A Japanese view of Frank Lloyd Wright
Images by the late critic and photographer Yukio Futagawa go on show in Tokyo next month

Santiago Calatrava's interconnecting bridge for Doha
As the population rises to one million the architect is commissioned to create innovative three-in-one crossing

New show looks at how the diary became public
Neuberger Museum NY presents work that uses online data to mark the beauty and banality of day to day life

Will Bacon's George Dyer portrait break records?
After the artist's Freud triptych set a new world record last year, another iconic portrait goes on the block next month

Le Corbusier's Notre Dame du Haut vandalised
Priceless stained glass window, smashed in the hilltop chapel, is irreparable say authorities

David LaChapelle takes on Big Oil
Former fashion photographer shows oil-industry maquettes crafted from consumer goods at Paul Kasmin NY

How many paintings can you name in this video?
Italian director Rino Stefano Tagliafierro brings movement to well-known art works in his new montage Beauty

Danny Lyon's radical ideas for National Geographic
A cannabis-themed issue with a free joint is just one of the special editions outlined by the great US photographer

Nendo rethinks the office staple
Japanese design practice is out to improve the look of your desktop

Design and Violence at MoMA
New MoMA show reminds us that not every designer wants to make the world a better place

Renzo Piano to extend Monaco?
The Pritzker-Prize laureate has been shortlisted to build an additional six hectares out into the sea

NYC to lose one of its most familiar works of art?
Harry Roseman's Curtain Wall is to be removed from JFK's Terminal Four due to high passenger numbers

Foster + Partners' recyclable desert pavilion
The firm’s 2015 Expo Pavilion has been designed to be rebuilt in the UAE once the show is over

William Burroughs: artist, author, photographer?
A new show at London’s Photographers’ Gallery examines a less familiar side of the beat author’s work

Why is Frieze NY recreating a 1970s LA hotel?
Frieze Projects will pay tribute to Allen Ruppersberg’s installation, Al’s Grand Hotel, at this year’s fair

Snøhetta’s landscaping of Times Square is a hit
Norwegian architecture practice of the moment landscapes iconic New York area to great acclaim

Kenya Hara on the future of Japanese design
The Muji design chief says his country’s manufacturing should be a little more like Swiss cheese

Stan Douglas' jazz-funk utopia
The artist's new film, Luanda-Kinshasa, resurrects a lost NY studio to raise questions of cultural equivalence

Bouroullec brothers sitting pretty at Vitra
Design duo's latest sofa for the Swiss firm domesticates their much-loved office breakout area design

David Walsh considers MONA's future
Maverick gambler and Museum of Old and New Art founder on how he's made sure the museum won't last forever

How Soviet posters brought colour to a B&W era
This month London's GRAD gallery presents a stunning, rare selection of Soviet film posters from the silent age

Discovering Picasso studio by studio
Madrid's 2014 blockbuster Picasso show examines the artist's output based on his places of work

Harvey Quaytman paintings on show in New York
McKee gallery shows one of the 20th century's least classifiable painters (and the subject of our new monograph)

Alain de Botton curates online auction for Paddle8
Art website asks best selling author to put together a themed auction along the lines of Art as Therapy

What is it about Dan Graham's pavilions?
The US artist produces another signature, large-scale sculpture for a show at the Dutch De Pont museum

The Circle Skyscraper is complete
China's latest 'round building' tops out in Guanghzou courtesy of Milanese architects AM Project

Simon Starling selects art for New Contemporaries
The British artist joins Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Enrico David to chose the best work from British graduates

Is Banksy headed for Moscow?
The state broadcaster claims the Russian capital is due to host a show by the British graffiti artist

How to get ahead in architecture by Eva Jiřičná
Czech architect says site visits aid learning and lead to international projects in Architects' Journal interview

Iconic London taxi changes shape again
Another revised look for black cab but do design cues go far enough in preserving its heritage?

