picture - on a smart phone
A 'coral' clad home for 74 lucky students
Atelier Fernandez & Serres creates interesting scenery at an oceanic observatory in the Pyrénées
How MoMA made its own René Magritte typeface
The museum's graphic designer took the painter's writing and transformed it into blockbuster signage
Join NADA and Phaidon in New York this Sunday
Come and hear Art Cities of the Future contributor Pablo Léon de la Barra and others at our NADA talk
Does this wild art work remind you of Ed Ruscha?
Irish graffiti artist Maser transforms derelict petrol station in a tribute to the American pop artist
Pentagram and Joel Meyerowitz brand NY wilderness
The design agency has used Meyerowitz's shots in its new identity for NYC's Natural Areas Conservancy
Artist angered by Taiwanese copy of his duck
Florentijn Hofman is offended by local attempts to recreate his Rubber Duck, which burst on New Year's Eve
René Redzepi's travel habits and vintage carrots
The Noma chefs talks through his winter menu with CBS, and his holiday plans with the Sunday Times
Richard Serra tells Charlie Rose how art works
The sculptor tells the talk show host it's easy to talk about the 'how' and the 'what' but not the 'why'
Our Meryl Streep author talks through her new book
Karina Longworth explains why Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor is both an overview and a worthy feminist study
Amazon's new HQ boasts some lush vegetation
The mail-order giant's new Seattle office development will feature botanical-garden style biospheres
Alain de Botton to curate an "anti-blockbuster"
The Art as Therapy author brings his Art as Therapy ideas to bear at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum
Daniel Patterson's Google lecture
Innovative Californian chef joins a prestigious list that includes Barack Obama, Lada Gaga and David Beckham
Ai Weiwei's floral bike protest
Why is the Chinese artist and dissident leaving bouquets in a bicycle basket outside his compound every day?
Opening Warhol's time capsules
The Andy Warhol Museum has 612 boxes of Warhol ephemera, which they're currently opening and cataloguing
The Insider's Guide to Hamburg
Product designer Alexa Lixfeld lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
Ferran Adrià's drawings go on show in NYC
The Drawing Center will host the elBulli chef's gastronomic illustrations in Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity
How was 2013 for Danny Lyon?
The legendary American photographer on rediscovering the joys of film and finalising his career retrospective
The Insider's Guide to Brussels
Editor Aurélie Bunneghem lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
How was 2013 for Chris Johanson?
The artist on spending time with his art, his wife and his dog (and rustling up some good food)
When Justus Dahinden went to Uganda
How the Swiss architect's coconut shapes were influenced by Japanese group the Metabolists and organic growth
The Insider's Guide to Prague
Designer Zbynek Krulich lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
How was 2013 for Per-Anders Jörgensen?
The photographer on Edward Snowden and Japanese food - and his desire to grow some rare strawberries
The Insider's Guide to Oslo
Product designer Øyvind Wyller lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
The art of Umayyad period Spain
How al-Hakam II installed in the Great Mosque, a room-sized mirhab, among the most beautiful in the Islamic world
How was 2013 for Tomi Ungerer?
The 82-year-old writer and illustrator explains why 2013 was a vintage year for him
The Insider's Guide to Delhi
Designers Shivan & Narresh let us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
Carlo Scarpa's cemetery for Brionvega boss
How the Italian architect honoured a design genius and "man of the people who had started from the bottom”
How was 2013 for David Gilbertson?
Our Wine Bar Theory author looks beyond his glittering business career for his highlights of the year
2013 the year in architecture
The past twelve months saw mind-bending Chinese innovation and reverent European conservation
How was 2013 for Roger Ballen?
The photographer looks back on the year just gone and reveals what's in store next
The Insider's Guide to Florence
Designer Gabriele Corto Moltedo lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
2013 the year in design
After standing to attention for the 2012 Olympics, the last 12 months saw designers learn how to relax (and party)
How was 2013 for Bernhard Edmaier?
The incredible landscape photographer was inspired by a Russian wunderkind this year
How was 2013 for Ferran Adrià?
Not content with running a Harvard course, Ferran began decoding gastronomy's genetic code
The Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Writer L Kasimu Harris lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
The Insider's Guide to Geneva
Architect Bénédicte Montant lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide
Alex Atala's secret history of tapioca
Explorations of the 15th and 17th centuries brought it to prominence but why is it thought of as an Asian food?
