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Jmitchell
Architects make Hollywood sign disappear
Part of the On the Road Project, an installation by Ordinary Architecture has creates the illusion that the letters of the iconic Hollywood sign have toppled, rolling one by one down the hill on which they stand
PayPal gets a rebrand by Yves Behar
The world’s most recognisable online payment company has decided to rebrand just as it is repositioning itself to be more than just an online mover and shaker. It has brought in San Francisco’s Yves Behar and fuseproject to help it get its message across. Liz Farrelly looks at PayPal’s plans
Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano and Mecanoo on RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist
This year’s list pitches London’s tallest skyscraper against Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre and the new Library of Birmingham
Furniture with mismatching legs by Jaime Hayon
The Spanish-born international design star has added a new piece to his beautifully surreal Multileg furniture collection
Comic collage artist Mr Garcin creates new work in time-lapse video
Masked collage artist Mr Garcin, who has created covers for Marvel books and comics, has released a time-lapse video of him creating one of his amazing collages
Artist creates secret pool in California desert
Social Pool, an installation by Alfredo Barsuglia, allows visitors to relax in a cool, minimalist plunge pool, while they enjoy spectacular desert views – but you’ll have to find it first.
Ron Arad presents collaborative art project, Last Train, in London
The industrial designer and Royal Academician has taken his Last Train project, first seen at last year’s Venice Art Biennale, to London
Designs for urban swimming to go on show in forthcoming exhibition
Opening at the Roca London Gallery in September, Urban Plunge presents five projects that are transforming urban rivers into public leisure spaces
Tait redesigns shopping centre beneath London’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’
St. Agnes Well shopping centre at London’s Old Street Roundabout has been given a new look and feel that’s far more in keeping with its position at the heart of London’s creative and technological heart
Rafael Moneo – interview
Rafael Moneo will deliver the annual architectural lecture at the Royal Academy in London in association with Blueprint this year. Shumi Bose sat down with him in his Madrid office to discuss his illustrious sixty-year career in that city. Despite winning the Pritzker Prize in 1996 and the RIBA Gold Medal in 2003, Moneo maintains an affable modesty and a deep sense of consideration — as do his architectural interventions