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Engineering the world: Ove Arup and the philosophy of total design
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum brings engineering to the fore with a retrospective exhibition on the prolific engineer Sir Ove Arup and his hugely successful practice
Apple Store, San Francisco / Foster + Partners
Meticulous store meets meticulous architecture practice, with Apple’s commission for its signature store in San Francisco going to Foster + Partners. It is the practice’s first chance to show off its longstanding collaboration with Apple in the US, and the first retail outing for a new glass technology it has developed for the Apple campus nearby
The BIG idea: this year’s Serpentine Gallery pavilion and four summer houses
The Serpentine Galleries has expanded its summer architectural programme this year with not just one but five pavilions in Kensington Gardens. Danish practice BIG celebrates a new outpost in London with a vast, pixelated, cathedral-like structure, while Kunlé Adeyemi, Yona Friedman, Asif Khan and Barkow Leibinger have each created a summer house responding to William Kent’s 18th-century folly for Queen Caroline
Curated diary: Ben van Berkel
Ben van Berkel, founder and principal architect of Dutch architecture practice UN Studio, picks his top events and exhibitions across the world this summer
Make a residence personal with crafts
The luxury home is a paean to fine craftsmanship, with exquisite bespoke carpentry, ceramics, glassware and artworks.
Best foot forward on the best flooring
Open the front door and it’s the floor you see first. Flooring sets the tone, so whether it’s stone, wood or carpet, choose the best.
hoUse by Urban Splash and shedkm
Seeking an alternative to mass housing schemes across the country, Urban Splash has teamed up with architecture practice shedkm to create a prefabricated housing scheme in Manchester that is customisable and quick to construct
A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA and Beyond review
Bringing the Japanese sensibility to New York, this MoMA show focuses on the network of architects and designers that has developed around Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and SANAA
Big Mac: Entrepot Macdonald, Paris
The longest building in Paris has just had a billion-euro makeover. The new Entrepôt Macdonald is a collaboration involving 15 architects including Pritzker Prize winner Christian de Portzamparc and Kengo Kuma of Japan. This is a visionary grand projet away from where tourists tread, but some involved question the megastructure that has resulted. Herbert Wright went down the line to report