What is Massimo Bottura doing at the White House?
When it comes to nutrition, healthy eating and food waste, the First Lady chooses to trust this skinny Italian chef
Ai Weiwei’s bicycles come to London
The artist's famous Forever sculpture will be installed in the British banking district at the beginning of next month
Ellsworth Kelly, bird watcher
Can ornithological practices shed light on the great American abstract artist’s works?
Putting spiritual back into our cityscape
Can plants bring harmony to our fast-urbanising world? The designers in 30:30 Landscape Architecture think so
Zaha Hadid’s world-record breaking bridge
The firm’s winning competition entry looks beautiful, and it could also prove to be an engineering marvel too
Discover a world of contrasts in our new book, Map
By pairing apparently unrelated cartographic works together our new overview reveals some telling similarities
China's caveman capital gets a new look
HASSELL Studios finds novel ways to display and preserve China's prehistoric heartland in Nanjing
Zaha Hadid's High Line installation
The British-Iraqi architect has turned her firm's protective site hoarding into a swooping sculptural tunnel
Mario Bellini’s roadmap for the future
Learn how the architect and designer saw a route out of mid-century gridlock with his prescient people carrier
Is there a serious message behind Bread and a Dog?
Well, sort of. Find out in this interview with its author, the animal lover and culinary specialist, Natsuko Kuwahara
Anish Kapoor’s artfully filthy Instagram account
The British sculptor has recycled the title of his controversial Versailles piece for his new Instagram handle
Here's the Mumbai Wallpaper* City Guide!
Designers, architects and artists joined us at Café Zoe to mark the publication of our guide to India’s biggest city
Looking back at Danny Lyon’s convicts
What are the prisoners trying to tell us in Lyon’s seminal 1960s prison book, Conversations with the Dead?
A space-age home with aircraft stairs
This sleek suburban Spanish home by Barcelona firm NOEM packs includes some innovative, recycled features
Mary Ellen Mark’s last assignment
The great US photographer’s final commission proves she was a wonderful documentarian right up until the end
Martin Parr shoots himself (again)
Are these ‘autoportraits’ a becoming way to regard the president of Magnum Photos? Well, he certainly thinks so
How Theaster Gates saved a ‘maimed’ King
We take a closer look this key political work by one of America’s most exciting contemporary artists
Visit the world's wildest domestic environment
Our new book Jutaku illustrates just how varied, innovative and beautiful Japanese housing stock has become
Look who Ai Weiwei hung out with at the weekend
Film stars, politicians, and fellow artists have all welcomed Ai upon his recent arrival in the German capital
Danny Lyon looks back at his powerful prison photos
The brilliant photographer describes the how he got into Texan prisons and why the experience still haunts him
Fantastic Man - now available in book format!
Learn how a Dutch duo ditched catwalk models and embraced real manhood in the book of the magazine
Why artists, architects and designers love Daniel Ost
He's created displays for galleries, Royal weddings and fashion shows - now you can get to know him too
Alessi invites Memphis co-founder for coffee
Sottsass student Michele de Lucchi designs Pulcina, which means ‘chick’ in Italian, hence the beak-like spout
Spilling the beans (and other ingredients) on Toast
Toast author Raquel Pelzel on how to to make a humble snack food as highbrow or lowbrow as you like
Daniel Libeskind’s Pyramid for Jerusalem
The architect hopes his 26-storey tower will provide “a vibrant public space in the heart of the ancient city”
Is Theaster Gates America's most exciting artist?
Our new monograph lays bare the civil, spiritual and capitalist components that make up this extraordinary artist
Check out the concert hall that thinks it's a castle
Mies van der Rohe Award given to Barcelona duo Barozzi Veiga's new fortress-like Philharmonic Hall
Seeing Picasso in three dimensions
Could MoMA’s forthcoming show prove that Pablo’s sculptural works were as innovative as his paintings?
Get lost and found with the USA's leading map man
John Hessler, one of the US government’s foremost cartographic experts, on brain diagrams, big data and GPS
The final days of Jackson Pollock
On the anniversary of his death in a car crash we look at the last months of the great abstract expressionist
The fine art (and design) of protest
Angry imagery is aesthetically pleasing in Liz McQuiston's Visual Impact: Creative Dissent in the 21st Century
Learn how Ellsworth Kelly changed abstract art
You'll find all you need to know about how the 92-year-old painter impacted US art in his first full-career monograph
Snøhetta takes to the mountains in style
Scandanavian superstar architecture practice turns its attention to the Italian Alps - just in time for winter
Tina Barney on shooting at the Noguchi Museum
The photographer spent 18 months at the museum but when she saw what she wanted - "it was like a bullet!"
