The Spanish holiday home as an architectural collectible

In rural Aragon, the Solo Houses project is giving international architects free rein to create the buildings of their imagination

Thomas Heatherwick: Pied Piper who has the very rich under his spell

Despite the collapse of his plan to build a garden bridge across the Thames, the ambitious designer still has projects aplenty across the globe, thanks to those who admire his talents

All fired up: Tate Modern to play host to a working ceramics factory

Visitors can volunteer in factory, featuring eight tonnes of clay, a 30-metre production line and more than 2,000 fired objects

Second nature: five designers inspired by plants

Harking back to the Victorian era, these designers are breathing new life into botanical illustration. By Emma Love

Sun Rain Room review – a home for all seasons

Architects Anna Liu and Mike Tonkin have spent 12 years on an extension that lets the weather straight into their Georgian townhouse. The result is hard not to love – especially on a rainy day