Architecture & Design
Turner prize 2013 shortlist: Tino Sehgal dances to the fore
The deviser of unsettling public encounters is a world-class artist in a way that the other contenders - Laure Prouvost, David Shrigley and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye - are not The 2013 Turner prize shortlist is strangely unbalanced, but it also makes sense i
The Architect's Home - Peter Gossel
Autobiographical homes. This title deals with the houses architects design for themselves. The greatest challenge in designing homes is negotiating the delicate balance between aesthetics and the personal desires of the occupants. While it's important forThe Architect's Home by Peter Gossel - review
An ambitious survey of the spaces architects create for themselves challenges the criticisms of Prince Charles and other anti-moderns A favourite fiction of Prince Charles and other bashers of modern architects was that they didn't live in their own cr
Storm Thorgerson dies aged 69
Storm Thorgerson, the British graphic designer behind some of the most memorable album covers of all time, including Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, has died aged 69.
The National Theatre's pop-up Shed is a model for the South Bank's future
A startling red box has landed on the South Bank, nestled near the National Theatre right by Waterloo bridge.
Saturday Review: The Rijksmuseum and Once on the London stage
The Rijksmuseum reopens in Amsterdam; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new novel Americanah; and the musical Once arrives on the London stage.Saturday Review: The Rijksmuseum and Once on the London stage
The Rijksmuseum reopens in Amsterdam; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's new novel Americanah; and the musical Once arrives on the London stage.
Exhibition Review: Designs Of The Year @ Design Museum
Every year, a panel of judges selects the best designs across the world in topics ranging from furniture to fashion before picking an overall design of the year. Past winners include Shepard Fairey’s Obama poster, a foldable plug and last year’s winne
Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, British Museum
"In the midst of life we are in death.” This is a line we may feel compelled to reverse as we encounter the first exhibits in the British Museum’s extraordinarily powerful exhibition, for this is a display vividly bringing the dead to life in the very