What will Jeff Koons create with Sean Penn's guns?
The artist plans to rework all of the actor's "cowardly killing machines" into a sculpture to raise money for charity

James Franco stars in Isaac Julien film
An international dramatisation of art and the financial crisis premiers at Victoria Miro in London this month

Thomas Struth goes to Disneyland
The Dusseldorf School photographer shoots the quaint side of America's most famous theme park

Good manners go underground in Tokyo
Latest graphic designs from The Metro Foundation urge users not to sneeze or squeeze through the closing doors

The one billion euro railway station
After a hundred years at the planning stage a new railway tunnel reunifies the residents of Leipzig in Germany

Meet the lady who turned Europe onto US pop
MoMA honours the Romanian-born dealer Ileana Sonnabend with a new-year show

42,000 plastic men adorn new Louis Vuitton store
Do Ho Suh's Cause and Effect sculpture, built from tiny acrylic figures, graces Tokyo's newest LV boutique

Could Lord Foster's SkyCycle scheme take off?
The Pritzker laureate wants to build 220 kilometres of cycle routes above London's train lines

New Picasso linocut series shows how he worked
13 recently acquired sequential Picasso linocuts go on display at the British Museum tomorrow

Robert Indiana's regrets over LOVE
"It was a marvelous idea, but it was also a terrible mistake" artist says about the work that came to define his career

Damien Hirst makes a spot Mickey Mouse
Artist's version of the cartoon character is to be auctioned off for charity at Christie's in London next month

Steve McCurry's camera phone advice
The world-renowned photographer tells the BBC how to take a great picture - on a smart phone

A 'coral' clad home for 74 lucky students
Atelier Fernandez & Serres creates interesting scenery at an oceanic observatory in the Pyrénées

How MoMA made its own René Magritte typeface
The museum's graphic designer took the painter's writing and transformed it into blockbuster signage

Join NADA and Phaidon in New York this Sunday
Come and hear Art Cities of the Future contributor Pablo Léon de la Barra and others at our NADA talk

Does this wild art work remind you of Ed Ruscha?
Irish graffiti artist Maser transforms derelict petrol station in a tribute to the American pop artist

Pentagram and Joel Meyerowitz brand NY wilderness
The design agency has used Meyerowitz's shots in its new identity for NYC's Natural Areas Conservancy

Artist angered by Taiwanese copy of his duck
Florentijn Hofman is offended by local attempts to recreate his Rubber Duck, which burst on New Year's Eve

René Redzepi's travel habits and vintage carrots
The Noma chefs talks through his winter menu with CBS, and his holiday plans with the Sunday Times

Richard Serra tells Charlie Rose how art works
The sculptor tells the talk show host it's easy to talk about the 'how' and the 'what' but not the 'why'

Our Meryl Streep author talks through her new book
Karina Longworth explains why Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor is both an overview and a worthy feminist study

Amazon's new HQ boasts some lush vegetation
The mail-order giant's new Seattle office development will feature botanical-garden style biospheres

Alain de Botton to curate an "anti-blockbuster"
The Art as Therapy author brings his Art as Therapy ideas to bear at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum

Daniel Patterson's Google lecture
Innovative Californian chef joins a prestigious list that includes Barack Obama, Lada Gaga and David Beckham

Ai Weiwei's floral bike protest
Why is the Chinese artist and dissident leaving bouquets in a bicycle basket outside his compound every day?

Opening Warhol's time capsules
The Andy Warhol Museum has 612 boxes of Warhol ephemera, which they're currently opening and cataloguing

The Insider's Guide to Hamburg
Product designer Alexa Lixfeld lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

Ferran Adrià's drawings go on show in NYC
The Drawing Center will host the elBulli chef's gastronomic illustrations in Ferran Adrià: Notes on Creativity

How was 2013 for Danny Lyon?
The legendary American photographer on rediscovering the joys of film and finalising his career retrospective

The Insider's Guide to Brussels
Editor Aurélie Bunneghem lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

How was 2013 for Chris Johanson?
The artist on spending time with his art, his wife and his dog (and rustling up some good food)

When Justus Dahinden went to Uganda
How the Swiss architect's coconut shapes were influenced by Japanese group the Metabolists and organic growth

The Insider's Guide to Prague
Designer Zbynek Krulich lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

How was 2013 for Per-Anders Jörgensen?
The photographer on Edward Snowden and Japanese food - and his desire to grow some rare strawberries