2013 The year in photography
We look back at a year in which the still life made a comeback and the selfie made it into the dictionary
How was 2013 for David Carrier?
The American academic found himself outside the white cubes of the art world this year, and loved it
The Insider's Guide to Boston
Fashion blogger Sophia Chou reveals her favourite places as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide
2013 the year in art
From high prices and startling crimes through to superstar retrospectives and international politics
The inspiration behind Kuramata's clock
How a childhood memory of banknotes, balloons and confetti went into its creation
How was 2013 for Kevin Davies?
The Philip Treacy photographer on Frank Auerbach, his mum and a forthcoming U2 project
How the electric circuit inspired London's tube map
The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design uncovers the story behind one of Britain's modern design masterpieces
How was 2013 for Thea and Ethan?
Art advisors Ethan Wagner and Thea Westreich Wagner let us in on the highlights of their year
Ai Weiwei's secret prison scenes on show in Brooklyn
The Museum of Brooklyn will display the artist's six fibreglass prison dioramas, last seen at the Biennale
Tomi Ungerer's adults-only 032c cover
Our children's author contributes an erotic cover image to Europe's leading fashion and art magazine
How was 2013 for Martin Parr?
The Magnum photographer on a 'turkey and tinsel' holiday trip and the 'beauty and craziness' of the Amalfi coast
Cork-clad hotel in Portugal is a first
With screw tops decimating their livelihoods cork farmers could have a reason to rejoice
Hadid, Collishaw and Paltrow's Christmas baubles
Artists, designers and celebrities make one-off Christmas tree decorations to benefit a British children's charity
Sterling Ruby and Raf Simons create new label
"There is not one shirt, one shoe, one sock that is not from our mutual thinking process," says the designer
Marc Newson makes himself at home in Philadelphia
At Home show recreates domestic environment - complete with many of his designs in The Design Book
How was 2013 for Edmund de Waal?
As we prepare to publish his first comprehensive monograph, the author and ceramicist looks back at his year
Danny Lyon onstage in Washington DC
Legendary 'Bikers' photojournalist and pioneer of The New Journalism breaks ground ahead of new Phaidon book
When the east was centuries ahead of the west
How books as we know them came to be - as told in The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design
How was 2013 for Joel Meyerowitz?
Phaidon creatives look back on the year just gone and tell us about what they're going to be up to in 2014
Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton to open next year
The 'floating ship' arts institution will promote established artists and "young artists from emerging scenes"
A rare chance to see Capa in Colour
The 20th century photojournalist's little-seen colour work goes on display in New York next month
Architecture before and after the third Reich
As 20th Century World Architecture shows, world affairs often lurk in the background of any architectural project
Frank Gehry designs new Alexander Calder show
Pritzker-prize laureate creates the layout for Alexander Calder: From Avant-Garde to Iconic at LACMA
Can you name these film-star buildings?
Federico Babina has redrawn famous movie posters, placing the films' houses centre stage
How Carlo Scarpa bridged past and present
The renovation of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia is a great example of how he integrated the new with the old
John Pawson designs Alain de Botton holiday home
Life House in Wales is the latest addition in the Art as Therapy philosopher's Living Architecture initiative
The Japanese art group that inspired Shiro Kuramata
How the Gutai artists inspired one of Japan's greatest furniture designers to break the rules
Porsche designs drive-in apartments in Miami
Automotive marque's first real estate venture targets design conscious car lovers
Phaidon books feature in best-of-the-year lists
Papers, mags and websites praised our books in their 2013 round-ups - so if you're still looking for gift ideas...
Trollbäck + Company turn up the temperature
The Weather Channel's graphic revamp is the first in over thirty years
Mustafah Abdulaziz photographs the Ganges
Ex-Wall Street Journal photographer took a trip along India's sacred river with astonishing results
Henry Moore's spectral images from the underground
Drawings of figures sheltering from the blitz weren't propaganda but a poignant response to a common plight
Daniel Libeskind's air-purifying apartment block
The architect's new Berlin building will help boost local air quality thanks to its innovative cladding
