“In New York, architecture with a sense of social purpose is becoming increasingly rare”
Julian Lechner turns old coffee grounds into reusable cups
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Assemble to fill RIBA gallery with Brutalist Playground
Danish designer Jacob Jensen dies aged 89
Calatrava’s City of Arts and Sciences is “insane” and “amazing” says George Clooney
Edgley Design wraps a dilapidated 1960s house in stainless steel roofing
Jeppe Hein creates 18 whimsical installations for Brooklyn Bridge Park
“There’s a huge burst of creativity” in New York says Lindsey Adelman
Pedrali furnishes restaurant at Milan Nestlé headquarters
Benjamin Hubert patterns ceramic containers with raised seams
Jean Nouvel’s first New York skyscraper will include three floors of MoMA gallery space
Herzog & de Meuron’s Bordeaux Stadium is framed by a forest of slender columns
Met exhibition highlights fashion’s obsession with Chinese arts and design
Brooklyn exhibition pairs work of Piero Lissoni and local designers
Stephenson Studio completes a Mondrian-inspired home for a remote site on the Welsh coast
GRUPPE creates pastel-coloured totems to signpost Clerkenwell Design Week
Bouroullec’s Stampa chair designed to age like a pair of leather boots
Apparatus uses metal cylinders and porcelain chains for new lighting designs
Glaze pavilion by Cousins & Cousins designed to resemble a Venetian glass sweet
Tham & Videgård draws up designs for “Sweden’s statistically most sought-after home”
Allies and Morrison and O’Donnell & Tuomey win contest for Olympic Park cultural campus
Bec Brittain’s latest lighting collection features LED tubes arranged in diamond shapes