“People need convincing that wood can be a fire-safe material”
Rural Idaho home by Olson Kundig has gadgets and gizmos aplenty
Centre Pompidou to open Shanghai outpost in David Chipperfield’s West Bund Art Museum
Former V&A head Martin Roth dies aged 62
Dowel Jones stretches and tweaks Hurdle chair into whole seating collection
In Situ Studio revives mid-century modern home in North Carolina
Lack of diversity within UK’s creative industries revealed
Cary Tamarkin constructs Island Creek home in the Hamptons with local materials
Branch Studio uses rammed earth to build Melbourne house extension
Competition: win a book that showcases the homes of surfers from around the world
Rasmus Bækkel Fex borrows “honesty and quality” of Shaker design for F chair
Andrew Burges’ Sydney house pairs pale brickwork with blackened wood
Over 800 buildings open to the public for Open House London 2017
Tadao Ando surrounds huge buddha statue with lavender-covered mound at Sapporo cemetery
Open-plan offices must be rethought to prevent employees losing focus, finds Haworth
Erwin Wurm’s Fat House installed outside baroque palace in Vienna
Hawaii house designed as a mini village by De Reus Architects
Photographer’s Loft by Desai Chia provides live-work space in New York
Drone footage shows Heatherwick Studio’s “tree-covered mountains” underway in Shanghai
“Technology should look like something in your grandmother’s room” says Oki Sato
PIDO’s Bike Share Farm is a community garden that can be pedalled from place to place
Jiaji Shen proposes turning abandoned coal pier into workshop for “mudlarking” jewellery maker
Jisue Park’s “napping equipment” makes sleeping on the go more comfortable
