Architecture: hail the new puritanism

As the recession forces an end to the age of architecture built on excess, we should celebrate the austerity of Nottingham Contemporary

Dieter Rams: man who shaped our world

So you think the iPod is cool? Tom Dyckhoff meets the man who designed the first hi-fi more than 50 years ago

Artists make light of domestic routine

The C-Word: Craft Scotland is celebrating its artisans. This week it’s Julia Douglas, Clare Waddle and Rebecca Wilson

Giant artwork to spring from hole in ground

Opencast mine to be transformed into Scotland's biggest artworkl as Charles Jencks' Fife Earth Project gets go-ahead

A man who knows his own mind

Whatever the future king tries to do there will always be critics quick to accuse him of hypocrisy, or being out of touch

Alarm over developer links to Prince's charity

Scotia Homes pays the charity to prepare plans for new communities that involve building on greenfield sites and disrupting ecosystems

‘I don’t want squirrels to lose their homes’

A child of 12 is among 164 people who have written objections to Prince Charles’s proposed development near Aberdeen

Heirs without the graces

So unlike the home life of our own dear Queen... Waldemar Januszczak on royal attempts at ‘informal’ portraits

First class from Oxford

The Ashmolean, Britain’s oldest museum, has surfaced revitalised after a £61m expansion

Architects: Catch a rising star

Foster and Rogers might still be out of reach, but this is a great time to hire an exciting architect, as Kenny Schachter found out

The re-invention of a Scottish ceramicist

The C-Word: Craft Scotland is celebrating its artisans, this week we feature Edinburgh-based Lara Scobie

Why recession is good for young creatives

Building slumps in the 1970s and 1980s provided spaces for architects to experiment, and signs are it’s happening again

Allotments and parks rise above gleaming towers

The slump has put paid to one Richard Rogers skyscraper, leaving young architects to get creative with empty sites

We are all Nimbyists now

As the Prince of Wales asks us to take pride in our back yards, a group of London residents and celebrities does just that

Why I left NYC to experience the cutting edge

The C-Word: Designer Libby Day, who is based in Aberdeen, explains why she is backing Craft Scotland’s campaign

Japanese go sky high for a church wedding

An English parish church built on the 21st floor of an Osaka skyscraper is a must-have venue for theme weddings for Japanese

Richard Rogers: building from the heart

Fresh from winning the Stirling Prize, the great architect and bete noir of the Prince of Wales talks about his “difficult year”

Jewellery pushes all the right buttons

The C-Word: Craft Scotland is celebrating its artisans. This week we feature jewellery maker Grainne Morton

Glassmaker's cutting edge design for life

The C-Word: As part of Craft Scotland’s campaign we profile some of its artisans. This week it’s Jessamy Kelly