The paintings of Nathalie Du Pasquier, a famous designer, show the other side of objects
Tales from the Sicilian countryside
Istanbul is great, art is its prophet
Exhibitions, events, fairs
Celebrating the Wiener Werkstätte
Asymptote does a shop in Manhattan
John Johansen builds a model utopia
Beijing: the Great Leap Forward
Rebuilding the Capital City of China. Special reports by Deyan Sudjic, Yung Ho Chang, Stan Fung, Carlo Ratti, Zhao Yang
Recovering history
Jean Nouvel’s new Museum of Gallo-Roman archaeology
A house with a view
A collaboration in Lugano
Banking in Vaduz
Hans Hollein builds a rock in Liechtenstein
Virtual luxury
Louis Vuitton’s almost invisible new store in Tokyo
Object lessons
A new collection of paintings and a book by Nathalie Du Pasquier as seen by Stefano Casciani
Interior finishes
Maria Cristina Tommasini rounds up the best of the new product launches in components and building finishes
Why Renzo Piano is Italy’s most popular architectural export
Dan Flavin’s installation at the Guggenheim