A Jutaku-style home for Main Street America
One New Orleans architect finds a distinctly east-Asian way to make America’s starter-homes affordable
Expect Vegemite and crocodile at Noma Australia
Redzepi says they will not serve carrots, beets or cabbage at the pop-up “because we do that everyday at home”
Yet another Phaidon author curates Venice Biennale!
Centre Pompidou chief curator becomes the fifth Phaidon author in a row to head up the prestigious art event
A new studio for firework artist Cai Guo-Qiang
Old meets new as Rem Koolhaas and OMA dramatically rework the artist's New York studio complex
Why Mark Grotjahn swapped his art for shop signs
Learn how the Gagosian artist overcame artistic difficulties by exchanging his paintings for grocery store notices
The only time you'll see a cat story on Phaidon.com
Probably. Nanotecture is packed with very small houses - here are some that only the smallest can fit into
Raf Simons channels Cindy Sherman in Paris show
The Former Dior Creative Director pays homage to the photographer in his Paris menswear show
Elmgreen & Dragset create a fake art fair in China
For their debut solo show in Asia at Beijing's UCCA, the European duo spoof the ever expanding sales events
A futuristic treatment for a Texan library
Could this strikingly modern take on a public book-lending institution touch down in Houston some time soon?
OMA rework a Bowie Berlin landmark
Referenced in the Where Are We Now? single, Berlin’s iconic department store KaDeWe is about to get a new look
Eddie Redmayne just loves the Bouroullec Brothers
Find out why the French designers behind our Works monograph are a big hit with the star of The Danish Girl
Gregory Crewdson returns after 5 years in the forest
Renowned photographer returns with new work after collapse of marriage and period of creative renewal
The Steven Holl sculpture that will become a home
The work, going on show in NYC, forms part of Holl’s mission to rethink the way a building's space is used
BIG 's new twist on The High Line
Danish architecture practice's pair of contorted skyscrapers are destined for Manhattan's Meatpacking District
Today's graphics gurus inspire tomorrow’s
Paula Scher, Mike Dempsey, Bob Gill and Phaidon's own Julia Hasting all design posters for Spain’s LAUS Awards
When Marcel Breuer built a brutalist ski resort
The Bauhaus founder's work in Flaine still inspires - just ask our brutal architecture book author Peter Chadwick
Was Cézanne really the father of modern art?
On the anniversary of his birth, we look at why the 19th century French artist still influences painting today.
Jacques-Henri Lartigue's rarely seen colour archive
The photographer who influenced the look of Wes Anderson's films gets a rare showing of his colour work
Ellsworth Kelly on Monet, painting and his chapel
The late, great US artist discusses his art, influences and his spiritual beliefs in these wonderful new videos
Olafur Eliasson wins award for improving the world
Artist, social entrepreneur and author is honoured alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, at The Crystal Awards in Davos
Viewing Robert Mapplethorpe through his friends
A current exhibition of the late American's portraits brings the photographer’s social circle into sharp focus
Stan Douglas shoots a spy film
The artist retells Joseph Conrad’s novel The Secret Agent on the turbulent streets of 70s Portugal
The photos that spread Martin Luther King's message
On Martin Luther King Day we look back at two powerful images from the 20th Century Civil Rights movement
When catastrophe leads to creative design
A new RIBA show looks at the wealth of architectural creativity that springs up in the wake of natural disasters
Why 2016's Pritzker winner makes half-built houses
The Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena wins praise for the parts of the building he chooses to leave out
Albert Adrià brings Cornish pasties to London
The Spanish chef and Phaidon author says his forthcoming 50-day Café Royal residency will be like "elBulli 2016"
The capsule hotel with a sea view
Gianluca Santosuosso's MORPHotel concept offers a more aesthetically pleasing alternative to cruise ships
Meet the artist selling shadows of famous works
LA-based artist Ana Prvacki will offer shadows cast by the works of Koons, Duchamp and Bourgeois at new show
Steve McCurry fashion shoot hit by dust storm
His Valentino fashion shoot was almost marred - but in the end made - by a ferocious dust cloud in Kenya
Picasso’s private works go on show
Sotheby’s sale includes drawings, sculptures and ceramic works that the artist kept behind in his studio
André Courrèges, inventor of the mini skirt, dies
Designer created the 'space girl' look and dressed Brigitte Bardot during a career that began at Balenciaga
Do you know about this photography pioneer?
Saul Leiter shot in colour years before William Eggleston. A new retrospective reassesses his work
Shigeo Anzaï's pictures from an exhibition (or two)
A new show features the photographer who documented the nation's art movements including Mono-ha
New Warhol Mapplethorpe show celebrates gender
Guise and Dolls reveals the way each artist dealt with sexual orientation and gender in their portraiture
Bowie songs that inspired contemporary art
Elizabeth Peyton, George Condo, John Pawson and Wilhelm Sasnal on their most inspirational David Bowie songs
Yves Béhar reworks the Super 8 camera for Kodak
Spielberg, Tarantino, Steve McQueen and JJ Abrams all approve of the return of this 20th century classic
What links MAD and Benjamin Britten?
