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Edmund de Waal launches his monograph at the V&A

To mark the publication of his book, the artist put in his final public appearance of 2014 at the V&A last night

The biologist loved by Mies and Richard Hamilton

Why did the pop artist and modernist architect both draw inspiration from a controversial 1917 biological text

The Memphis influence at New York Design Week

We detect the hand of Ettore Sottsass and co at New Yorks independent design fair, Sight Unseen Offsite

Mies tower wins architectectural prize after 42 years

Commissioned by IBM, the 52-storey Chicago tower had one of the first computerized air-conditioning systems

Danh Vo artwork stolen in New York

Danish-Vietnamese artists huge copper chain links are taken from City Hall Park

Wired beehive follows Heatherwicks seed cathedral

The winning design for next years Milan expo draws attention to the the worlds dwindling honey bee population

Phaidon creatives at Clerkenwell Design Week

Ron Arad, Deyan Sudjic and a comforting take on Miess Barcelona chair are all present at the design festival

The Insiders Guide to London

Design director Kirsty Carter reveals her favourite places as featured in our downloadable Wallpaper City Guide

Hard to build A little less so, thanks to The Atlas

From French viaducts to Swiss mist, this week our online Atlas reveals the know-how behind some tricky structures

Nazi-seized Cubist works finally on show

Three paintings by Fdor Lwenstein go on display in the city where the Third Reich first sequestered them