USA
Desert Courtyard House by Wendell Burnette features rammed earth walls
Santiago Calatrava completes Florida Polytechnic University
Personalised “bubbles of heat” could replace inefficient central heating
Shigeru Ban’s Aspen Art Museum opens
George Lucas hires MAD and Studio Gang for Chicago art museum
Google’s design guidelines spell the end of days for skeumorphism
Herman Miller to buy contemporary furniture retailer Design Within Reach
Google adds London to its growing list of 3D-mapped cities
SOFTlab installs colourful funneled canopy in Melissa shoe shop
Frank Gehry reveals “under the radar” refurb for Philadelphia Museum of Art
Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf transform Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts
Wim Crouwel designs typeface for Holland’s FIFA World Cup 2014 kit
Clive Wilkinson Architects brings “quirky rawness” to Funny or Die offices
Robert Storey Studio uses lurid colours to illuminate Nike presentation space
Foster + Partners unveils skyscraper duo for San Francisco’s Transbay area
Dash Marshall converts pencil factory into Makeshift Society Brooklyn workspace
Reacting to the critics would have “ruined” Glasgow School of Art building says Steven Holl
Bestor Architecture uses primary colours in Beats by Dre headquarters
New York’s Museum of Modern Art names new head of architecture and design
Steven Holl awarded Praemium Imperiale arts prize
Big U storm defences “will secretly protect Manhattan from flooding” says Bjarke Ingels
Nendo designs Winnie-the-Pooh glassware for Walt Disney Japan
Nike combines Flyknit and 3D printing to design American football boots
