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The World of Charles and Ray Eames at the Barbican review
10 December 2015Corinne Julius visits the Barbican’s show, the first British retrospective on these two famous designers in 15 years, and finds there is still much to say about the duo
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Palladian Design: The Good, The Bad and The Unexpected review
10 December 2015This small but all encompassing exhibition at the RIBA considers not just the individual architect, but his wider effect on the profession, finds Shumi Bose
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A new addition to Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum
10 December 2015A new entrance and hall for the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam enhances both its iconic neighbours and the visitor experience, reports Veronica Simpson
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Caruso St John’s Newport Street Gallery for Damien Hirst
3 December 2015The architecture practice’s latest projects, including Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall and the new Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, are examples of Caruso St John’s expert, finely tuned appreciation of the visitor experience
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Chicago Biennial review
1 December 2015The first Chicago Architecture Biennial is an exuberant explosion of ideas and it reaches out to engage the city. It offers spectacle and reflection, fantasies and practical projects, global perspective and local intervention. But what is the agenda? And does it succeed in restoring Chicago’s position at the centre-stage of architecture?
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Rain Room by Random International review
23 November 2015Random International’s popular experiential Rain Room travels across the world to the Yuz Museum Shanghai. Johnny Tucker pays a visit and tries not to get soaked
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Curated Diary: Axel Rüger
23 November 2015Curator and Director of the Van Gogh Museum, Axel Rüger picks his top art and design events across the world for the winter months
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London Design Festival: Tylko
23 November 2015Emerging Warsaw-based start-up Tylko suggests how we might all be purchasing furniture in the future — with the use of an augmented reality app. Cate St Hill tests it out
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Blueprint Seminar: World Toilet Day with ROCA
16 November 2015To mark World Toilet Day on 19 November and highlight the aims of Roca’s We Are Water Foundation, Blueprint gathered together a panel of experts to discuss sanitation in developing countries and disaster areas. The conversation at the Roca London Gallery ranged from the future of sanitation without sewers, through gender issues, to the delivery of life-changing projects
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Dismaland by Banksy review
16 November 2015Rebecca Swirsky finds British street artist Banksy has pulled off an incredible, amusing feat at his ‘bemusement park’ Dismaland at Weston-super-Mare beach
