The look of the South African Climate Change Response Expo running alongside COP17 in Durban was conceptualised by designworkshop : sa. >

Food urbanist Carolyn Steel argues that cities, like people, are what they eat. She explains how food shapes the cities in which which we live. >

BIG Architects have won a competition to turn a large concrete warehouse in Basel, Switzerland, into a mixed-use arts district. >

Black Pearl, a modern reinterpretation of an old property in Rotterdam, was awarded the Public Award at the Dutch Design Awards recently. >

From stir stick to super-sized sculptures. Artist Jonathan Brilliant takes coffee stirrers and turns them into awe-inspiring installations. >

A single-storey house in Japan is built with bricks made using the local soil and magnesium oxide. It explores the use of regional building solutions. >

Diamond magnate Laurence Graff has marked the maturation of the Delaire Graff Estate with an art installation of birds. >

An exhibition designed by Nendo at the Canadian Museum of Innovation explores the relationship between Japanese culture and design. >

The largest wooden structure in the world, in the city of Seville, serves as a museum and community centre. >