The State of Illinois Center by Helmut Jahn: ‘It is about as subtle as an exploding meteorite’

Husqvarna chainsaw: ‘The perfect product for a weapons manufacturer to produce in times of peace’

Long live the starchitect!

Beirut Design Week: ‘We wanted to shock people a little bit’

Icon 170: The California issue – Elon Musk, Yves Behar, Johnston Marklee and the densification of Los Angeles

Douglas Murphy: ‘The fire at Grenfell Tower is a tragedy that should change everything’

‘There is something horribly Victorian about Deliveroo’

Rethink: Cricket

Dazzle ships: The most eccentric daubings in the history of camouflage

The Japanese House at the Barbican – exhibition review

Icon 169: The golden age of transport, Faye Toogood, Farshid Moussavi and the legacy of Bang & Olufsen

Reyner Banham: America – exhibition review

Studio Temp rebrands the Italian regions

The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes on Netflix

Fabric: ‘Last year’s troubles made the club into a symbol of the UK’s beleaguered night-time economy’

Review – Mies van der Rohe + James Stirling: Circling the Square at the RIBA

Icon 168: Mad Architects, Ryue Nishizawa, the end of work and the Italian new wave

Rethinking Planet Mars

Hugh Pearman: ‘It’s time to set neoclassical architects loose on the Venice Architecture Biennale’

Design Indaba: ‘We face two groups: those we’re trying to empower and those who can afford the experience’

Obsession: The scarf