MAD's new music venue in China has something in common with composer's one in Suffolk. Can you guess what?
Why Tomas Maier loves Dieter Rams
Bottega Veneta’s creative director says the designer’s rules for design are “like honey water when you read them”
Op Art - you don't need to be an expert to get it
New Danish exhibition looks at the democratic drive behind the movement named by TIME magazine in 1964
Why is Erik Kessels’ dad’s car up for a photo prize?
How the famous photo curator's 2015 exhibition Unfinished Father made the Deutsche Börse Prize short list
Is this New York's strangest new supertall?
Mark Foster Gage's proposed Manhattan structure looks like it was created by a modern day Michelangelo
Get to know Robert Longo’s Men in the Cities
The artist celebrates his 63rd birthday today and his Men In the Cities series mark their 35th anniversary on Sunday
Edmund de Waal's homage to John Cage in LA
For his debut Los Angeles exhibition the British writer and ceramicist draws on LA’s modernist past
Ray Pettibon, Marcel Dzama and an exquisite corpse
The artists team up to employ a surrealist technique in their new show at David Zwirner in New York
Ferrari designers take to the skies
Pininfarina and AECOM beat Zaha, Fuksas and Grimshaw to create towering tulip design for new Istanbul airport
100-year-old church reinvented as skateboard park
'It’s my personal Sistine Chapel' says street artist San Miguel of Manuel del Busto's Romanesque Revival church
The architects creating 2016's landmark art spaces
John Pawson, Annabelle Selldorf and co. ensure that 2016's new exhibition spaces look as good as the art on show
Time for a trip to Japan?
If you want natural beauty as well as an exciting built environment we have an idea for your 2016 break
Theaster Gates on the real meaning of gentrification
The artist explains how you can improve a neighbourhood and still look after its existing inhabitants
The camera that captured Cape Cod Light
A new show reveals how when Joel Meyerowitz began working in large-format he had to take in the view
Richard Sapper 1932 - 2015
The industrial designer passed away on New Year's Eve leaving behind a legacy that continues to enthral
How Paris Changed Ellsworth Kelly
Understand why the late great American abstract artist abandoned figurative painting during a trip to Europe
Ellsworth Kelly - 'It's been a long fun life'
In his last Artspace interview the late artist discussed Picasso, nature, and the fragments of life that inspired his art
Ellsworth Kelly 1923 - 2015
Groundbreaking artist who bridged European and American modernism passed away at the weekend
Enrique Olvera's Cosme is 2015's top NYC restaurant
The NY Times ranked Cosme its number one restaurant, thanks to Enrique's innovative take on Mexican cuisine
What's Ed Ruscha saying with his "word" works?
Learn how the artist, who celebrates his 78 birthday today, puts the "noise of everyday life" on to his canvases
Our Wallpaper party comes with a great silver lining
Danish jewellery brand Georg Jensen hosted a lavish party to launch our new Copenhagen Wallpaper* City Guide
Around the world in 9 cookbooks
Travel the globe without leaving your kitchen, courtesy of our International Cookbook Collection
How to put Thanksgiving on toast
Our new book Toast outlines a great way to cook and serve leftovers from America's most important meal
Grace Coddington on her next Phaidon book
US Vogue's Art Director tells NY Magazine about her follow-up to Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue
A great photo overview in 7 classic books
Buy our Classic Photographers Collection and gift a trove of images by Martin Parr, Steve McCurry and others
How Diego Rivera tried to paint the future
On the anniversary of the artist’s death, we look back at one his most prophetic and infamous works
When Grace went to Bookmarc
Did you catch US Vogue’s Creative Director signing copies of her new monograph at Marc Jacobs’ NYC bookstore?
Why these two NYC art advisors have given away 850 art works to the Whitney and the Pompidou
The authors of Collecting Art for Love, Money and More describe the thinking behind their generous donation
Designer DIY with Yves Béhar
Learn how to make this award-winning pendant lamp as seen at Milan's Salone del Mobile
My Body of Art - Hank Willis Thomas on Eadweard Muybridge's frozen movement photographs
The US contemporary artist admires Muybridge's pioneering work breaking down human movement
'Did you pack the minimalist earthquake kit, dear?'
The earthquakes we hear about don't tend to be minimalist in nature, Nendo's aesthetic response is, however
Imagine Magnus Nilsson came to yours to cook. . .
