Author: Marcus Trimble

Nick Cave curating a festival with performances by The Saints, The Necks, and of course the Bad Seeds all within the industrial confines of Sydney Harbour’s Cockatoo Island &#8212 Yes please.

99 Bricks. Like reverse tetris with physics modelling.

We like: Silent House by Takao Shiotsuka Atelier. The house-within-a-house seems to be an emerging area of investigation in Japan.

The Temporary Art Hall Berlin opens on Wednesday. The blue and white building at Schlossplatz, designed by Austrian architect Adolf Krischanitz, will host exhibitions by Berlin artists and will remain on site for two years. Spiegel online.

The Design Museum is looking to move into the former Commonwealth Institute building, currently the subject of a £150 million revamp by OMA.  bdonline.

Jonathan Glancey reviews Renzo Piano’s Academy of Sciences. The Guardian.