The Insider's Guide to Oslo
Product designer Øyvind Wyller lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

The art of Umayyad period Spain
How al-Hakam II installed in the Great Mosque, a room-sized mirhab, among the most beautiful in the Islamic world

How was 2013 for Tomi Ungerer?
The 82-year-old writer and illustrator explains why 2013 was a vintage year for him

The Insider's Guide to Delhi
Designers Shivan & Narresh let us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

Carlo Scarpa's cemetery for Brionvega boss
How the Italian architect honoured a design genius and "man of the people who had started from the bottom”

How was 2013 for David Gilbertson?
Our Wine Bar Theory author looks beyond his glittering business career for his highlights of the year

2013 the year in architecture
The past twelve months saw mind-bending Chinese innovation and reverent European conservation

How was 2013 for Roger Ballen?
The photographer looks back on the year just gone and reveals what's in store next

The Insider's Guide to Florence
Designer Gabriele Corto Moltedo lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

2013 the year in design
After standing to attention for the 2012 Olympics, the last 12 months saw designers learn how to relax (and party)

How was 2013 for Bernhard Edmaier?
The incredible landscape photographer was inspired by a Russian wunderkind this year

How was 2013 for Ferran Adrià?
Not content with running a Harvard course, Ferran began decoding gastronomy's genetic code

The Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Writer L Kasimu Harris lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

The Insider's Guide to Geneva
Architect Bénédicte Montant lets us in on the city's secrets as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* Guide

Alex Atala's secret history of tapioca
Explorations of the 15th and 17th centuries brought it to prominence but why is it thought of as an Asian food?

2013 The year in photography
We look back at a year in which the still life made a comeback and the selfie made it into the dictionary

How was 2013 for David Carrier?
The American academic found himself outside the white cubes of the art world this year, and loved it

The Insider's Guide to Boston
Fashion blogger Sophia Chou reveals her favourite places as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper* City Guide

2013 the year in art
From high prices and startling crimes through to superstar retrospectives and international politics

The inspiration behind Kuramata's clock
How a childhood memory of banknotes, balloons and confetti went into its creation

How was 2013 for Kevin Davies?
The Philip Treacy photographer on Frank Auerbach, his mum and a forthcoming U2 project

How the electric circuit inspired London's tube map
The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design uncovers the story behind one of Britain's modern design masterpieces

How was 2013 for Thea and Ethan?
Art advisors Ethan Wagner and Thea Westreich Wagner let us in on the highlights of their year

Ai Weiwei's secret prison scenes on show in Brooklyn
The Museum of Brooklyn will display the artist's six fibreglass prison dioramas, last seen at the Biennale

Tomi Ungerer's adults-only 032c cover
Our children's author contributes an erotic cover image to Europe's leading fashion and art magazine

How was 2013 for Martin Parr?
The Magnum photographer on a 'turkey and tinsel' holiday trip and the 'beauty and craziness' of the Amalfi coast

Cork-clad hotel in Portugal is a first
With screw tops decimating their livelihoods cork farmers could have a reason to rejoice

Hadid, Collishaw and Paltrow's Christmas baubles
Artists, designers and celebrities make one-off Christmas tree decorations to benefit a British children's charity

Sterling Ruby and Raf Simons create new label
"There is not one shirt, one shoe, one sock that is not from our mutual thinking process," says the designer

Marc Newson makes himself at home in Philadelphia
At Home show recreates domestic environment - complete with many of his designs in The Design Book

How was 2013 for Edmund de Waal?
As we prepare to publish his first comprehensive monograph, the author and ceramicist looks back at his year

Danny Lyon onstage in Washington DC
Legendary 'Bikers' photojournalist and pioneer of The New Journalism breaks ground ahead of new Phaidon book

When the east was centuries ahead of the west
How books as we know them came to be - as told in The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design

How was 2013 for Joel Meyerowitz?
Phaidon creatives look back on the year just gone and tell us about what they're going to be up to in 2014

Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton to open next year
The 'floating ship' arts institution will promote established artists and "young artists from emerging scenes"

A rare chance to see Capa in Colour
The 20th century photojournalist's little-seen colour work goes on display in New York next month
