• Performing Sculpture: Alexander Calder

    2 February 2016

    American sculptor Alexander Calder was a radical pioneer of kinetic art, bringing movement to static objects, and for which the word ‘mobile’ was coined to describe his sculptures that moved of their own accord. As a major exhibition of his work opens at Tate Modern, running until 3 April, we feature an essay by curator Ann Coxon from the show’s accompanying catalogue

  • CENTRO, Mexico City by TEN Arquitectos

    11 January 2016

    CENTRO, a new school for the creative industries, designed by TEN Arquitectos, is helping young creatives in Mexico City get on in the real world. The brainchild of one of the most successful business women in Mexico, the impact of the building on this so far ungentrified area will be huge, with plans in the future for student residences and a start-up hub

  • Grace Farms by SANAA

    4 January 2016

    SANAA has added yet another curved-glass building to its portfolio in the form of Grace Farms, a minority evangelical Christian church and ‘sanctuary’ in rural Connecticut

  • Meet: Studio Octopi

    4 January 2016

    London practice Studio Octopi talks through its expanding portfolio of projects that range from a Greek theatre to a plan to reinstate swimming in the Thames

  • Nightclubbing: Ian Schrager

    28 December 2015

    Thirty five years ago, Ian Schrager’s legendary New York nightclub, Studio 54, closed its doors and the man himself — and partner Steve Rubell — headed off to prison for tax evasion. Who knew that this was just the beginning, with another nightclub to follow and designs on the hotel world that would change the industry. Just don’t call him a designer...

  • Home is where the Sparth is: Halo 5’s creator

    28 December 2015

    Video game Halo 4 grossed an eyewatering $220m on the day it was released, and now Halo 5 is just hitting the shelves — and the hype button. We headed to Seattle, home of Microsoft, to catch up with its creative director and long time sci-fi fan, Sparth...

  • Making Place: The Architecture of David Adjaye review

    21 December 2015

    British Ghanaian architect David Adjaye presents his work to a new audience in America with mixed results at the Art Institute of Chicago, says Shumi Bose

  • Through the keyhole: Adolf Loos interiors in Pilsen

    21 December 2015

    Brno-born architect Adolf Loos was renowned for his modernist interior designs for affluent Austrian and Czech clients. Now, in its year as European Capital of Culture, the city of Pilsen has restored and opened to the public three of the 56 apartment interiors Loos completed in his lifetime. Previously depicted in dingy black-and-white photos, then abandoned and occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War, the apartments have been brought back to their former rich and colourful glory for all to see

  • On the drawing board: Foster + Partners' Droneport Project

    14 December 2015

  • Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age at the Science Museum review

    14 December 2015

    Despite a few gaps, Herbert Wright finds this Science Museum showstopper of Russian spacecraft and artefacts to be the epic show it promises to be