As the British general election draws closer, an exhibition at the V&A looks at the role of art, architecture and design in public life

John Jervis welcomes a retrospective that focuses on the photographer’s 1970s heyday – when his sharp, surreal images helped to define the fashion industry

A superb exhibition in Weil am Rhein dispels the myth of Aalto as a Finnish romantic. His was a modernism without borders, writes Tim Abrahams

Works by Jouko Järvisalo, Markku Salo and the Memphis Milano are on display as part of the Design Museum Helsinki's exhibition of postmodernist design, which started on 30 January

What did architects do in the war and what did the war do for architects? An exhibition at the Maxxi Museum in Rome, first held in Montreal in 2011, examines these questions – here's Fatema Ahmed's original review

For an exhibition at the Stanley Picker Gallery, the artist turns her attention to the "self-medicating" suburbs, which decay as the inner city is fortified by foreign capital, says Hannah Gregory

From spaceship airlocks to hotel floor tiles, the director went to painstaking lengths to create the physical environments of his most famous films, writes Will Wiles

Design Museum, London
Until 25 August 2014

An exhibition of photography that seeks to compare traditional and contemporary Catalan architecture opens in Venice this weekend 

What did architects do in the war and what did the war do for architects? An exhibition in Paris, first held in Montreal in 2011, examines these questions – here's Fatema Ahmed's original review

A display of Wright’s thinking about cities, in New York until 1 June, reveals the conflicts and convictions of his urbanism, says Aileen Kwun

Henner’s photography, on display in London until 31 May, explores how satellite imagery can tell us new things about man’s effect on the landscape, says Fatema Ahmed

Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Until 13 July 2014

There was far more to the late British artist's work than a brash pop art sensibility, Fatema Ahmed discovers

Henryk Tomaszewski's posters make him one of the pre eminent figures of post-war graphic design, says Agata Pyzik

A television series and an exhibition celebrates the iconoclasts who are now the Establishment, says Owen Pritchard

Isabel Stevens finds humour, fear and melancholy among the rubble as Tate Britain explores our abiding obsession with decay

Pompidou Centre, Paris
Until 28 July 2014

A collection of 1920s film posters displays bold techniques of montage – and a surprising reliance on painting, says Agata Pyzik

An exhibition of the conceptual artist’s early, design-influenced work includes some surprisingly appealing objects, says Fatema Ahmed