Cindy Sherman stars in Rufus Wainwright's opera
Sherman plays legendary diva Maria Callas in a Francesco Vezzoli-shot film for new Wainwright opera
Steven Holl designs expansion of Kennedy Centre
Architect breaks down the barriers between artists and public in Texas, Virginia, Iowa - and now Washington
One thing you didn't know about Raquel Pelzel
Our Toast author has a guilty secret - can you guess what it is?
Landscaping the cities of the future
30 30 Landscape Architecture author Meaghan Kombol gives us the lowdown on the new scenery of the city
What's Victor Enrich done to the Spanish Pavilion?
Spanish photographer mashes up the building that showed Picasso's Guernica with NY's Storefront Gallery
Richard Rogers divulges spy museum design
The most secretive industry in the world is about to get a more welcoming museum - feel free to share
Ettore Sottsass and his multi-coloured world
Design Museum Director Deyan Sudjic recalls the many shades of the maverick designer's genius
Classic Frank Lloyd Wright design reissued
Iconic American architect hits the high street in a (beautifully diffuse) burst of light
Is this the first architecture CGI to feature a selfie?
BIG's Metzler Tower in Frankfurt is a graceful addition to the city's skyline - but what's going on at ground level?
All you need to know about Landscape Architecture
It can make the morning commute bearable and downtime more up - but what exactly is landscape architecture?
Op artist creates eye-popping metro signage
Legendary Polish Poster School founder Wojciech Bangor returns to public art at the grand old age of 92
Hadid and Libeskind give Le Corbusier a makeover
The architects are proposing additions to Villa Le Lac - the house Le Corb built for his parents by a Swiss lake
What Joel Meyerowitz learned in Cape Cod
The great American photographer looks back on the trip that produced his pivotal series Cape Light
What shall we make with this new Fukasawa toaster?
We can't wait to try out the tasty recipes in our great new book Toast in Naoto's new design for Muji
Rich Torrisi and co. take over the Four Seasons
The Major Food Group trio promise continuity and improvement when they get hold of this New York institution
Stephen Shore photographs Survivors in Ukraine
New book captures the lives of European holocaust survivors with remarkable power and grace
The High Line - by the people who made it
Get a first-hand account of the inspirations and tribulations behind the creation of NYC's transformative linear park
Get ready Sydney, René Redzepi is coming!
The Noma chef will follow his successful 2015 Tokyo pop-up with a ten-week residency in Australia
Let Steve McCurry take you to India
William Dalrymple calls the photographer's new book 'a testament to a long-standing love of India'
What would you do with Preston Bus Station?
Five designs have been put forward to turn this brutalist Grade II listed classic into a youth-oriented civic space
How we got from cave paintings to contemporary art
30,000 Years of Art offers a complete history of mankind’s artistry - are you ready to explore?
Daniel Libeskind’s amazing glazing
The award-winning US architect makes his South American debut with this classy, glassy residential tower
What makes Steven Holl and Le Corbusier alike?
Learn how the architect took on the ambitions of Le Corb et al, shaping (and sketching) them for a new era
Wow! How did you get up there JR?
The artist and Phaidon author has been pretty busy in Philly and New York this week, but what's he been up to?
Teen photographer finds the unguarded moment
What does the 14-year-old winner of this year's Sony World Photography Awards share with Steve McCurry?
12 American literary road trips mapped!
Now you too can take a jazz-age excursion or a continental hippy trip, courtesy of these cartographers
Come with us on a trip to the Noguchi Museum
Stephen Shore & Tina Barney document people and place in a fascinating visual study of Noguchi's own creation
Black Britain in black and white
Fascinating new Vanley Burke show displays the photographer’s prints and also the contents of his life
Ex-student reworks Cornell's 104-year-old library
Viennese architect Wolfgang Tschapeller returns to his alma mater to renovate the university's Rand Hall
Hadid, Nouvel and BIG rework Jacobsen classic
Arne Jacobsen's Series 7 chair just got a makeover - courtesy of some fine architectural talent
How AIDS shaped art in America
A new exhibition examines the immense effect a big disease with a little name had on contemporary art
How Enrique Olvera turned Mexican food inside out
The star chef's first English-language cookbook shows how he's deconstructing a nation's gastronomic culture
Farewell Fiorucci - inventor of skinny jeans
We look back at the work of Elio, the Italian fashion designer and original denim magnate, who has died aged 80
Meet Kipple - she really loves bread!
