UK government will foot £400 million bill to replace Grenfell-style cladding
David Chipperfield completes major expansion of London’s Royal Academy of Arts
Researchers create “fire-alarm wallpaper”
“Will Alsop had the balls to think differently”
Steven Holl’s Glassell School of Art in Houston features a sloped rooftop garden
Bec Brittain and John Hogan collaborate on limited-edition lighting
“What’s next? Bjarke Ingels will launch a rap album?”
Designers will soon be able to sell their products via Instagram, says its head of design
Ab Rogers Design creates bespoke furniture for students
Prehistoric axe imprints monolithic walls of Austrian archive by Franz&Sue
Foster + Partners to masterplan new sustainable city in India
Colourful Barragán-esque house by Moneo Brock wraps four trees in Mexico
Work begins on world’s second-tallest skyscraper in Shenzhen
Brutalist soap imitates concrete coastal barriers so it won’t slip out of your hands
Suzuki Architects combines a home and shop at Gré Square House
Crosby Studios’ all-purple furniture collection includes recurring hand shapes
AHEAD awards announces shortlist of best new hotels in the Americas
Good Thing launches furniture for working from home
In Situ Studio creates low-lying Trull Residence for wooded site in North Carolina
17 postmodern buildings join UK’s listed building register
MINI commemorates royal wedding with one-off car design
Arent & Pyke updates home for a gallerist with monochromatic rooms
Apparatus draws on Persian influences for Act III homeware and lighting collection
