New York's Museum of Modern Art names new head of architecture and design
News: modern architecture professor Martino Stierli has been announced as MoMA's chief curator of architecture and design, the latest in a spate of appointments at New York institutions. More
Daniel Buren installs mirrors and coloured glass on Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse rooftop
A year after opening as an art space, the rooftop of Modernist architect Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse building in Marseille is hosting an installation of mirrors and coloured glass by French artist Daniel Buren (+ slideshow). More
Steven Holl awarded Praemium Imperiale arts prize
News: Steven Holl has been named as the architecture laureate for the 2014 Praemium Imperiale arts prize from the Japan Art Association. More
Sinuous ESO headquarters by Auer Weber curves around courtyards and over gardens
German architecture office Auer Weber has extended an astronomic research facility near Munich by adding interconnected cylinders with hollow centres and curvy corridors raised up on stilts (+ slideshow). More
Patricia Urquiola designs Mesh outdoor furniture collection for Kettal
Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola has used expanded metal mesh to create the furniture in this collection for Spanish brand Kettal (+ slideshow). More
Federico Babina's Archizoom transforms iconic buildings into movie posters
Iconic buildings, from Pierre Chareau's Maison de Verre to Zaha Hadid's Glasgow Riverside Museum, have been transformed into classic movie posters in the latest series by Italian illustrator Federico Babina. More
Priestmangoode overhauls aircraft interior to include more carry-on luggage space
Industrial design studio Priestmangoode has released plans for an aeroplane cabin interior with room for every passenger to store hand baggage in the overhead compartments (+ movie). More
Donna Wilson designs new tartan for Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has commissioned local-born textile designer Donna Wilson to create a tartan fabric that celebrates the area's craft heritage. More
Poohtown by Nick Elias uses Winnie-the-Pooh to bring happiness to 1920s Slough
Bartlett architecture graduate Nick Elias has reimagined 1920s Slough, England, as the happiest place on earth by overlaying its industrial landscape with scenes from Winnie-the-Pooh (+ slideshow). More
Competition: win one of five Mackintosh School of Architecture annuals
Competition: we've teamed up with students from Mackintosh School of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art to give away five copies of MacMag39, the latest edition of their annual publication. More
Nook Architects completes fourth renovation in Barcelona apartment building
Barcelona studio Nook Architects has revamped a fourth apartment in one building in the city's Gothic quarter using leftover materials from the previous three projects (+ slideshow). More
Kit Bike by Lucid Design packs into a bag
Indian company Lucid Design has created a conceptual "bike in a bag" that would quickly dismantle into parts to fit into a backpack (+ movie). More
Rolling furniture turns Kapitaal offices into a design store
Plywood display units roll out from the walls to transform this Utrecht business incubator into a shop (+ slideshow). More
Colourful shingles front Assemble's Yardhouse studios for east London creatives
Handmade concrete tiles give a scaly facade to this collaborative workplace building designed by Assemble for artists and designers in east London. More
World Clock by 11+ rolls to change time zones
Rolling this clock by Korean design studio 11+ allows you to keep track of the time in different cities around the world (+ movie). More
Three overlapping blocks make up Keitaro Muto's Sunomata house
The three volumes that make up this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects stagger downwards like a huge set of stairs (+ slideshow). More
Black Gold homeware collection by Quintus Kropholler is made of tarmac
Amsterdam designer Quintus Kropholler has created this collection of nine products using asphalt concrete to highlight the impact of diminishing petroleum supplies (+ movie). More
Foster's Canary Wharf Crossrail station nears completion
News: the final aluminium panel has been fixed to the latticed roof structure of Foster + Partners' Crossrail Station in London – part of Europe's biggest infrastructure project (+ slideshow). More
SOFTlab installs colourful funneled canopy in Melissa shoe shop
American design studio SOFTlab attached 20,000 translucent flowers to a flexible plastic mesh to create this installation for the Brazilian jelly-shoe brand Melissa's New York flagship store (+ movie). More