A U-boat base built by German forces occupying France during the Second World War has been converted into an arts venue by Berlin practice LIN Architects – and topped off by a gift from the German military.

Sam Jacob visits the temple of automotive dreams, an impossibly shiny world where Bryan Adams is still credible.

London-based architects Hawkins\Brown have added two new structures to a cluster of farm buildings at Wysing Arts Centre in Bourn, Cambridgeshire.

Swedish lighting design company Wästberg was our favourite launch during Stockholm’s design week. Its debut collection included designs by Ilse Crawford, Claesson Koivisto Rune, James Irvine and Jean-Marie Massaud.

726 pieces of glass make up the 49 metre facade of the new Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, and 556 of those pieces have different shapes.

There’s something very sinister about Blades House, Matthew Darbyshire’s installation at the Gasworks Gallery in south London.

Alexander Payne, the auctioneer who coined the term “design art”, is sick of the name and has stopped using it, he revealed last night at a debate organised by the Rabih Hage Gallery.

Will Self inhales a bit of Situationism, wanders around and looks at all things liminal. I want some, says William Wiles.

We were invited to a preview of British Airways’ much anticipated Terminal 5 at Heathrow. While we were there we saw this lovely installation by London designers Troika.

Furniture retailer Design Within Reach has announced the 50 finalists in its fifth annual DWR Uncorked competition.

Sixty-eight tons of copper wrap around the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) station in the coastal town of Skive, Denmark, designed by architects CF Møller.

The dark and minimalist language of Saucier + Perrotte Architectes often enters into dialogue with the past. The Montreal-based firm has completed several commissions involving historic buildings, most recently the boutique of Quebec fashion designer Michel Brisson.