How a Japanese food stylist turned baking and cute doggie photos into a fun, tasty title
Theaster Gates reveals new church project details
The artist outlines his plans for Sanctum, a 24/7, three-week-long performance in a derelict British church
Nan Goldin - photographer and illustrator?
Nan's gallerist and friend talks us through her new exhibition and his efforts to put her drawings on show
Why DIY dates back to the Bauhaus movement
The author of our Do It Yourself Book talks us through the undercurrents of a 'new' designer DIY revolution
Mario Bellini on Warhol, Playboy and the crazy 70s
The designer recalls a 1972 US road trip, contradicts Le Corbusier, and explains why he thinks the past matters
“Preserving is a bit like computer programming”
Clotilde Dusoulier, co-author of updated classic Preserving is finding new applications for old techniques
The book uncovering Europe’s great hidden cuisine
Nordic cuisine is a huge, under-examined aspect of European culture - Magnus Nilsson plans to change that
New show channels the spirit of Agnes Martin
Chewday's clever new show questions the way art is rapidly reduced to image data on social networks
When Warhol wanted to tap dance
A new exhibition looks back at the influence of choreography, film and rock music on the great Pop artist’s work
Introducing Ettore Sottsass and the Poetry of Things
Deyan Sudjic's exquisite biography of the Italian design legend shows there was much more to him than Memphis
Oyster shell museum will celebrate Mexican culture
Mexican firm FR-EE hopes this unusually shaped building will help preserve and promote local traditions
An award-winning photo taken by a 15-year-old
This bright young Sony World Photography Award winner finds a new way of showing her national cultural heritage
What Massimo Bottura cooked at Momofuku Ko
The chef brought his Post-Modena cookery skills to one of NYC's best restaurants last week
Can JR's new book change your world?
The artist has already altered perceptions from Paris to Palestine - isn't it time he weaved his magic on you?
Take a look at Martin Parr's Nice photographs
The Magnum photographer has been shooting the Côte d'Azur's beautiful people for a beach-themed show
Steve McCurry's Advice for Young Creatives #2
There's nothing like practice, practice practice! for becoming the best at what you do says the Magnum photographer
Arriba! This Mexican best-seller is now in English
And René Redzepi has written the foreword for Tacopedia - everything you ever wanted to know about the taco
René is in Bangkok, Massimo is in New York...
It's time for the The Grand Gelinaz! Shuffle. Can you work out where the world's great chefs are tonight?
If you could build your house on the side of a cliff. . .
Would it look like this one? Click through to see OPA's 'subterranean Casa Malaparte' proposal, Casa Brutale
The playfully productive world of Mario Bellini
New book captures the childlike imagination of a designer responsible for inspiring the ubiquitous people carrier
Stephen Shore and Martin Parr hang out at Arles
The two great Phaidon photographers enjoy signings and retrospectives at the world's greatest photo festival
Looking back at Castro's Cuba
The International Center of Photography’s ¡Cuba, Cuba! show surveys half a century of revolutionary life
Time to take a new look at our world?
The picture below is a map - Map: Exploring the World features 300 more, just as unusual, exciting and beautiful
Can you guess who's playing the Migrant Mother?
Sandro Miller has recreated a series of classic photographs with a certain Hollywood actor taking the lead role
RIP Juli Soler the man who launched Ferran Adrià
We're sad to report the death of the author, elBulli owner and Honorary President of the elBulli Foundation
How Marc Chagall painted his own birthday - inspired by the love and gifts of his muse Bella
To mark the painter’s date of birth, 6 July, we look back to an early anniversary celebrated in this lovely painting
One show - 325 Chinese artists!
And you don't need to visit the People's Republic to see them all. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see the likes of Zhang Xiaogang Yin Xiuzhen, Zhang Huan, Xiao Xioaogang and Ai Weiwei courtesy of the M+Sigg Collection
Make your own Ai Weiwei original for just $15!
Or stretch out on a Konstantin Grcic sound system for $40 - you can make these and more in our new book DIY
Right! Who wants dinner in under thirty minutes?
Quick and Easy Italian Recipes features world famous Silver Spoon meals in an even easier to use format
Danny Lyon's Conversations with the Dead
Danny Lyon spent 14 months photographing inside the Texas penitentiary system - this is what he found
Preserving - another foodie trend we've got covered!
Learn how a perfectly conserved French cookery book from 1948 inspired our great forthcoming title
Sarah Lucas makes 'marrow' for US embassy gardens
The Venice Biennale artist is creating a gourd-shaped work for Vauxhall at the behest of Norman Rosenthal
