SOM create new architectural magic
Architects reveal building with ingenious remote control, energy-saving 'eye' that aids light and airflow
Richard Meier & Partners build Aztec skyscraper
As the renowned architecture firm announces its third building in Mexico, we speak to the man in charge
Samuel Wilkinson's Muse Music
The winner of the 2011 Design of the Year Award on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Better Buy Design - Noguchi Table
The perfect place to 'casually' arrange your favourite Phaidon books
Minimal design maximum impact
Rui Grazina’s new private house rises above (and below) challenging terrain
Inside the mind of Antonio Ballester Moreno
Exploring the creative processes of artists featured in Vitamin P2
First look inside A Room For London
Phaidon enters the artwork that's already the hottest ticket in the UK this year
Alex Hartley's Muse Music
The Cultural Olympiad artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Design Awards 2012 - nominees announced
The Bouroullec Brothers, Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid all included on this year's shortlist
Agence SEARCH makes waves on the Seine
Up and coming French architecture practice completes swimming pool complex just east of Paris
Tallest building in Kuwait nears completion
Skidmore, Owings and Merill's Al Hamra Firdous Tower almost ready for business
Unravelling before your eyes
Dutch artist Johan Rijpma's video sculpture uses sticky tape to fascinating and hypnotic effect
Let's hear it for the little guy
Isaac Cordal's tiny cement figures make a big comment on modern society
Information overload, analogue style
Hungarian design collective NOMAD capture the rhythm of life on tape
Cubic kite takes flight in Jersey
Artist and architect's flying sculpture gets airborne - seemingly despite the laws of physics
The 12 Days of Architecture: #12 Mexico City, Mexico
Institute of Technology and Advanced Studies by Landa Garcia Landa Arquitectos
The 12 Days of Architecture: #11 Reykjavik, Iceland
Churchyard Offices and Staff Housing for Gunfunes Cemetery by Arkibúllan
The 12 Days of Architecture: #9 Toronto, Canada
Renaissance ROM Gallerieis by Studio Daniel Libeskind with B+H Architects
The 12 Days of Architecture: #8 Casar de Cáceres, Spain
Casar de Cáceres Bus Station by Justo García Rubío
The 12 Days of Architecture: #6 Boston, USA
The Institute of Contemporary Art by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
The Failsafe Gift Guide - chosen by Aaron Rose
The curator who's worked with Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze and Sonic Youth recommends his Xmas best buys
Tokujin Yoshioka creates a lasting impression
Japanese designer installs Water Block bench in front of Impressionist masterpieces at the Musée d'Orsay
Failsafe Gift Guide - chosen by Massimiliano Gioni
One of the world's most important curators chooses his favourite Phaidon Christmas reads
Anish Kapoor's 'Tower of Babel' completed
As London Olympics 2012 beckons, its defining structure becomes Britain's largest piece of public art
The Failsafe Gift Guide - chosen by James Franco
The multi-talented actor, screenwriter, producer, author and artist chooses the perfect Phaidon reading list
Michele Howarth Rashman's Muse Music
The sculptor and creator of 'psychiatric knitwear' on the music that gets her in a creative mood
A Christmas message from Banksy
Vandalised sculpture attacks child abuse scandals in the Catholic Church
The Failsafe Gift Guide - chosen by Judd Apatow
The Bridesmaids producer is today’s guest gift giver (so expect a lot of film books)
What happens when Jenga meets genius
Herzog & de Meuron breaks new ground yet again with the Actelion Business Center in Switzerland
A museum at one with nature
New York architects Ennead harness Utah landscape for new Natural History Museum
Why Clyfford Still's art stayed hidden for 30 years
Painter finally set to take his place alongside Rothko, Pollock and other abstract expressionist pioneers
Art's most iconic child stars celebrate 500th birthday
Raphael's famous cherubs venerated in forthcoming exhibition
George Condo's Muse Music
The artificial realist painter and sculptor on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Seoul's new suburb in the sky
Dutch architects pull off the impossible and make 'the middle ground' exciting
John Baldessari's $100,000 bill board
Artist who once proclaimed "I will not make any more boring art" sticks to his promise
Roger Hiorns to bury Airbus under the UK
Turner Prize nominee creates modern-day 'long barrow' on two sites in the US and UK
Martin Boyce's Muse Music
The 2011 Turner Prize winner on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Phaidon Store opens in Shoreditch
If you're in East London this weekend visit us at pop-up shopping mall Boxpark
George Shaw's Muse Music
The 2011 Turner Prize nominee on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Let there be light!
The new Stuttgart City Library - possibly the best place in the world to flick through a Phaidon book
Reiulf Ramstad's peak practice
Mantra-abiding Scandinavian architect creates angular mountain retreat in Norway
'Everything now is too chaotic' says Dieter Rams
Legendary German designer calls for a return to simplicity
Danny Lyon adds his voice to global 'Occupy' protest
Spirit of social rebellion alive and well says campaigning photographer
In praise of... killing your own dinner
Our money is artist and author Tomi Ungerer to win a fight with any beast
Karla Black's Muse Music
The 2011 Turner Prize nominee on the music that gets her in a creative mood
The woman who inspired Picasso
How the raven-haired Dora Maar became Picasso's most politically charged muse
A brief history of the ‘ism’ in art criticism
Behind the scenes at The Art Museum – a series of stories inspired by the greatest art book ever published
World's slowest roller coaster unveiled
Design duo Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth create the ultimate ride for the faint-hearted
Another victory at Melbourne's AAMI Stadium
Cox Architecture's new stadium wins Australian National Architecture Award
Why pick on the interpretation department?
Spare a thought for the people who write the wall texts in museums and galleries – it’s not easy
Welcome to Georgia
If more border checkpoints looked like this it wouldn't matter how long the queues were
Inside the mind of Milena Dragicevic
Exploring the creative processes of artists featured in Vitamin P2
Art's original 'undo' button
Behind the scenes at The Art Museum – a series of stories inspired by the greatest art book ever published
People watching with a difference
Michael Wolf’s Paris Photo photos of compressed commuters are a big hit with Martin Parr
Mark Titchner's Muse Music
The belief-challenging artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Does this building really exist?
Richard Meier & Partners's new building on the shores of Lake Garda looks real enough, but is it?
Chris Johanson's Muse Music
The painter and street artist on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Danny Lyon comes to a radio station near you
Pioneer of photographic journalism to talk about his adventures this week
Marina Abramović's Halloween ball
Art world glitteratti turn out for party in Greenwich Village Jamaican bar Miss Lily's
Arnaud Lapierre's mirror images
Up and coming design star enthrals Paris with zoetrope-like installation
Berlin's new design showcase
Qubique show at Tempelhof airport introduces furniture design to next generation
Brutalist architecture - the remix
Belgian architecture photographer Filip Dujardin creates new monuments - from existing buildings
Attention wannabe space tourists - the holiday starts here
World's first commercial spaceport designed by Norman Foster+Partners opens
Kanye West plays impromptu gig at George Condo London opening
After hours show ends with celebrated artist hugging rapper
Haroon Mirza's Muse Music
The Venice Biennale Silver Lion winner on the music that gets him in a creative mood
The Don Draper with soul
Robert Montgomery’s anti-capitalist art subverts advertising’s tried and tested tricks
Frieze starts tomorrow!
Curator Sarah McCrory reveals the highs and lows of squeezing a bunch of hermit crabs, two yachts, one daily TV show and quite a few paintings into a London park
The revolution will, after all, be televised
South London artists LuckyPDF have located their practice at the forefront of internet technology. So why are they hosting a daily TV show at Frieze art fair this week?