The Nordic Cookbook chef began his US tour cooking at the NY home of Saveur's editor-in-chief this week
Steven Holl’s Copenhagen towers get the go ahead
Work will start on an ambitious harbour project - seven years after Holl got the gig
OMA architects talk about their Prince Plaza project
OMA's David Gianotten and Bauke Albada tell us why the future for architecture in China might just be local
At home with Grace Coddington
Watch Vogue’s Creative Director talk fashion, art and tricky celebrities with Phaidon's Billy Norwich
How Isamu Noguchi pioneered land art
On the anniversary of the sculptor’s birth, we look at how his land work served as an example for other artists
Fukasawa updates the Japanese dining chair
The star designer combines his signature minimalism with Japanese carpentry and craftsmanship
Cosme is Eater's NY restaurant of the year!
Eater.com praises star chef Enrique Olvera's culinary skills as well as his detailed knowledge of Manhattan
Pentagram brands Snoop Dogg’s weed
The agency eliminates the stoner clichés and replaces them with bright, geometric (and child-proof) packaging
The Art of the Map - Albrecht Dürer
Learn how the German Renaissance artist expressed both his love of art and science in this star chart
The original Desert Modernist house goes up for sale
The Palm Springs home once owned by the architect that defined this hot-and-dry style is on the market for $1.75m
Designer DIY with Sam Hecht
Famous for his lighting, furniture and electronics, the Industrial Facility designer simplified things for our DIY book
From Book to Bid – Cindy Sherman’s Untitled #352
Understand the multiple roles the artist plays in this photograph, up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York
My Body of Art - Rashid Johnson on the hidden depths in Jackson Pollock's Full Fathom Five
The contemporary artist explains why he sees a thread between his work and that of the Ab Ex artist
We just launched The High Line book!
And where better to do it than overlooking the park itself with some of the biggest names in architecture and art
Designer DIY with Jean-Marie Massaud
The Parisian designer’s Magneto lamp suits the finest design showroom, yet originates in the hardware department
Decoding the hidden meanings of Calder's mobiles
As Tate Modern opens the largest Calder show ever staged in the UK its co-curator Ann Coxon talks about how a meeting with Mondrian in his studio inspired the artist to create his most innovative and powerful work
From Book to Bid – Sugimoto’s Time Exposed
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger explain why these sea scenes, up for sale at Sotheby's, take time as their motif
JR - 'Yes art CAN change the world!'
The artist and social activist answers the question posed by his new book in our exclusive video
From Book to Bid – Agnes Martin’s Untitled #7
One of Martin’s delicate, detailed works is up for sale tomorrow. Understand how the artist created it, via our book
Is it a stadium? Is it a swimming pool? No it's a mixed use surf park having an identity crisis!
'It’s not a crazy, billion dollar project, it’s feasible and we could get it going as soon as footy finishes' say MJA Studio
Is Jeremy Corbyn enjoying an Enrique Olvera taco?
The Labour leader was trying the food on offer at the Day of the Dead celebrations in London this weekend
My Body of Art - Judith Zilczer on Brancusi, Léger and the mechanomorphic representation of the body
The renowned curator, art historian and writer alights on a few talking points from our new book Body of Art
Inside the Wallpaper* City Guide Paris launch
We launched our Paris Wallpaper* City Guide at the city's SOME/THINGS concept store - here's what happened
Grace Coddington comes to Phaidon
The creative director of US Vogue takes a break from the Condé Nast offices to sign copies of her new book
From Book to Bid – Andy Warhol’s Electric Chair
One of Warhol’s Death and Disaster paintings is coming up for sale, but do you know what it is about?
My Body of Art – Foam Photography Museum curator Kim Knoppers on Providence, Rhode Island
The Foam photography curator explains why Francesca Woodman's image is still so relevant 40 years on
Win Massimiliano Gioni’s 100 best-loved books
The New Museum's artistic director has chosen 100 Phaidon titles he deems essential - and you can win them all
Steven Holl’s dance project premiers on Friday
The architect’s collaboration with New York choreographer Jessica Lang opens at Chicago’s Architecture Biennial
Why has an ad agency 'stolen' this JR artwork?
Relax! Deutsch's removal and sale of JR’s African banners on behalf of a water charity is an 'art heist for good'
Jamie Hewlett’s erotic tarot pine tree show
The Gorillaz artist brings together three disparate sets of work which all, nevertheless, share suggestive qualities.
Peter Marino’s plans for Robert Mapplethorpe
On the 69th anniversary of his birth we look at a new show of the photographer’s best and least-known images
From Book to Bid - Gerrit Rietveld’s Berlin Chair
Learn how this chair in Christie's design sale embodied the De Stijl's designer's struggle with symmetry
My Body of Art - Catherine Opie on Bandaged Ear
The photographer explains how Van Gogh's self portrait influenced what she calls 'the gaze' in her own work