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Edited version of the ZDFmediatek interview with David Foster Wallace. This version offers David Foster Wallace's ideas, without repetitions, long pauses, interviewer's comments. Although some cuts may appear rough, there is no attempt at editorial bias or content manipulation. Mr. Wallace's archives (books in his library, notes, and writings) have been recently acquired by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas Austin.

Responding to Madrid's Mediterranean climate, Foster + Partners reveals their newest project in Madrid seeking to nurture a new identity and sense of place for the city. Check it out here…

Foster+Partners' design for the Sharjah House of Wisdom marries conventional architectural practice with innovation and technology.

Mexico City's proposed new airport "pioneers a new concept for a large-span, single airport enclosure, which will achieve new levels of efficiency and flexibility", says Lord Foster. Click here to read more...

Shopping is a perennial exercise. Architects Foster+Partners design yet another new shopping experience at Canary Wharf. Check it out and leave us your views...

A city's representation in the international market is best showcased via its traditional ethos. Foster+Partners recreate the desert city for the UAE pavilion at Milan Expo2015. Read about it here and leave us your views...

Libraries are spaces meant for interaction and foster progressive thought. Check out this new library in Montreal readied for the 2030's and leave us your views…

One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from? With Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson pairs the insight of his bestselling Everything Bad Is Good for You and the dazzling erudition of The Ghost Map and The Invention of Air to address an urgent and universal question: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Answering in his infectious, culturally omnivorous style, using his fluency in fields from neurobiology to popular culture, Johnson provides the complete, exciting, and encouraging story of how we generate the ideas that push our careers, our lives, our society, and our culture forward. Beginning with Charles Darwin's first encounter with the teeming ecosystem of the coral reef and drawing connections to the intellectual hyperproductivity of modern megacities and to the instant success of YouTube, Johnson shows us that the question we need to ask is, What kind of environment fosters the development of good ideas? His answers are never less than revelatory, convincing, and inspiring as Johnson identifies the seven key principles to the genesis of such ideas, and traces them across time and disciplines. Most exhilarating is Johnson's conclusion that with today's tools and environment, radical innovation is extraordinarily accessible to those who know how to cultivate it. Where Good Ideas Come From is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how to come up with tomorrow's great ideas.

The architectural concept of the new Centre for Technology and Design in St. Pölten, Austria fosters a congenial atmosphere among diverse alumni and, thus serves two purposes: it creates a contemporary working atmosphere and a high degree of interdisciplinarity… Check it out here...

London-based design practice SHH identifies and fills the work culture gap in #China by introducing more collaborative and networking opportunities in a large luxurious co-working set-up in #Guangzhou. Check out the story here

A bold form that draws from the modernist style of the campus and yet fosters a fresh perspective - the Anáhuac Cultural Centre is itself a work of art by Grinberg + Topelson Architects and Broissin Interiors.

CRA unveils design for the pilot project of the Open Innovation Centre in Turin, Italy that promotes a hot-desking regime while fostering interaction in physical space through collaborative digital platforms. The design uses automated UV-C based desk sanitizing and a 'smart window' to ensure health, safety, and sociability.

Healing necessitates an innately comforting environment - the new Maggie's Cancer Centre provides just that and more. Check out the story and leave us your views...