Why Rio’s street artists hate the World Cup, and much more – the week in art

Brazil’s anti-World Cup graffiti, Antony Gormley’s hotel room inside a Transformer, plus Ai Weiwei sparks an internet craze of ‘leg-guns’ and Glasgow School of Art’s degree show goes ahead after the fire – all in your fave weekly dispatch

The Chinese billionaire with six months to make the world’s tallest building

Zhang Yue was the first man in China to own a private jet, and his office is modelled on the Palace of Versailles. Now, he plans to save the planet by raising the world’s tallest building in just six months. A new documentary goes behind the scenes of the great Chinese eco gold rush

The record for the world’s tallest tower to be broken yet again by the Shard team

Saudia Arabia’s Kingdom Tower will be the tallest in the world The Shard team intends to broke the record for the world’s tallest tower with a Saudi Shard version that will stand 1km tall and will will be four times bigger than Shard, currently western Europe’s tallest building. London-based Mace, the British company that built … Read more

Chez Dior: Dior launches its biggest boutique in Taiwan, the fifth largest Asian market.

Dior’s newest boutique in Taipei In Taipei, but unmistakably chez Dior   Tower 101 in Taipei (Taiwan) is the location of the biggest Dior boutique ever. Taiwan is the fifth largest Asian market after Japan, China, South Korea and Hong Kong. Dior chose the Taipei 101, of the most recognizable towers in the world with a … Read more

Oil-rich Azerbaijan to build world’s tallest building

Azerbaijan to build world’s tallest building on Artificial Khazar Islands Oil-rich Azerbaijan plans to construct the world’s tallest building on a chain of artificial islands in the Caspian Sea. The plans for the Azerbaijan Tower complex include a business center soaring to 1050 meters, which would be 27 percent taller than the current champion, the … Read more