Paris architect X-TU has completed a reptile-like natural history museum which slinks across a prehistoric site in South Korea.

Here’s what happened when Icon asked top British architects Foster + Partners, Adjaye Associates, DSDHA, AOC, Atmos Studio, FAT and Make to reimagine Lego’s series of “classic” architecture models.

For our "Toys" issue, London architects Make turn Lego’s Fallingwater kit into an organic tree-like structure that “conveys vitality and growth.” Watch the time-lapse video here.

Watch a time-lapse video of Foster + Partners remaking two classic Lego architecture models (Fallingwater and the Empire State Building) to make a seriously clever mixed-use mash-up. You can see more top British architects tinkering with Lego in our “Toys” issue, out now.

This month Peter Zumthor’s serene pavilion opens at the Serpentine, MoMA explores objects designed for communication in a new exhibition called Talk to Me, Design Parade 6 gets underway at Villa Noailles and graduates show off their hard work at London’s New Designers event.

With the London Design Festival (LDF) fast approaching, make sure your event or show is listed in our highly influential festival guide, the Icon Design Trail.

Icon 098 is out now. In our “Toys” issue we asked seven of London’s most exciting architects to make new models out of Lego’s series of classic buildings – leading to an orgy of melting, experimenting, deconstructing and adulterating.

An exhibition of James Stirling’s models and drawings at Tate Britain explores the British architect’s “audacious compositional bravado” and reveals the intellectual consistency underpinning his controversial career.

London design consultancy BERG turns a forgettable scrap of till roll into a personalised, networked paper “app”.

This home in Japan derives its unusual shape from the tough local climate – and has some clever ways of keeping family life storm-free too.

The Polish designer who pushes sheet steel to its limits wants to be recognised for his hard work and not just for its spectacular results.

Local ceramics give this Catalan school block by Mestura Arquitectes an exuberant edge.