Jean Nouvel designs wallpaper to capture the feeling of a London summer
French architect Jean Nouvel's Summer Hours in Kensington wallpaper aims to recreate the feeling of a sunny afternoon spent in London's Hyde Park. More
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Forests of Venice pavilion offers a peaceful retreat from the Biennale crowds
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Swedish studios Kjellander + Sjöberg and Folkhem have installed a wooden pavilion between the Venice Biennale venues, in tribute to the 10 million trees used to build the city's foundations. More
Mathieu Lehanneur creates pool of marble for French chateau
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has sculpted marble into a convincingly rippling pool for his Petite Loire installation, created for this year's International Garden Festival (+ slideshow). More
Venice Biennale awards Golden Lions to Spanish Pavilion and Gabinete de Arquitectura
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Spain has been awarded the Golden Lion for best pavilion at the Venice Biennale, while Gabinete de Arquitectura has been awarded the prize for best exhibition. More
Norman Foster reveals vaulted Droneport prototype at Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Foster + Partners has unveiled the first full-scale prototype of its Droneport concept at the Arsenale, which is designed to transport medical supplies to remote regions in Africa using unmanned flying vehicles (+ slideshow). More
Peter Saville colour-codes London's Tate Modern ahead of extension opening
British graphic design legend Peter Saville is behind the Tate Modern art gallery's updated graphic identity, a colourful model of the complex that includes the new Herzog & de Meuron extension. More
Snøhetta's Kjetil Trædal Thorsen urges architects to work in the "non-free world"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: architects need to work in non-democratic countries to help improve conditions for the people that live there, says Snøhetta co-founder Kjetil Trædal Thorsen. More
The Evidence Room presents "the worst crime ever committed by an architect"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a team of architects and academics has created a room of architectural evidence from Auschwitz that shows how the Nazi concentration camp was purposefully designed as a killing facility (+ slideshow). More
David Adjaye uses crinkled concrete panels for Valextra concession at Harrods
Niches cut into zig-zagging concrete surfaces display leather accessories "like artefacts" at Valextra's David Adjaye-designed space in London department store Harrods (+ slideshow). More
Nendo reimagines Bangkok department store as a new concept for retail
Japanese studio Nendo has completed its biggest-ever project: the exterior and interior renovation of a department store in Bangkok that founder Oki Sato believes represents a new way of shopping (+ slideshow). More
Google teams up with Levi's to create interactive denim jacket
Google has used its Jacquard technology to weave conductive threads into a Levi's jacket, turning its sleeves into touch-sensitive panels that can be used to control electronic devices (+ movie). More
British Pavilion calls for architects to redesign home ownership rather than houses
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: sharing technologies like Uber and Airbnb could offer the answer to the UK housing crisis say the curators of the British Pavilion, who have unveiled five futuristic models of the home. More
Australian Pavilion features swimming pool as "space for healing racial and cultural division"
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Aileen Sage Architects has installed a swimming pool inside Australia's Biennale pavilion to symbolise the importance of this type of public space to the nation's cultural identity (+ slideshow). More
Venice Biennale heralds return of handmade architecture, says Peter Zumthor
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: a resurgence of handmade architecture is one of the biggest themes to emerge from this year's Venice Biennale, according to Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. More
VR goggles combined with hand-held controllers offers architects "a whole new way of designing"
New virtual reality tools will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them, according to the director of visualisation studio VRtisan (+ movie). More
MVRDV designs transparent Infinity Kitchen to make food healthier and sexier
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Dutch office MVRDV has designed a completely see-through glass kitchen that aims to inspire a "more healthy, if not sexy" approach to food (+ slideshow). More
Tate Modern releases first images of Herzog & de Meuron's Switch House extension
This set of images by photographer Iwan Baan provides a first look inside Herzog & de Meuron's extension to the Tate Modern art gallery, set to open next month in London (+ slideshow). More
Meditating twice a day keeps staff at Vo Trong Nghia Architects focused, claims founder
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has revealed that he makes his staff meditate every day to help them "resist cravings and improve concentration". More
Undulating brick building in Iran encourages public to walk on its roof
The brick facade of this mixed-use building in the Iranian city of Hamedan merges with a wave-like roof that the public is invited to sit, walk or play on (+ slideshow). More
Architecture has a serious problem with communication says Rem Koolhaas
Too many architects only talk to other architects that share the same views, and are becoming increasingly irrelevant as a result, according to OMA founder Rem Koolhaas. More