Is This Tomorrow? review – back to the future as architecture meets art

Whitechapel Gallery, London
The Whitechapel revisits its groundbreaking 1950s exhibition, pairing architects with artists to present changing visions of what’s to come

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams review – style over substance?

V&A, London
A celebration of the Paris fashion house has plenty of gorgeous frocks on display but fails to pin down its founder’s legacy

Secular Retreat review – a simply miraculous piece of architecture

The Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has built ‘a gliding swan’ of a house in Devon that strikes a perfect balance between inside and out, whichever way you look

Macallan distillery review – whisky and spectacle galore

Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Moray
Macallan’s new £140m distillery and visitor centre, by Richard Rogers and co, is a suitably subtle blend of hi-tech and theatre designed to put the beautiful business of whisky production centre stage

The Marvellous Mechanical Museum review – marvels ex machina

Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Four centuries of automata whir into wondrous life in a show that’s as much performance as it is exhibition

Christo: London Mastaba; Tomma Abts – reviews

Serpentine galleries, London
Christo’s floating installation makes a big first impression, but can’t match the brilliance of Tomma Abts’s canvases